Posted on 06/09/2006 8:44:23 AM PDT by jpl
Less than two hours before he was to die by injection for three 1996 murders, Percy Levar Walton won a six-month reprieve from Gov. Timothy M. Kaine last night.
The governor delayed the execution until Dec. 8 so Walton's long-debated mental capacity and competence to be executed can be independently evaluated.
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This opens-up a new career for people who have IQs in the 69-85 range: contract killer.
No he didn't, remember the last execution? Do you really think that delaying an execution of a man that thinks getting a lethal injection means he's going to Burger King, is undermining the death penalty?
I don't know if we get to count this yet, because he just delayed it, he didn't commute it (there actually is some question whether he has the right to delay a sentence, which was imposed by the courts, but that's another story).
Assuming we do count it, we have these Kaine Broken Promises:
1) I won't raise taxes for transportation until we lock the trust fund.
2) I will move to lock the trust fund.
3) I will veto any tax increase passed before the trust fund it locked
4) I will support the Marriage amendment
5) I will support giving local governments power to control development where transportation is inadequate.
6) I will carry out executions ordered by the courts.
Tim Kaine delays an execution but he's pro-choice.
Just like Governor Warner, he couldn't wait to raise taxes.
What a joke.
Too bad Jerry Kilgore rain such a lousy campaign.
As for #6 - Dexter Lee Vinson - April 27
the gov was asked for a stay, but refused
Cry me a frigging river.
I have no sympathy for the man, just attempting to balance out some info on the gov.
It sounds as though you assume all this stuff is really legit; I don't.
But even if the guy really is playing with half a deck, this case has already gone through the whole entire court system of appeals, the Supremes rejected his claim, and now he gets a last minute delay.
What exactly do you think six more months will accomplish that hasn't already been determined in the last nine years?
Who cares what he thinks? Do you think he asked the three people he murdered what their opinion of dying was?
His promise wasn't that he would carry out ONE execution. He promised he'd carry out executions that came to his desk.
But as I said, he didn't commute this sentence yet, he just delayed it.
He is a dhimmicrat, therefore he is a liar. How many times do we have to experience this before we learn?
"...the executioner gets the rebound, he shoots, he SCORES!"
Agree 100%. There is rarely any mention of the victims in these stories or the horrific way that they met their end and the horrible impact on their families.
In typical Democrat fashion, the governor apparently has never met a criminal who deserves to die, and probably lied about his "support" of the death penalty during the campaign.
However, Virginia is no Illinois, and if Kaine decides to commute all the sentences (like the corrupt former governor of Illinois) I guarantee he will be impeached faster than you can say Hillary Clinton.
It just disgusts me when democrats come up with these b.s. excuses. Who cares if the guy is insane? He did the crime, time to pay the penalty.
Virgina got what she voted into office. Sorry for the folks who had the sense to not vote for a dem. Too bad, too close (NE Tennessee)...
In this case, the family of the victim isn't that upset about the delay, and some think he would suffer more in prison the rest of his life instead of being dead.
I just wanted to point out that Kaine isn't doing a good job of keeping his promises.
"6) I will carry out executions ordered by the courts."
He did carry out one.
yes
The "I'll do what's right because it's the law!" refrain from the campaign keeps ringing in my ears.
It doesn't sound like that at all. It's not going to accomplish anything, other than appeasing some people. Kaine didn't listen to the people that wanted a stay for the other guy, this will give some people what they want, and I'm betting he will be executed.
It's all politics. It will look a lot better, if only the 2nd guy that comes up for execution in his term, and is such a mental case, at least gets a chance with the new gov. You know how many people in the north of VA, would go nuts, if he didn't at least postpone it a little bit?
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