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John Conyers: “Suicide bombers do not care about the Conyers provision or the Hyde provision. Suicide bombers are not afraid of habeas…”

On the recordMarch 14, 1996
Suicide bombers do not care about the Conyers provision or the Hyde provision. Suicide bombers are not afraid of habeas corpus, sir. They have no concern. The problem is that these are madmen who do not obey or care about laws. The reason I cited the gentleman four specific death penalty amendments is to suggest to him that for all of those reasons, the Attorney General of the United States is right in telling us that upon conviction, the Oklahoma bombers will get the death penalty, regardless of your view or my view on habeas corpus.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of legal provisions on the actions of suicide bombers.

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