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Hon. George W. Gekas: “This was an act of mass murder, willful, deliberate, intended to kill people, and succeeded in that. Our job, as the…”

On the recordMay 3, 1995
This was an act of mass murder, willful, deliberate, intended to kill people, and succeeded in that. Our job, as the American people and the law enforcement and Members of Congress, communities together, must focus to bring those culprits to justice, bring them to the bar of justice, and then try them for murder and seek the death penalty. That is the analysis with which we must start in contemplating what happened in Oklahoma City on that fateful day. The death penalty, which is favored by most people in our country, has never been more appropriate than in this particular situation.
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Hon. George W. Gekas
Pennsylvania

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Addressing the Oklahoma City bombing and the need for justice and the death penalty.

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