Posted on 03/04/2023 10:29:10 AM PST by lowbridge
Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said Friday that she will not execute death row prisoner Aaron Gunches, regardless of a warrant from the state’s Supreme Court.
On Thursday, the Arizona Supreme Court scheduled Gunches’ execution for April 6, saying it must grant the execution warrant because the appeals process was complete, The Associated Press reported.
But Hobbs said there is wiggle room in the court ruling, according to the Arizona Republic.
“The Court’s decision order and warrant make clear … that the warrant authorizes an execution and does not require it,” Hobbs said in a statement.
“This is consistent with the law and separation of powers between the judicial and executive branches on this most serious exercise of the power of the State,” the statement said.
Gunches was convicted in the 2002 murder of Ted Price, an ex-boyfriend of the woman Gunches was dating at the time. He kidnapped and shot Price multiple times.
In November, Gunches asked the Supreme Court to issue his own death warrant, calling for justice and “closure to the victim’s family.” Former Attorney General Mark Brnovich asked for the warrant of execution, according to KTAR-FM.
But in January, Gunches sought to withdraw the request, citing three recent Arizona executions that were “carried out in a manner that amounts to torture,” he wrote the court.
Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes, who took office in January, also tried to withdraw the request for a warrant to execute Gunches. On Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected that request.
Hobbs has said she will not allow any executions in Arizona until she receives a report from her Death Penalty Independent Review Commission.
“Under my Administration, an execution will not occur until the people of Arizona can have confidence that the State is not violating the law in carrying out the
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My attempts to keep the law does NOT strengthen sin.
Again, you are misinterpreting what the Scripture is saying.
My attempts to keep the law are from love of God and Jesus (John 14:15). It is NOT to "ensure my salvation."
("lea"=law)
But what DID he said he came to do?
the strength of sin is the law. 1 Corinthians 15:56.
the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. But now we are delivered from the law. Romans 7:5-6.
sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. Romans 7:8.
when the commandment came, sin revived. Romans 7:9.
sin, taking occasion by the commandment. Romans 7:11.
sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. Romans 7:13.
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I do not find. For the good that I would I do not do: but the evil which I would not do, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me. Romans 7:18-20.
Why don’t you actually try reading and studying the New Covenant of the Bible before accusing me of “misinterpreting” the Bible. If you’re not a modern-day Pharisee, you certainly say what the Pharisees of Bible times said.
Get a clue.
Man's police authority, which Paul cites included capital punishment for certain crimes, both before & after Paul's time. Again, you believe Christ died for all sin. I agree. That doesn't mean that criminals and murders are absolved of punishment prescribed by law -- again Rom 13:4 supports this view. You seem opposed to man's law imposing capital punishment but not other forms of punishment. I believe Paul would disagree.
But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.” - Luke 23:40,41
We also can adopt such precedents as well Katie. Cuts both ways.
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