Tookie needs immediate death - but I bet he won't get it.
Does anybody remember the woman who was put to death while Bush was still governor of Texas? I believe she had been a prostitute who had killed a "client" or helped somebody else kill him - but she had become a Christian and had definitely turned her life around. She probably deserved a pardon, but politically, Bush couldn't do it.
Tookie doesn't deserve a pardon, but I bet politically, since Arnie is courting the left, it's going to be impossible for the Gov to deny him one.
Carla Fay Tucker.
Carla Faye Tucker. Completely legitimate. She understood that the way she had lived her life in prison was great but it did not make up for her crimes.
Oh, puleeze! Her name was Karla Faye Tucker. She and her buds were flying high for several days. She decided to go over to some other ex-friends' home, use her old key to gain entry, kill them, rob them and steal the man's motorcycle. She took a pick ax to hack away at the man and woman and stated on tape later that she had orgasms with each strike of the ax. Sure, she later claimed she'd seen the light, married the prison chaplain and was deemed a model prisoner, but that doesn't bring back the couple she killed.
The media had a fine time hyping it all with the Christianity angle and that she was the first woman to be executed since the Civil War. She'd had 14 years behind bars to appeal to get her sentence commuted life. The evidence against her was so overwhelming and her actions were so heinous, her jury found her guilty the same day they were given the case. The Board of Pardons and Parole never recommended to Bush that she be stayed. Yes, the governor has the power to grant clemency but that would only give a 30 day extension of the inevitable. As for a full pardon, forget it. To my knowledge there's never been one granted in Texas. Bottom line, how the heck is it Bush's fault?