“those convicted of the death penalty prior will still be executed.”
Stupid writer.
The chump is functionally illiterate. When I worked on California's death row, and we saw an unresponsive inmate, we did not just immediately open the cell, until back up arrives. Inmates had been known to fake it, so they could assault staff.
I thought this was perfectly correct grammar in American, I know how you guys like to say things like ‘I could care less’ which to my British ears sounds like the opposite of what they intended to say.
On the subject of the article itself, I’m in two minds about it. If he shuffles off now, it will save 20+ years of wasting time costing taxpayer’s money, and precludes the possibility of liberal legislators deciding to backdate the abolition of the death penalty in the meantime.
On the other hand, the whole point of sentencing someone for a crime is that they don’t get to decide their fate.
Stupid writer.
As a retired editor, please permit me to rewrite: Those previously sentenced to the death penalty will still be executed.