Posted on 12/12/2005 10:45:34 AM PST by commish
Gov. Shwarzeneggar expected to make announcement on Tookie Williams Execution Clemency shortly according to Fox News.
I might be wrong but I could swear I heard this late yesterday or crack of dawn this AM. Doesn;t make it old news, of course, but all day I am waiting for the final determinator by the terminator, so I picked this court decision up somewhere long ago. No big deal (except for tookie that is) Maybe someone can post a timeline on it.
The actor who played the Predator in the first movie died of aids some years ago.
If Arnold thinks it is wise to grant him clemancy, he will be going against EVEN the 9th Circus. Something he should be considering.
Thanks, Bunny. I think Arnold has been waiting to hear what the court would decide. If they had decided to allow a "stay of execution", Arnold would be off the hook, so to speak.
There goes the "over"
---1. It should be hard for our government to put a man to death.
2. It should be a sad day that we had to put a man to death, not a time to celebrate.---
It shouldn't be that hard and it isn't that sad.
Yu know the guy who played Billy in that flick also announced that he was running for governor of Kentucky several years ago? Then it came out he had a couple of run-ins with the law for domestic violence and he dropped out.
will create a line of Tookie Cookies, soft chewy inside, nice & crispy outside
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May I put in an early order for my friend Mike Farrel? I know he will really appreciate my thoughtfulness :) Hell go ahead and send me a few hundred and I can pass them out at the Oscars next year as part of their "perks package"...lol
Carl Weathers died of AIDS?
When do the candlelight vigils start?
It was breaking news. CalSC denied appeal earlier today, 9th Circus Denied appeal a long time ago and just DENIED the appeal of the CalSC decision.
They will now go to SCOTUS and be denied there for a third time.
No
1) Deny clemency for Tookie after a long statement where he discusses all the circumstances and previous limited use of clemency and then says it's not the role of the governor to overrule the courts and the decisions of juries, or
2) He can't cope with the idea of deciding to let a man die and decides to do what Gov. Rion did in IL and grants clemency to everyone on death row. This would be a sweeping grand gesture to try to be the "people's governor," justified by a statement that there are too many uncertainties and possible errors in the evidence and the witness testimony in all of these death penalty cases. This would only happen if Arnold doesn't really care that much if he wins his reelection campaign, because this decision would surely hurt his reelection bid.
He'll probably choose option 1 with great reluctance.
I doubt it, he and Sen. Byrd are similar that way. Byrd says he carries a copy of the constitution in his suit jacket everyday, and I am positive that he has't read that!
Only the government is authorized to put someone to the death penalty. We the people have establishedfe guards over that process. Juries make mistakes. The clemency process is a way to remedy that.
Yet, you and some other freepers who desire to either see him fry or see liberals lose don't have the patience to allow the process to occur. You want to turn the process into one about who can send the most emails. Frankly, that isn't a world i desire nor most rational beings would want.
The guy who played the Predator monster died of AIDS some time ago.
BUSTED!!!.....Good one!!
Just heard on the Schnitt show out of Tampa:
12:00 in the death chamber. The phone rings. The warden answers:
"Warden, this is the Governor. I have great news for Tookie. I just saved a bunch of money on my insurance at Gekko!"
ROTFL!!!
lol!
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