[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 25390]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 STOP THE SALE OF MURDERABILIA TO PROTECT THE DIGNITY OF CRIME VICTIMS 
                                  ACT

  (Mr. REICHERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. REICHERT. Mr. Speaker, later today I will introduce legislation, 
the Stop the Sale of Murderabilia to Protect the Dignity of Crime 
Victims Act. And I will introduce that legislation with my good friend 
and former sheriff from Indiana, Congressman Ellsworth.
  Before coming to Congress, I served 33 years in the King County 
Sheriff's Office. I have seen the pain on the faces of victims and 
victims families, unexplainable, unimaginable pain that covers their 
faces and their families for the rest of their life.
  And, unfortunately, criminals today who are in our State and Federal 
prisons are using their fame and notoriety to make a buck. The Internet 
has become a gateway to an industry coined as ``murderabilia,'' where 
tangible goods owned and/or created by convicted murderers are sold for 
their profit.
  Today, on the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims, I'm 
privileged and honored to honor the memory of all victims. And my bill 
aims to shut down this business.

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