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Pennsylvania's governor says he won't sign any execution warrants, calls for abolishing death penalty
NBC News ^ | 2/16/2023 | Zoe Richards

Posted on 02/16/2023 6:22:56 PM PST by Nextrush

Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro, who took office last month after having been state attorney general, said "the system is fallible, and the outcome is irreversible."

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday that he will not sign any execution warrants while in office and called on the General Assembly to abolish the death penalty...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Front Page News; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: crime; deathpenalty; fakegovernor; joshshapiro; pennsylvania; shapiro
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To: Nextrush

courts sentence governors carry them out Failure to perform


21 posted on 02/16/2023 7:00:24 PM PST by coalminersson
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

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Tommie (the Commie) Wolf's Third Term

22 posted on 02/16/2023 7:03:14 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Alberta's Child

+1

“The Juice” never got the needle.

Money walk$


23 posted on 02/16/2023 7:05:06 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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“ While he was the state's attorney general, Shapiro indicated support for the death penalty in the case of Robert Bowers, the suspected gunman in the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that left 11 people dead.

Interesting…

24 posted on 02/16/2023 7:10:21 PM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater 2024)
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To: bigdaddy45

There are hundreds of thousands of innocents executed every year. In the womb.


25 posted on 02/16/2023 7:14:41 PM PST by Right Brother
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To: chopperk

No, we didn’t.
PA’s elections are corrupt, beyond comprehension.
Outside of Filthadephia, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg PA is Trump country.
The only thing that will fix them is Battle of Athens type thing.
That said, WV is 30 minutes south and OH is 30 minutes west.
Looking at both.


26 posted on 02/16/2023 7:27:04 PM PST by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: thegagline

All victims are equal; but some victims are more equal than others.


27 posted on 02/16/2023 7:29:44 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Nextrush

DemocRats’ creed: Pardon the murderers and kill the unborn babies.


28 posted on 02/16/2023 8:27:32 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Blacks have placed stronger chains on themselves than the slave masters of old ever forged.)
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To: Nextrush

Well

Next r Governor candidate should run on an “I support the death penalty” platform, seize the opportunity.


29 posted on 02/16/2023 8:27:48 PM PST by Persevero (You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
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To: americas.best.days...

In the UK, before they abolished the death penalty, if you murdered someone, you’d likely hang weeks or months after being found guilty.

Here in the U.S., the guy who tried to assassinate President-elect FDR, but killed Chicago Mayor Cermack, was electrocuted within weeks after the attempt. This is within (barely) living memory.

I realize that mistakes can be and are made. On the other hand, the majority of murders are pretty straightforward. The idea that it should take decades to decide if he or she really did it seems to be absurd.


30 posted on 02/16/2023 8:29:23 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: Nextrush

Election theft has consequences. Gullible conservatives make it much easier to cheat.


31 posted on 02/16/2023 8:35:17 PM PST by Revel
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To: Nextrush

Rigged “elections” have consequences...


32 posted on 02/16/2023 8:38:51 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Eagles6; chopperk

It’s a toss-up between Colorado and Pennsylvania as to which one is rigged more...


33 posted on 02/16/2023 8:40:41 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Nextrush

Other than the US or Japan, can you make a single country that still has capital punishment that isn’t a total poophole? Even Cuba abolished capital punishment. It’s but another thing the government fails at. Not a popular opinion here, but capital punishment belongs on the ash heap of history and left to poophole countries.


34 posted on 02/16/2023 8:41:26 PM PST by Clemenza
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To: Nextrush

Other than the US or Japan, can you make a single country that still has capital punishment that isn’t a total poophole? Even Cuba abolished capital punishment. It’s but another thing the government fails at. Not a popular opinion here, but capital punishment belongs on the ash heap of history and left to poophole countries.


35 posted on 02/16/2023 8:41:27 PM PST by Clemenza
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To: ac-rep

Or you can go to medical school and satisfy your blood-lust on infants.


36 posted on 02/16/2023 11:10:23 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David.)
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To: chopperk

5. Re “You voted for this clown. Now live with him” . ADDING: “Now die because of him”.


37 posted on 02/17/2023 12:31:50 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: Nextrush

There is nothing to really be alarmed about. I just did some searches on executions in PA. There have been three (3) since 1976 and all 3 did not pursue an appeal. So it was basically assisted suicide in all 3 instances.

The only way to make the death penalty a real deterrent is public executions immediately after sentencing, preferably on the 6:00 PM news.


38 posted on 02/17/2023 1:49:23 AM PST by WinMod70
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To: WinMod70

Anyone in Pennsylvania who’s downwind of East Palestine across the river might already be dying. No trial, no charges, only “crime” was maybe voting for Trump.


39 posted on 02/17/2023 2:29:59 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David.)
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To: chopperk

These woke bastards are virtue signalling! They are globalists demons. Their religion is the great reset.


40 posted on 02/17/2023 2:37:51 AM PST by Machavelli (True God)
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