tv Execution of Timothy Mc Veigh CSPAN April 19, 2020 11:58am-12:02pm EDT
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president bush: this morning, the united states of america carried out the severest sentence for the gravest of crimes. the victims of the oklahoma city bombing have been giving not vengeance but justice. one young man met the fate he chose for himself six years ago. for the survivors of the crime, and for the families of the dead, the pain goes on. final punishment of the guilty cannot alone bring peace to the innocent. it cannot recover the loss or balance the scales, and it is not meant to do so. today, every living person hurt by the evil done in oklahoma city can rest in the knowledge that there has been a reckoning.
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point since april 19, 1995, to this hour, we have seen the good that overcomes people. evil.rcomes we saw it in the rescuers who stayed and suffered with the victims. we have seen it in a community that has grieved, and held close the memory of the lost. we have seen it in the work of detectives, marshal, and police, and we have seen it in the courts. processss ruled -- due ruled. the case was approved. the verdict was calmly reached. the rights of the accused were protected and observed to the full and to the end. under the laws of our country, the matter is concluded. life and history bring tragedies, and often they cannot be explained.
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but they can be redeemed. they are redeemed by dispensing justice, though eternal justice is not ours to deliver. by remembering those who grieve, including timothy mcveigh's mother, father, and sisters, and by trusting in purposes greater than our own, may god in his mercy grant peace to all, to the lives that were taken six years ago, to the lives that go on, and to the life that ended today. history,n lectures in
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grove city college president paul mcnulty talks about the development of the u.s. constitution and what he believes are its main results, republican is him, separation of powers and federalism. he served as deputy attorney general in the george bush administration from 2006 to 2007. mr. mcnulty: good evening. welcome to class number two. great to see you all here tonight. last week we looked at the history, a brief look at history that led to drafting the constitution.
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