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1,000th Execution Delayed, Murder on Schedule
scrappleface.com ^ | 2005-11-30 | Scott Ott

Posted on 11/30/2005 2:18:14 PM PST by NYTexan

Virginia Gov. Mark Warner yesterday granted clemency to convicted murderer Robin Lovitt, commuting his death sentence to life in prison and so delaying the 1,000th execution since the U.S. Supreme Court restored the death penalty in 1976.

However, a spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said America’s landmark 461,500th murder since 1976 should proceed on schedule.

“Our clients and future clients tell us that the domestic murder industry continues to be robust despite a decline in production in recent years,” said the unnamed ACLU source. “Americans should not worry that the stalled death penalty rate will hinder these persistent, hard-working citizens from carrying out their work with dispatch.”

Indeed, recent polls show public confidence in the efficiency of America’s killers has been bolstered by softness in the justice market.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: aclu; deathrow; execution; markwarner; scrappleface

1 posted on 11/30/2005 2:18:16 PM PST by NYTexan
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To: Amityschild; pollyannaish; DTogo; digger48; proud_yank; beyond the sea; fellowpatriot; ...

Pinging the usual suspects!



(anyone wanting on or off the satire ping list, let me know!)


2 posted on 11/30/2005 2:19:06 PM PST by NYTexan (Where is MY Global Warming???)
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To: NYTexan

might be scrapple's best work yet...


3 posted on 11/30/2005 2:25:58 PM PST by frankenMonkey (Name one civil liberty that was not paid for in blood)
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To: NYTexan
Disgusting!

Need someone to do the job - lethal injection, plug in old sparky? Just shoot me an e-mail with the date, time, location and what they are GUILTY of and I'll be happy to oblige for FREE.
4 posted on 11/30/2005 2:28:26 PM PST by nmh (Intelligent people believe in Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: NYTexan

Murder procedes ahead of expectations.


5 posted on 11/30/2005 2:28:50 PM PST by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: NYTexan

bump


6 posted on 11/30/2005 2:28:57 PM PST by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: NYTexan
" the domestic murder industry "

ROFLMAO

7 posted on 11/30/2005 2:29:02 PM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: NYTexan

He must have watched Geena Davis last night - I declined to sully my cable wires, but Laura Ingraham was ranking on this show pretty heavily today...


8 posted on 11/30/2005 2:30:01 PM PST by bitt ('More bad news for the terrorists: This president is no Lyndon Johnson. He won't quit.')
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To: NYTexan

These Death Row guys have a golden chance to get into the record books and still they screw around with appeal after appeal like a bunch of wussys. I personally think Juan Corona deserves the accolade.


9 posted on 11/30/2005 2:35:07 PM PST by fat city ("The nation that controls magnetism controls the world.")
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To: NYTexan

10 posted on 11/30/2005 2:45:03 PM PST by w_over_w (VISUALIZE using your turn signal.)
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To: NYTexan
America’s landmark 461,500th murder since 1976 should proceed on schedule.

And how many murders of innocent babies have been carried out during the same period? The ACLU have more than outdone the Nazis of Auschwitz, they are no doubt approaching the death toll record posted by the Soviets and CHICOMS.

11 posted on 11/30/2005 3:15:53 PM PST by centurion316 (Democrats - Al Qaida's Best Friends)
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This is why I love living in Texas...we know how to off our murdering freak-a-zoids! No quarter to them! The Has-been media whines, but our governors have some....and don't mind killing the killers of babies and innocents.


12 posted on 11/30/2005 4:45:26 PM PST by luvie (QUITTING IS NOT AN EXIT STRATEGY IN IRAQ...GWB 11-29-05)
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461,500 murdered sine 1976?!! It's a quagmire! The United States needs to end its illegal, immoral and unjustified occupation of North America and withdraw immediately!;)


13 posted on 12/02/2005 7:46:15 AM PST by Frank_2001
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