[geopyg]

"Does this cowardly statement remind anyone else of what another governor said about 2,000 years ago..."

I've thought the same thing. Envisioned Jeb Bush washing his hands at a press conference. Why can't he intervene? I've heard small snippets - but no real explanation.

I guess years ago he DID order the tube put back in after the courts said to pull it. Did the courts later rule that the reinsertion was unconstitutional? If so - perhaps that is why his hands are tied - he would knowingly be doing something that had been ruled (by the "courts") unconstitutional.

And what about the last minute call from the Governor for executions? Do they have the legal right to actually pardon the prisoner - or are the just "staying" the execution so it can be reviewed legally again.

[TheCrusader]

"I guess years ago he DID order the tube put back in after the courts said to pull it. Did the courts later rule that the reinsertion was unconstitutional? If so - perhaps that is why his hands are tied - he would knowingly be doing something that had been ruled (by the "courts") unconstitutional."

He could always claim that new evidence has surfaced since that old ruling. Or he could just go in and resuce Terri and worry about himself later, like men used to do so long ago.