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Suspend executions -- for now
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 12/8/5 | Joan Ryan

Posted on 12/08/2005 10:22:34 AM PST by SmithL

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger should not grant clemency to death row inmate Stanley Tookie Williams.

Nor should he deny it.

The governor should shelve the clemency hearing scheduled for today. He should call a press conference instead. He should say that in listening to the debate, he has come to understand that the challenge before him is not to parse the singular circumstances of one man's life. It is to tackle the much larger and more relevant issue that has been pushed to the surface by the Tookie Williams case: the public's conflicted feelings and growing questions about the death penalty itself.

Then Schwarzenegger should announce a moratorium on all executions in California, following in the footsteps of another law-and-order Republican governor, former Gov. George Ryan of Illinois.

This not only is the thoughtful, prudent course of action, given what we know now about flaws in the judicial system, but it has the added advantage of turning a radioactive situation for Schwarzenegger into a defining moment. He can stake his claim as a bold, courageous leader without, in actuality, taking much of a political risk: Most Californians favor a moratorium.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: deathpenalty; frymumia; frytookie; georgeryan; tookie
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The latest cup-o-fluff from Airhead Ryan.
1 posted on 12/08/2005 10:22:35 AM PST by SmithL
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To: SmithL

Just kill this piece of filth.


2 posted on 12/08/2005 10:23:43 AM PST by Vaquero ("An armed society is a polite society" R. A. Heinlein)
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To: SmithL

I would agree to a point, maybe suspend death by injection; I would pay to see him hang or a firing squad though.


3 posted on 12/08/2005 10:24:37 AM PST by SF Republican
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To: SmithL
My only "growing question about the death penalty" is why it takes so damned long to kill off these vermin once convicted and sentenced.

Click the Gadsden flag for pro-gun resources!

4 posted on 12/08/2005 10:25:05 AM PST by Joe Brower (The Constitution defines Conservatism. *NRA*)
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To: SmithL

Unborn babies are routinely executed without so much as a hearing before a judge. I would say that the left is very comfortable with executions. But only if they are completely innocent of any crime.


5 posted on 12/08/2005 10:25:50 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: SmithL
the challenge before him is not to parse the singular circumstances of one man's life

Correct! Let's talk about the 4 innocent people this POS murdered.

6 posted on 12/08/2005 10:26:28 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: SmithL

This is what happens when you wait 25 years before carrying out your death penalties. Too few people care what happened way back then, nobody remembers, and old people can do lots of "good" things to make it look like they should be granted clemency.

Carry out the sentence within 10 years, you don't have this problem.


7 posted on 12/08/2005 10:26:31 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: SmithL
Can we do it after Tookie is offed?
8 posted on 12/08/2005 10:26:52 AM PST by CaptRon (Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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To: Joe Brower
"My only "growing question about the death penalty" is why it takes so damned long to kill off these vermin once convicted and sentenced."

Agreed. The fellow sentenced last week for killing Carla Bruscia should have been taken out back immediately, had a bag placed over his head, and been hung. Dispatch him quickly and save the taxpayer some money.

9 posted on 12/08/2005 10:27:57 AM PST by tom h
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To: SmithL

16,000 murders a year

1,000 executions since the death penalty was "legalized".

But executions are the problem.


10 posted on 12/08/2005 10:28:06 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: SmithL

I think we should pass a new law that says anyone on death row who writes childrens' books automatically gets a reprieve because what could be more important than keeping alive authors of childrens' books? It's for the chirren doncha know?


11 posted on 12/08/2005 10:29:04 AM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten (Is your problem ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
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To: SmithL
following in the footsteps of another law-and-order Republican governor, former Gov. George Ryan of Illinois.

Law and order? Ryan was one of the most corrupt politicians in the history of Illinois (and that's saying something!).

12 posted on 12/08/2005 10:30:40 AM PST by denydenydeny ("As a Muslim of course I am a terrorist"--Sheikh Omar Brooks, quoted in the London Times 8/7/05)
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To: SmithL

Nonsense. Time for a year end clearance, instead.


13 posted on 12/08/2005 10:30:51 AM PST by the gillman@blacklagoon.com ( Tranzis won't let you vote but they will let you pay.)
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"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger should announce a moratorium on all executions in California ... the more relevant issue that has been pushed to the surface by the Tookie Williams case -- the public's conflicted feelings and growing questions about the death penalty itself."

Only in San Francisco can someone say that "everyone I know has doubts about the death penalty." If she left the confines of Baghdad-by-the-Bay she would find thousands of people who aren't conflicted and want to fry the b-stard.

14 posted on 12/08/2005 10:31:04 AM PST by tom h
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To: SmithL

Another soft on crime liberal.


15 posted on 12/08/2005 10:31:24 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: SmithL

Oh, I dunno...suspension is starting to sound like a good idea...

16 posted on 12/08/2005 10:33:12 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: SmithL

You know the right thing to do Arnie.


17 posted on 12/08/2005 10:34:05 AM PST by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He has done more for this country than anyone will ever know. He's A++)
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To: SmithL

why do people care so much about thie quadruple murderer? i looked at the list of victims and it looks like he wiped out and entire asian family.


18 posted on 12/08/2005 10:34:06 AM PST by minus_273
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To: Billthedrill

Perfect idea


19 posted on 12/08/2005 10:34:25 AM PST by GregoTX (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: SmithL
the public's conflicted feelings and growing questions about the death penalty...

Note the cheap rhetorical trick by this professional weeper. There are no "conflicted feelings" or "growing questions" from the public regarding the death penalty. Executing murderers has solid public support and has for a long time.

20 posted on 12/08/2005 10:35:31 AM PST by Semi Civil Servant
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