[MeekOneGOP]

Perry rejects board opinion; killer executed
Pardons, parole panel wanted clemency for schizophrenic

Kelsey Patterson

Excerpt:

Mr. Perry said one reason he denied clemency was because "the defendant is a very violent individual. Texas has no life without parole sentencing option, and no one can guarantee this defendant would never be freed to commit other crimes were his sentence commuted."

As the warden leaned over him and asked if he had a final statement, Mr. Patterson responded, "Statement to what? Statement to what? I'm not guilty of the charge of capital murder."

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Michele Smith, whose mother, Dorothy Harris, was killed by Mr. Patterson, sobbed to reporters after watching the execution.

"I want to especially thank the governor for giving me a chance to start again and have an end to such a horrible time in my life," she said. "I started the day off very pessimistic, but it ended as I prayed it would."

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[Bonaparte]

"Texas has no life without parole sentencing option, and no one can guarantee this defendant would never be freed to commit other crimes were his sentence commuted."

9 out of 10 shrinks will certify under oath that these killers did not sufficiently appreciate the significance of their murderous acts. The same shrinks will subsequently certify that each of them is a low risk for release a few years down the road. Liberals will gleefully accept such opinions as gospel and turn these animals loose on the community to kill again. On the pretext of "enlightened compassion," they will do anything to harm American society.

Perry is right to take no chances that Patterson will ever again be set free. But it's enough for me that God has "certified" that murderers must die.