EU urges Texas to halt executions

Austin American Statesman ^ | 8/21/07

[Cat loving Texan]

BRUSSELS, Belgium — The European Union on Tuesday urged the governor of Texas to halt executions and introduce a moratorium on capital punishment in the United States' busiest death penalty state.

In an unusual direct appeal, the EU said Texas Gov. Rick Perry must "exercise all powers vested in his office" to halt the impending 400th execution since Texas resumed carrying out death sentences in 1982.

The execution of Johnny Ray Conner is scheduled for this week. He is to die for the shooting death of a Houston grocery store owner during an attempted holdup in 1998,

"The European Union notes with great regret the upcoming execution in the State of Texas," the bloc said in a statement.

The death penalty is banned in the 27-nation EU, which also fights for its the global abolition.

"The irreversibility of the punishment means that miscarriages of justice - which are inevitable in all legal systems - cannot be redressed," the EU said in a statement.

August 21, 2007 - 6:49 a.m. CDT

[yldstrk]

ROTFLMAO...............uh...so what?

[usmcobra]

They really don’t want to do that, they might torq off Texas.

[dfwgator]

Texas to EU - “Pound sand.”

[Vaquero]

Lets execute the EU.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Where is the “European” man represented by the EU ?

[Mercat]

Oh well, if the EU asks for it, I’m sure Texas will say, “of course, why didn’t we think of that before.”

[mgc1122]

Memo to Texas - my only complaint is you need to pick up the pace of executions.

[in hoc signo vinces]

Texas to EU...”Nuts”

[TigerLikesRooster]

Impotent EU goes for the easiest target, U.S.. The superstate which was unable to take care of Serbia, and urged U.S. to come out of "isolationism." For once, I hope they should impose unilateral comprehensive economic sanctions to China. I can dream, can't I? Then I will be impressed by their rhetoric.

Otherwise, just shut up.

[jpl]

Me to the European Union: take pride in yourselves and start having some children, before your whole continent is destroyed from within.

[unixfox]

Screw EU.

[donnab]

miscarriage of justice????
what about the miscarriage of justice to the grocery clerk this idiot killed cold bloodedly? or the family? or even the community?
pffft EU clean up your own problems first.

[GulfBreeze]

I guess its time for Texas to annex the European Union and make them an eastern county.

Straightening them out will be expensive but I believe worth it in the end...

[TheZMan]

Funny thing is, given our governor, I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if he actually “obeyed”.

But yeah, you want to see some pissed off Texans.. wow.

[Scotsman will be Free]

Why doesn’t the EU spend more time bitching about muslims, and less time bothering us. What a continent of losers.

[2001convSVT]

And because of the EU/UKs ban on the death penalty one of the mastermind/operators of the Lockerbie-Pan Am bombing is about to be set free. Go pound sand EU, in Texas that beast would be pushing up daises.

[M Kehoe]

M Kehoe urges the EU not to become Eurabia.

Or, M Kehoe urges the EU to pi$$ in one hand, and wish in another, and see which one fills up faster.

They can take their pick.

5.56mm

[Diogenesis]

Most of SCOTUS is on its knees to Mecca and the EU,
and is probably eager to follow this and Scottish law.

[laotzu]

Texas is currently pushing through legislation that would make a second arrest for sex crimes on a child a capital offense.

Child molestors...Vermont awaits.