Posted on 05/28/2013 3:55:15 AM PDT by IbJensen
When faced with a question of clemency or justice, Hickenlooper gave himself a pardon from responsibility.
Colorado governor John Hickenlooper grants Nathan Dunlap a temporary reprieve
In Colorado, the fate of convicted murderer Nathan Dunlap has been an issue of great debate. This past week, the governor of Colorado, John Hickenlooper, made what has to be one of the most cowardly decisions ever seen in politics by putting a man’s life and the expectations of his victims on hold just long enough to take the decision out of his hands.
In 1993, Nathan Dunalap waltzed into a Chuck E. Cheese in Aurora, Colorado which he had previously worked at, and shot 4 employees to death, wounding a fifth. Some of the victims were as young as 17. Dunlap was 19 at the time.
As is traditionally the situation in death penalty cases, there were those looking to stop the execution and those pushing for justice. Governor Hickenlooper, already famous in Colorado for his inability to take a strong position or make difficult decisions, had to decide which direction to take: clemency or execution. Incredibly, he found a way to do neither, instead pushing the decision onto the shoulders of his successor by using an executive order to issue a “temporary reprieve” blaming his decision on an “imperfect system.” The reprieve will likely stand for the remainder of Hickenlooper’s term and require a new governor to order its removal.
“Obviously this has weighed heavily on me for over a year now and it was obvious that inaction wasn’t an option,” said at a press conference Wednesday. And yet, inaction is precisely what he’s done. It’s also worth noting that while he was “heavily weighing” the situation and families were waiting in the wings to find out whether justice would be served for their loved ones, Hickenlooper was partying with the Denver Broncos.
To add insult to injustice, it appears there is a possibility that Hickenlooper made his fateful indecision at the behest of an overzealous staffer that was threatening to quit if he didn’t offer clemency.
Dennis O’Connor, the father of victim Colleen O’Connor (17), appeared on the Michael Brown Show on Thursday and took Hickenlooper and his staff to task over the “decision.” In the devastatingly heart breaking interview, O’Connor discusses how Hickenlooper’s Chief of Staff, Roxanne White, tweeted that the death penalty was “barbaric,” a word that should be reserved instead only for this murderous fiend who bragged to his cell mate that O’Connor’s daughter begged for her life on her knees to which he replied by smiling and shooting her in the face. This monster went on to say it was “better than sex.” Forgive me, but that is barbaric.
Listen to the full interview (at the link) and share it with everyone you know. This coward of a governor needs to be taken to the woodshed over this. The national media would be having a feeding frenzy about a Republican governor executing a murderer, but the outrage on this is deafeningly silent. That needs to change.
If they could just get an absentee ballot to him...
“This monster went on to say it was “better than sex.” Forgive me, but that is barbaric.”
I would love to attend his “judgement”, but I’ll probably be more concerned with my own. I am quite sure anyone present will not be hearing the prideful better than sex angle. The pitiful cries for mercy will be heard by all in attendence. May God have mercy on his soul.
Geeze.
If I were Guv my question would be what types of capital punishment are available .
Can’t we just string the bass turd up using barbed wire?
Chickenlooper is showing himself to be the kind of political hack that gives politicians a bad name. How the .... did this guy ever lie and cheat and fool enough Coloradans to get elected?
Does Chickenpooper somehow think he’s not going to have to deal with this in his second term? That’s quite a “leader” the Pothead State has out there.
Throw him and Dunlap to the Mooselimbs. . . they will have no qualms about finishing the job.
had no problem defiling the 2nd Amendment though...
Disgraceful.
I use to wonder how the mighty Roman empire fell.........now I don’t.......
Margaret Kohlberg was 50.
Listen to the looper in an interview sometimes. This guy has 1/4 the IQ of the Obamadork...and we ain’t exactly talkin’ concious level with the dork.
He’s soooo very liberal...in every way.
He looks incredibly stupid.
What a miserable reflection on the intelligence of Denver voters.
Most Colorado voters are utterly clueless ‘Progressives’.
I have always been for an expansion of the death penalty to cover crimes other than murder.
The central socialist government should have no say whatsoever in application of the death penalty as it should be the decision of the voters in each state. The liberal states should be avoided by Conservatives because generally the crime rate is much higher than ones that strictly and rapidly move evildoers through the justice system.
States’ decisions should not be subject to review by the federal court system.
There should be only one trial and a speedy state judicial review. Then the criminal should be escalated to death row and to either the electric chair or the gallows. No merciful injections.
Replace this elitist with a decent American.
So he wants to commute the sentence but won’t until after he wins or loses reelection. Piece of crap.
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