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On the recordJune 11, 1998
I cannot forgive them. I tell you, in my opinion, this is an example of death. That is why I support the death penalty. This is inexcusable what those people did. But I also want to point out to our colleagues this is horrible, it has got to stop, but it is not the only thing that has occurred in this last week. In Albuquerque, New Mexico last week, a couple days before this, did not get this kind of attention, we had a policewoman shot and killed. We had a border patrolman shot and killed last week in the State of Texas. In my district, I am in the Four Corners, so actually within a mile or two of my district as well, we had methodically, in four separate incidents, two people, three people, one of them is now dead, shoot methodically four separate police officers. They are still on the loose. The fact is we have some very, and I hate to use the word 'sick', because I am afraid the defense attorney will pick up my utilization of the word 'sick' on the congressional floor and have it assist in the defense of insanity or something, but we have some very different individuals out there.
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ANNE M. NORTHUP
Kentucky

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Discussing violent crime and support for the death penalty.

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