KKT Demanded Moratorium on Death Penalty in MD

Fox News ^ | October 24, 2002 | Fox News

[Dems_R_Losers]

Carl Cameron was just discussing how Kathleen Kennedy Townsend convinced Gov. Glendening to impose a moratorium on executions pending a study by the U. of MD on whether the penalty is being applied disproportionately to minorities. Cameron speculated that this could become a major issue in the Governor's race since John Mohammed will likely be charged in Maryland with capital murder and he is black.

[Dems_R_Losers]

Verry interesting.........

[fooman]

Ehrlich should make an issue of this. Demand that spendening and KKT lift the bad on the death penalty immediately.

[FreeTally]

I think people may be forgetting that since these guys crossed several State lines, a Federal case could easily be made. I mean, the feds have taken jurisdiction and charged people in more specious circumstances than this.

[07055]

Yes, I'm sure the Feds will take jurisdiction. But, hasn't the Federal death penalty statute been declared unconstitutional by at least two Federal judges? Doesn't VA have a working death penalty statute?

[Paradox]

Let the state of Alabama have a go at him, afterall, they committed (apparently) a murder there first. I am sure they would give him the justice he deserves..

[wingnuts'nbolts]

Bad timing! Get a rope!

[Hugin]

But, hasn't the Federal death penalty statute been declared unconstitutional by at least two Federal judges?

I believe it's only the part about the appeals process, not the whole thing. What those judges said was unconstitutional was the fact that appeals based on new exculpatory evidence cannot be made after a certain point. If I'm wrong I'm sure some legal types here will correct me.

[Theodore R.]

Wouldn't it be irrelevant if the ban on the death penalty were lifted now in MD? The damage has been done legally, and the "democracy" must pay the price. I would imagine that the lieutenant governor will say that she wanted the death penalty lifted for "regular" murders, not when a terrorist was involved. And you know the MD "democracy" and its "democratic" people just might buy her disclaimer.

[ZULU]

I hope its good enough to kill this clown's chances of election. How these scummy Kennedies even manage to look themselves in the mirror in the morning is baffling.

Fortunately, in the more enlightened states of Virginia and Alabama, freer from the voting DemocRATic beaurocRATs in Washington D.C., things will be a little different for Mr. "Muhammad".

[dvwjr]

Yeah, but since when is murder a Federal matter? I thought that except for murders conducted on Federal property, or of Federal officers, it was entirely a matter for the States. Until Federal law was amended, even the assassination of JFK in Dallas, Texas was a matter for the State of Texas to resolve in the courts, not the Federal government. Of course, the death of Lee Harvey Oswald made the matter moot...


Kill'em in Virginia.


dvwjr

[Brytani]

Give Mohammed to Virginia, they don't care what religion/color a person is, if they murder they are executed.

[johnny7]

Yeah, but since when is murder a Federal matter?

When you committ murders in multiple states I believe it becomes a federal case. IMHO.

I hope they don't rush to put these two to sleep... like McVeigh.

Get all the info out of them first, then dispatch them with Gods speed.