Judge postpones execution of inmate who was set to be first federal prisoner put to death in 17 years

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[Bob434]

Well of course they do- tie them up in courts for antoehr decade- costing taxpayers millions more

[butlerweave]

Execute the Judge as a Test Run and see what happens

[sport]

I don’t know what means. But it sounds good when you say it and looks good when you read it.

[mass55th]

"Most leftist judges are whacked, but this is one example were women should NEVE be chosen as judges. Okay, flame on."

Like certain men shouldn't be Judges, certain women shouldn't be either. There's plenty bad ones from both sexes.

[Carriage Hill]

You have FRMail.

[sport]

Thinks.

[Amendment10]

First time I’ve heard about this case. Found the following info. Hope it’s the same guy.

Daniel Lewis Lee

Main concern that I have is questionable federal government involvement in case. My concern is based on following clarification of federal government’s constitutionally limited powers in congressional record by Rep. John Bingham, a constitutional lawmaker.

More specifically, Bingham had clarified that, until the 14th Amendment was ratified, the states had never given feds the specific power to make peacetime penal code, not even for murder.

"Our Constitution never conferred upon the Congress of the United States the power - sacred as life is, first as it is before all other rights which pertain to man on this side of the grave - to protect it in time of peace by the terrors of the penal code within organized states; and Congress has never attempted to do it. There never was a law upon the United States statute-book to punish the murderer for taking away in time of peace the life of the noblest, and the most unoffending, as well, of your citizens, within the limits of any State of the Union, The protection of the citizen in that respect was left to the respective States, and there the power is to-day [emphases added].” —Rep. John Bingham, Congressional Globe. (See bottom half of third column.)

Note that the 14th Amendment limits Congress to making peacetime penal code to discourage only state actors from abridging rights that the states have amended the Constitution to expressly protect, not for cases like Daniel Lewis Lee imo. His case is a state power issue imo.

From the 14th Amendment:

• "Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States [emphasis added]; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

• "Section 5: The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article."

So while I agreed with death penalty based on the limited info I have, Lee is not getting constitutional due process from unconstitutionally big federal government imo.

Corrections, insights welcome.

[Glad2bnuts]

Women are singularly inclined to compassion. They are great social workers and lawyers. They are not very good Judges in many cases though. The 1619 rebellion going on right now also shows that women are easily manipulated and led down a path against their own best concerns. Along with of course, abortion on demand.

In short, men and women are different. It is why a male/female marriage leads to a better person for both people.

Men are weak in areas too. It would take a honest woman to repeat the first paragraph from the other side. My start would be, where women go the men will follow. This is a bad thing until both agree to join in marriage and have children. As evidence by the 1619 revolution going on, it will only be a short time until men figure out they can get laid for joining in.

[pinkandgreenmom]

This woman (and an attorney, too) agrees with you.

[pinkandgreenmom]

This woman (and an attorney, too) agrees with you.

[kiryandil]

Earlene Peterson -- whose daughter, granddaughter and son-in-law were tortured, killed and dumped in a lake by Lee and an accomplice -- has opposed Lee's execution, telling CNN last year that she did not want it done in her name.

She's no grandmother.

[kiryandil]

ClownBammy “judge”.

[yuleeyahoo]

They could be provided secure links to witness the execution without leaving home.

[Bell Bouy II]

I wouldnt want to be there or need to be there.
Knowing it was a success would do me fine.
Not big on watching peeps punch out

[RicocheT]

No federal prisoners who were sentenced to death have been executed for 17 years?? The ones listed in the article did very bad acts, killed children and did multiple killings.

The death penalty should exist for such acts and should be done with reasonable speed, multiple appeals and delays should be curtailed.

[Eleutheria5]

Family of the victims are pleading for no execution, too. Leftards have a death wish.

[fwdude]

Eliminate all women judges in this country and we would lurch to the right so fast you would get whiplash.

[mass55th]

If you say so.

[caww]

....."Eliminate all women judges in this country and we would lurch to the right so fast you would get whiplash"...

Being a Woman I'll give your comment....

[maxwellsmart_agent]

Bet you wouldn’t be surprised that Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson is another Barack Obama appointee. Why is it that all these bad judges turn our to be picked by a man who would not salute the flag and he and his wife had attended flag burnings in the past? Shows what kind of mentality he had.