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Parole Board Green-Lights Execution of Kelly Gissendaner Despite Pope's Plea
NBC News ^ | 09/29/2015 | Tracy Connor

Posted on 09/29/2015 11:49:31 AM PDT by ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Georgia's parole board declined Tuesday to commute the death sentence of Kelly Renee Gissendaner— even after Pope Francis called for a halt to her execution.

Gissendaner, who was sentenced to death for the 1997 murder of her husband at the hands of her lover, is set to receive a lethal injection at 7 p.m. ET.

Pope Francis, who called for a ban on the death penalty during his visit to the United States last week, asked the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles to spare her life, through a letter written by a local archbishop.

"While not wishing to minimize the gravity of the crime for which Ms. Gissendander has been convicted, and while sympathizing with the victims, I nonetheless implore you, in consideration of the reasons that have been expressed to your board, to commute the sentence to one that would better express both justice and mercy," Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano wrote.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: crime; georgia; gissendaner; kellygissendaner; pope
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1 posted on 09/29/2015 11:49:31 AM PDT by ScottWalkerForPresident2016
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Interesting point of view for one whose organization has never admitted the Inquisition or burning at the stake were bad ideas. Oh, well.


2 posted on 09/29/2015 11:51:28 AM PDT by Rodentking (There is no God but Yahweh and Moses is his prophet - http://www.airpower.blogspot.com/)
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

I like pepperoni on my pizza.


3 posted on 09/29/2015 11:52:32 AM PDT by Artemis Webb (Let me know if you want on The Baseball Ping List)
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To: Rodentking

yep

Guess this is her (be certain you want to click, though):

http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/5f3703777fe45cae9063d720d7179c182dbee875/c=42-0-852-1080&r=537&c=0-0-534-712/local/-/media/2015/02/10/WXIA/WXIA/635591526925091931-gissendaner2.jpg


4 posted on 09/29/2015 11:54:21 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Maybe if they dissect her, and sell her organs for medical research, with US Government support, the Pope won’t mind so much...


5 posted on 09/29/2015 11:54:24 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Rodentking

Failing to require ultimate accountability from even the sleaziest of murderers disrespects the lives of innocent people everywhere.


6 posted on 09/29/2015 11:54:54 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Rodentking

Her last meal included diet frosted lemonade. I guess she wanted to make sure she didn’t look fat in her prison gown on the gurney...


7 posted on 09/29/2015 11:55:38 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: Rodentking

and I’m not hearing much outrage over the murder & butchering of unborn innocents for profit


8 posted on 09/29/2015 11:55:42 AM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

A call from the WH to Governor Deal is in the making.


9 posted on 09/29/2015 11:56:07 AM PDT by South40 (Trump on Kim Davis: I hate to see her being sent to jail but the law is the law)
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

“Separation of church and state!” Remember, liberals?


10 posted on 09/29/2015 11:56:37 AM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

“There comes a time in the history of every people when they become so pathologically soft and tender that they actually side with those elements of their society that harms them; i.e. criminals”-F. Nietzsche


11 posted on 09/29/2015 11:57:43 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Devil Pope.


12 posted on 09/29/2015 11:58:17 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: Rodentking

Before you going judging too quickly, ponder the actions of God and death of the Egyptian first born.

Consider also, John the Baptist and Isaiah as worthy prophets of Jesus Christ.

Finally, perhaps you missed Pope St. John Paul II and his many, many apologies, as well as Pope Benedict XVI.

Please also consider there was no apology for the executions of Catholics by Henry VIII, nor recompense for the destruction of Catholic buildings.


13 posted on 09/29/2015 11:58:42 AM PDT by SpirituTuo
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

As Robert A. Heinlein would have said, “MYOB, Pope.”


14 posted on 09/29/2015 11:59:28 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
Pope Francis, who called for a ban on the death penalty

Curious... Doesn't this Pope realize that without the death penalty, there wouldn't be Christianity

15 posted on 09/29/2015 11:59:59 AM PDT by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Rodentking

I think that was taken care of back in 2000, when Pope John Paul II did his long on behalf of the Church, I do apologize for the abuses done in the name of the Church which would include the inquisition and the burning at the stake.


16 posted on 09/29/2015 12:00:21 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: South40

Hopefully, he will have the same response Texas Guv’nuhs have had since we got rid of Ma Richards - Thank you for your input, now we gonna input that needle...


17 posted on 09/29/2015 12:00:36 PM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

was this death penalty case the object of the pope’s political rhetoric when he was here ???

4,000 innocent babies died today ...innocent, not guilty of murder, no due process... no decision of the death penalty for any crime other than they were alive and growing due to a sex act committed willing by their female parent ...where’s the pope’s tears ???


18 posted on 09/29/2015 12:00:43 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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commute the sentence to one that would better express both justice and mercy,"

What sentence could better reflect that consideration than the present sentence? It sounds as though the Court correctly met the stated criteria.

19 posted on 09/29/2015 12:00:55 PM PDT by Ohioan
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To: Robe

What do you mean?


20 posted on 09/29/2015 12:01:36 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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