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On the recordMarch 14, 1996
I am anxious, but I am not anxious to ever go on record as rejecting something we have been looking for, for 10 years and working toward, and that is habeas corpus reform. Also, Mr. Chairman, I am still puzzled by the gentleman's unwillingness, and I do not say inability, but unwillingness to see that habeas corpus law applies to murderous terrorists. They depend on habeas corpus, an indefinite prolongation of habeas corpus proceedings, so they never get the sentence executed.
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Henry Hyde
Illinois
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Discussing habeas corpus reform and its implications for terrorists.

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