posted on June 19, 2001 07:57:09 AM new
Pez Bush, Head Killer in Charge, refused clemency as was his habit in Texas, enabling the death of yet another of the people. Is he homesick?
posted on June 19, 2001 09:08:59 AM new
I was watching CNN yesterday or the day before when they were showing Bush's "successful" european vacation. The scene was where Dubya was patting Vladimir Putin on the back in that most manly, Texan of ways. Although Putkin tried to hide it, the former KGB chief with an autocratic family history could be visibly seen exerting enormous self-control to keep from wincing at the familiarity that Bush was making, Lese Majesty. I suppose Putin was wishing back for the good old days when he could send people to the Gulogs for such manhandling. As it happened, it was the President of the most powerful and rich nation on the planet. I could only chuckle in sympathy at Putin's misery as Bush announced that he'd be spending more time with the president on the ranch in Texas.
The point is that denying clemency was considered by Bush to be his most important job as governor of Texas. Now, the thrill of this most important job that took only 15 minutes is virtually gone and he misses it.
posted on June 19, 2001 09:43:08 AM new
Well according to him they never make any mistakes. 100% guilty.
I think the law should be written so that when you put one away by mistake and it is found out then the judge and prosecutor have to serve the same penalty the person did. Including capital cases.
Then we would see fewer cases based on circumstancial evidence and hysterical old women without glasses.
Who actually does the injection anyway?
I know there are no shortage of goons to kill for hire to any State, but do they find a doctor to do that for them? Where do they recruit? Animal shelters, abortion clinics, meat packing houses?
posted on June 19, 2001 09:48:33 AM new
According to Bush, The death penalty saves lives if adminsitered "swiftly and justly"
Q: You expressed confidence that all of the 121 executions under your watch had been fair. But just yesterday a prisoner in Texas on death row was released from prison after a federal judge found that his lawyer had slept through much of the trial. In light of this are you still confident that the 458 prisoners on death row have had their legal rights protected in these life and death cases?
A: Well, you just made your case. The man is out. I’m sorry he’s out; he’s a really violent person. I hope he gets retried soon. But the system worked in this case. And the question isn’t about the ones that are coming up. The question is the ones that have been put to death. And I’m absolutely confident that everybody has been put to death is two things: 1) they’re guilty of the crime charged; and 2) they had full access to our courts, both state and federal. I support the death penalty because I believe when the death penalty is administered surely, swiftly and justly, it will save lives.
posted on June 19, 2001 11:14:55 AM new
May God allow Bush to switch places with the next poor black person in Texas who walks down the street at the wrong time and gets "picked" by the cops as the culprit of a capital crime. Let him see how "fair" the system is -- especially to those who can not buy justice, as would be in his case then. For him, Justice would be only a lethal injection away ...
posted on June 19, 2001 12:35:37 PM new
Hey - They all look alike anyway right? And you pick some rough looking person of color with a weathered face and a couple day stubble of beard and drag them in in a prison jumper - one look tells you they must be guilty of something even if it wasn't this crime.
