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Top U.S. court reverses ruling sparing killer who forgot the crime
Reuters ^ | November 6, 2017

Posted on 11/06/2017 4:43:20 PM PST by SMGFan

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday overturned a lower court ruling that an Alabama man convicted of killing a police officer in 1985 was no longer legally eligible to be executed because strokes wiped out his memory of committing the murder.

The nine justices ruled unanimously that Alabama can execute 67-year-old Vernon Madison, who has spent decades on death row. They said Supreme Court precedent had not established "that a prisoner is incompetent to be executed because of a failure to remember his commission of the crime."

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: alabama; scotus; supremecourt
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To: Rusty0604

My Husband would answer yes knowing full well he is the one and only King in our castle, knowing that I depend on him being right 75% of the time.


21 posted on 11/06/2017 5:57:05 PM PST by submarinerswife (Allahu FUBAR)
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To: SMGFan

Release him from 20k ft? Ok. Release because society couldn’t deal with him before stroke? No.


22 posted on 11/06/2017 5:58:19 PM PST by MortMan (NFL kneelers: A colonoscopy is not supposed to be a self-exam.)
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To: SMGFan

I think it should left up to the family of the victim as to how he is executed.


23 posted on 11/06/2017 5:59:30 PM PST by anton
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To: submarinerswife

You have a good man.


24 posted on 11/06/2017 6:03:53 PM PST by Rusty0604
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To: SMGFan

Now, get on with it.


25 posted on 11/06/2017 6:13:54 PM PST by onedoug
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To: SMGFan

He has been punished enough — a stroke can be worse than death.


26 posted on 11/06/2017 6:57:44 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: SMGFan

He has been punished enough — a stroke can be worse than death.


27 posted on 11/06/2017 6:59:27 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: SMGFan

Hillary Clinton to the FBI, “I don’t recall”.

Time to fry her.


28 posted on 11/06/2017 7:08:15 PM PST by Kickass Conservative ( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.Does the Government)
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To: SMGFan

Kind of ironic - if the strokes messed him up that bad, it might be a relief to him if they did end it....those who think they’re savng him may be extending a personal hell....


29 posted on 11/07/2017 3:18:20 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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