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Henry Hyde: “Let me just say this: I wish you would help us bring these cases to closure. When you have had a trial, a trial that is…”

On the recordFebruary 8, 1995
Let me just say this: I wish you would help us bring these cases to closure. When you have had a trial, a trial that is error free, when you have been convicted beyond all reasonable doubt, and then years later evidence turns up and you are not required to even show that you diligently did everything you could to get whatever evidence you could, it seems to me you are opening the door for never ending these appeals.
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Henry Hyde
Illinois

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Discussing the implications of new evidence in legal appeals.

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