[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2880]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 AN AMERICA THAT TOLERATES CAPITAL CRIME WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE IT

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, last year John William King and two 
accomplices kidnapped James Byrd, Jr. They tied Byrd to the back of a 
pickup truck, and they dragged Byrd to his death. Byrd's body was 
shredded to pieces. He was literally decapitated.
  Yesterday, the jury convicted King. Today, they decide the sentence. 
I say a capital crime warrants a capital offense and, thus, is a 
capital punishment sentence.
  An America that tolerates such crime will continue to experience it. 
I say the sentence should be very clear to all Americans. Good night, 
sweet prince. Let us not tolerate it in America.
  I yield back the air-conditioning, the law library, and the three 
square meals to the taxpayers.

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