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Edolphus Towns: We either hold strong to our principles and show that we are truly a nation of justice, or we allow a man to die in the…

On the recordJune 20, 2000
We either hold strong to our principles and show that we are truly a nation of justice, or we allow a man to die in the face of strong evidence of his innocence.
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Edolphus Towns
Source
congress.gov
Jun 20, 2000

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Towns urges his colleagues to support justice for Gary Graham.

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