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Actress Bardot wants Bush to halt execution
Star-Telegram | AP ^
| 3/15/06
Posted on 03/15/2006 2:09:48 PM PST by LibWhacker
French film legend Brigitte Bardot sent a letter to President Bush on Wednesday urging him to prevent the execution of a prisoner on death row in Texas.
Bardot said she had been deeply touched by a letter from the prisoner, Farley C. Matchett, who was convicted for a 1991 killing committed during a three-day crime spree. His execution has not yet been scheduled.
"This man's story truly touched me," Bardot wrote, urging Bush to use his powers to order a new trial for Matchett.
The "And God Created Woman" star, who has concentrated on animal rights campaigns in recent years, said she would help pay Matchett's legal fees if he was given another trial.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bardot; bush; death; farleymatchett; matchett; murder; row; texas
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To: LibWhacker
Didn't she get into some trouble a few years back herself? Seems that she has a problem with immigrants to Europe.
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posted on
03/15/2006 2:11:41 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: LibWhacker
The governor of Texas should send Miss Bardot a videotape of the execution.
I would!
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posted on
03/15/2006 2:12:32 PM PST
by
CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
(Toon Town, Iran...........where reality is the real fantasy.)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
03/15/2006 2:12:35 PM PST
by
Borges
To: LibWhacker
Did his letter go something like, "You are the greatest actress ever and you still look soooo hot."
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posted on
03/15/2006 2:13:09 PM PST
by
stevio
(Red-Blooded Crunchy Con, American Male (NRA))
To: LibWhacker
Better title: "Naive Actress Conned by Murderer's Self-Pitying Letter"
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posted on
03/15/2006 2:13:21 PM PST
by
American Quilter
(Lucidity of speech is one of the surest tests of mental precision. - David Lloyd George)
To: cripplecreek
She only made one movie that anyone watched and she is a legend?
To: cripplecreek
Yep. Amazing that she wants to turn murderers loose on us Americans but doesn't want to be around them herself.
To: LibWhacker
A no-account "actress" with no-account political opinions.
This is news?
To: LibWhacker
So let me get this straight. A French actress (of little note in the last 30 years) is "touched" by the story of some bum in a Texas prison, so the will of the American people should be subverted ...
Nah.
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posted on
03/15/2006 2:13:59 PM PST
by
IronJack
To: CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
We're going to have a new inductee to the Greater Huntsville Flatliners' Club by about 6:30 this evening...
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posted on
03/15/2006 2:14:25 PM PST
by
GW and Twins Pawpaw
(Sheepdog for Five [My grandkids are way more important than any lefty's feelings!])
To: LibWhacker
"The "And God Created Woman" star, who has concentrated on animal rights"
Looks like she's linked up with another animal.
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posted on
03/15/2006 2:15:16 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(:Gregory was riled while Hume smiled:)
To: LibWhacker
Didn't he write her a letter once?"
To: GW and Twins Pawpaw
"Greater Huntsville Flatliners' Club"
I have never heard that line before, but it has a certain ring to it...
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posted on
03/15/2006 2:16:19 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: LibWhacker
[Bardot said she had been deeply touched by a letter from the prisoner, Farley C. Matchett, who was convicted for a 1991 killing committed during a three-day crime spree.]
Would she be as deeply touched by a letter from the murder victim's family?
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posted on
03/15/2006 2:16:39 PM PST
by
spinestein
(The network news is to journalism what McDonald's is to food.)
To: sgtbono2002
Well she was in Godard' Le Mepris as well.
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posted on
03/15/2006 2:17:52 PM PST
by
Borges
To: LibWhacker
Someone should tell this moron that the POTUS has NO authority to grant relief like this to an inmate convicted of STATE crimes. This is basic information that she should have been aware of before even contacting Bush. Simply amazing.
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posted on
03/15/2006 2:17:59 PM PST
by
Clump
To: LibWhacker
I have no pity for a murderer. I want to see him die. That's the only way I will be deeply touched - to see justice done.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
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posted on
03/15/2006 2:18:19 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: BulletBobCo
The great Billy Mumy!
Did the creep in prison tell BB that he loved pussy cats?
To: LibWhacker
She was quite the looker in her day. Too bad she's so easily swayed by a con man and murderer.
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posted on
03/15/2006 2:19:11 PM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Darwinism is a belief in the meaninglessness of existence - R. Kirk)
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