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Tatted Up Texas Judge Declares Death Penalty Unconstitutional
wsj ^ | March 5, 2010 | Ashby Jones

Posted on 03/06/2010 8:12:24 AM PST by JoeProBono

It’s either one of the more brazen and courageous judicial rulings we’ve heard of in a long time, or one of the most ill-considered examples of judicial activism we’ve heard of in a long time.

Your take on it will likely depend on your take on the death penalty. The news is this, and it’s pretty striking:

A state district judge in Houston granted a pretrial motion declaring the death penalty unconstitutional.

The ruling, made by State District Judge Kevin Fine, came in response to a motion filed by lawyers for a man accused of fatally shooting a Houston woman and wounding her sister on June 16, 2008. The lawyers had argued the procedures surrounding death-penalty jury instructions in the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure violate the Eighth and 14th Amendments prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment and guaranteeing the right of due process.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: deathpenalty; jpb; tattoos; texas
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To: JoeProBono

The same folks who wrote the Constitution hung traitors.

End of story.


21 posted on 03/06/2010 9:01:23 AM PST by DoctorBulldog
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To: JoeProBono

Every person in a position of authority believes that they are ordained to “change things!” In short, hyper-individualism or the “I’m a God syndrome.”


22 posted on 03/06/2010 9:08:37 AM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

23 posted on 03/06/2010 9:11:33 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono
This judge is a living, breathing example of why Thomas Jefferson referred to the federal judiciary "the most dangerous branch." This garbage will be reversed on appeal for sure.

Congressman Billybob

Don't Tread On Me (9/12 photo and poster"

""I Was in the First Wave'"

24 posted on 03/06/2010 9:15:16 AM PST by Congressman Billybob (www.TheseAretheTimes.us)
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To: JoeProBono; Jersey Republican Biker Chick

In before the Tattoo and Trailer Trash crowd gets here to defend this guy. (Or at least defend his tattoos)


25 posted on 03/06/2010 9:17:59 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: pray4liberty

OMG .. I can’t stop laughing.


26 posted on 03/06/2010 9:22:03 AM PST by PhiloBedo (I won't be happy until Jet-A is less than $2.00 a gallon)
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To: Las Vegas Ron
Guess he never read the 5th Amendment:

...nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.

Also the Grand Jury Clause's reference to "capital... crimes". He'll be reversed faster than a Ninth Circuit ruling that's gone to SCOTUS.

27 posted on 03/06/2010 9:32:04 AM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: JoeProBono

Typical self-absorbed leftist.


28 posted on 03/06/2010 9:35:30 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
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To: La Lydia

The answer to your question is in post #7, second paragraph, last five words.


29 posted on 03/06/2010 9:53:21 AM PST by sport
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To: Responsibility2nd
So you call us here to start a fight. And you say we are the problem...

OK, here's the ping you asked for....

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30 posted on 03/06/2010 9:55:00 AM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.)
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick

Love that!


31 posted on 03/06/2010 9:56:04 AM PST by Allegra (It doesn't matter what this tagline says...the liberals are going to call it "racist.")
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To: Responsibility2nd

Oh...I am Pro Death Penalty, BTW.


32 posted on 03/06/2010 9:57:28 AM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.)
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
I'm a glutton for punishment. What can I say?

 

33 posted on 03/06/2010 9:59:20 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

I have to admit that is a silly tattoo in that picture.


34 posted on 03/06/2010 10:00:55 AM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.)
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To: Andonius_99; envisio; rintense; WayneS; Enosh; tearlenb; Long Island Pete; hilaryrhymeswithrich; ...

Ping to post #30.....forgot to add the list in the to line....OOPS, one of those days...


35 posted on 03/06/2010 10:04:47 AM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.)
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To: wastedyears
Also can’t be sentenced to death without................... a hearing and fair trial.

Texas has this leetle problem with false convictions and fradulent prosecutions. Not that that's what the judge cited in this case, but Texas's track record for fair trials isn't all that good.

36 posted on 03/06/2010 10:45:49 AM PST by Grut
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To: Finny; Jersey Republican Biker Chick; Salamander

I don’t have tats for any of the reasons you have posted.
(psst it is spelled tattoo) I live with a real biker & he is laughing about your post.


38 posted on 03/06/2010 11:48:24 AM PST by pandoraou812 (Alcohol/drug/dementia testing & term limits ought to be mandatory for politicians.)
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To: Finny

In other words, you don’t really know why everyone gets tats.


39 posted on 03/06/2010 1:19:47 PM PST by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)
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To: Finny

Wow, massive projection there......have you tried meditation or deep breathing to rid yourself of that anger?


40 posted on 03/06/2010 2:39:33 PM PST by Badabing Badablonde (New to the internet? CLICK HERE)
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