Special Message
12/10/1903
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It is very desirable to enact a law declaring the true construction of the existing legislation so far as it affects immunity.
The result has been a miscarriage of justice.
The danger nowadays is, not that the innocent man will be convicted of crime, but that the guilty man will go scot-free.
I very earnestly hope that the Congress at the earliest opportunity will enact this bill into law, with such changes as its wisdom may dicta...