Listen, the executed guy was an accomplice. Had they the executed the shooter, I wouldn't really care too much about this guy. Yes, he was scum. I'm not debating that fact. I don't think it's proper to execute an accomplice and not the shooter. It's not a matter of tears. If Texas is going to carry out executions at a record pace, which I'm fine with, the state needs to make double damn sure that all is appropriate. This isn't a game.
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Governor Rick Perry of Texas Is An Idiot. (DP Thread)
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How is it not appropiate to execute this guy?I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
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When the shooter in the crime got life? You can't reason it out?
Again, I don't think the guy was a poor lost soul. I guess it's a matter of balance. This is not in balance.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead
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Originally posted by SlowwHand View PostWhen the shooter in the crime got life? You can't reason it out?I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio
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Different juries are allowed to reach different conclusions, especially when they're ignorant of what the other is doing, as the system strives to achieve.Tutto nel mondo è burla
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What's relevant is that the parole board voted 5-2 and Perry decided he could live with ignoring.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead
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What is relevant is that Texas has historically like elected officials better that appointed ones, and commonly give the former the last word over the latter.
It also elects its judges and most of what would be an appointed cabinet in other states, like:
The secretary of state
The comptroller (like a secretary of Treasury)
Chairman and members of the Railroad commission (industry)
Attorney General
Land commissioner
Agriculture commissioner
Education Board
Lieutenant Governor is elected separately from the governor
and more I cannot remember
throw in the two (criminal and civil) supreme courts that are elected and we over around 2 dozen statewide elected officers and judges. Texas wants its top decision makers to go before the people in elections.Gaius Mucius Scaevola Sinistra
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Originally posted by SlowwHand View PostHe wasn't guilty of murder in this case. Damn, dude. I'm about as staunch a supporter of the death penalty as can be found here, and I can see it isn't proper, no matter how many times Solomwi repeats himself that my problem is with the law, not the governor.Solomwi is very wise. - Imran Siddiqui
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And DP under the law of parties does require a higher standard of intent and aforethought than for the triggerman. Up to around 30 something years ago, when SCOTUS restricting DP, it was very common under the law of parties for gangmates. You would try a whole gang involved in a murder together, and gas them all.Last edited by Lefty Scaevola; November 20, 2009, 23:09.Gaius Mucius Scaevola Sinistra
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Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola View PostAnd DP under the law of parties does require a higher standard of intent and aforethought than for the triggerman. Up to around 30 something years ago, when SCOTUS restricting DP, it was very common under the law of parties for gangmates. You would try a whole gang involved in a murder together, and gas them all.
I'll quit saying it.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead
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Well, certainly. There's no question about that.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead
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So, if the sentence for the shooter was a mistake, what does it have to do with withholding clemency from the guy who shot another person four times and killed two other people because they were Asians who work in convenience stores?(\__/)
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He wasn't on trial for anything else.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead
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