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After barring executions, Arkansas judge attends anti-death-penalty rally
ABC News ^ | April 15, 2017 | Andrew Demillo

Posted on 04/16/2017 9:41:55 AM PDT by Trump20162020

After barring Arkansas from executing eight inmates in rapid succession because of a dispute over how it obtained one of its execution drugs, Judge Wendell Griffen went to an anti-death penalty rally, where he made a stir by lying down on a cot and binding himself as though he were a condemned man on a gurney.

Griffen's participation in Friday's protest outside the governor's mansion sparked outrage among death penalty supporters, including Republican lawmakers who described it as judicial misconduct and potential grounds for Griffen's removal from the bench.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: deathpenalty; deathrow; judge; judicialbranch; judiciary; rosebird; wendellgriffen
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To: Menehune56

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41 posted on 04/16/2017 1:52:54 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: vetvetdoug; Liz; LucyT
And, from another post:

Eric Holder Wants To Lower Federal Hate Crime Standards; Suggests Kids Read Malcolm X

http://dailycaller.com/2015/02/27/eric-holder-wants-to-lower-federal-hate-crime-standards-suggests-kids-read-malcolm-x/

In the interview, Holder also said that he is in the process of writing a personal letter to the parents of Trayvon Martin, though he declined to provide details.

Holder also made a surprising suggestion when asked which book he’d encourage young people to read: “The Autobiography of Malcolm X.”

42 posted on 04/16/2017 2:06:39 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: SaveFerris

Nauseating.


43 posted on 04/16/2017 2:23:36 PM PDT by Liz (The shutting down of free speech IS a form of hate speech. samtheman)
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To: NormsRevenge

‘Jose Manuel Miguel Xaviar Gonzales,in a few short weeks it will be spring.
The snows of winter will flow away, the ice will vanish, the air will
become soft and balmy.

In short, Jose Manuel Miguel Xaviar Gonzales, the annual miracle of the years will awaken and come to pass. But you won’t be there.

The rivulet will run it’s soaring course to the sea. The timid desert flowers
will put forth their tender shoots. The glorious valleys of this imperial domain will
blossom as the rose.
Still, you willnot be here to see.

From every treetop, some wild woods songster will carol his mating song. Butterflies will sport in the sunshine. The gentle breeze will tease the tassels of the wild grasses,and all
Nature, Jose Manuel Miguel Xaviar Gonzales, will be glad.

But you will not be here to enjoy it. Because I command the sheriff to lead you away to some remote spot, swing you by the neck from a knotting bough of some sturdy oak, and let you hang until dead.

And then , Jose Manuel Miguel Xaviar Gonzales, I further command that such officer retire quickly from your dangling corpse, that vultures may descend from the heavens upon your filthy body until nothing shall remain but bare, bleached bones of a coldblooded, bloodthirsty,throat-cutting,murdering S.O.B


44 posted on 04/16/2017 2:30:01 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Psephomancers for Hillary!)
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To: laconic

Hard to tell these days


45 posted on 04/16/2017 2:34:16 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Liz; All
Here's the other part I was looking for. One certainly wonders what it is, exactly, that is motivating this so-called "judge".

Ex-FBI Agent Calls Eric Holder “Coward” and “Hypocrite” in Stunning Letter

https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/19905-ex-fbi-agent-calls-eric-holder-coward-and-hypocrite-in-stunning-letter

“So why did Eric Holder, top law-enforcement official in the land, side with Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown even after it was apparent they were criminals? A belief that he has “common cause” with black criminals certainly would answer that question.”
46 posted on 04/16/2017 2:37:51 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

FL Gov Rick Scott just took over 100 capital cases away from a woman judge who refused to consider the death penalty in capital cases. Now he’s working to have her removed from the bench.


47 posted on 04/16/2017 2:41:56 PM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: Afterguard

Sorry my bad. She was a state prosecutor.


48 posted on 04/16/2017 2:44:58 PM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: All
Working link for above post. HTML error

https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/19905-ex-fbi-agent-calls-eric-holder-coward-and-hypocrite-in-stunning-letter
49 posted on 04/16/2017 2:57:23 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: SaveFerris
A belief that Holder has “common cause” with black criminals certainly would answer that question.”

Nails it.

50 posted on 04/16/2017 3:21:15 PM PDT by Liz (The shutting down of free speech IS a form of hate speech. samtheman)
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To: Liz

Yep. That was what was up with the Obama administration.

None dare called it criminal empowerment. Except for few.


51 posted on 04/16/2017 3:26:38 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: SaveFerris

Holder/Obama——never should have had govt power.


52 posted on 04/16/2017 3:29:02 PM PDT by Liz (The shutting down of free speech IS a form of hate speech. samtheman)
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To: Afterguard

I don’t know if AR Gov. Asa Hutchinson is similarly empowered to do that as FL’s Governor is.


53 posted on 04/16/2017 3:43:04 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: Trump20162020

Because these monsters gave such consideration to their victims - not.


54 posted on 04/16/2017 3:53:31 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Liz

They should both have gov’t accomodations. With orange clothing and some food. And numbers to identify them.

Especially after the Fast and Furious crimes.


55 posted on 04/16/2017 4:55:00 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: SaveFerris

accommodations


56 posted on 04/16/2017 4:55:27 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Comparing the judge to Lincoln Perry (”Stepin Fetchit”) is an insult to that talented, brilliant actor. The judge obviously has neither.


57 posted on 04/16/2017 6:33:28 PM PDT by QBFimi (It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world... Tarfon)
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To: QBFimi
You are correct. Stepin Fetchit brought a lot of fine entertainment and enjoyment to his legions of fans, unlike the judge who usurps the law and cultivates hatred between races.
58 posted on 04/16/2017 8:07:41 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (George W. Bush, the master of thrift shop art . . .)
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To: Flintlock
Ever hear the word ‘IMPEACH’???????

Howsabout we ACTUALLY TRY IT SOMETIME????

We did that to Alcee Hastings..


Now Congressman Hastings

59 posted on 04/17/2017 11:59:14 AM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: A_Former_Democrat
It should have started with Roe v Wade. Only then will these b******* get the message

Time for us to get the message, Congress wants these things else they wouldn't continue to happen.

60 posted on 04/17/2017 12:01:08 PM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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