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It is very difficult to make a judgment about this. I can understand the outrage because I am a firm proponent of expanding use of the death penalty for alot of crimes including rape, child molestation and kidnapping.

But I also know that GWB approved almost all the executions of the killers that came up in Texas as Governor. He has already shown a commitment to the death penalty.

I also understand that as President he has to make decisions that can protect the safety and lives of Americans overseas. Americans that can be incarcerated and tortured in horrific rat holes around the world.

If by commuting the sentence of a rapist and killer, who would be spending the rest of his filthy life in jail without the possibility of parole, the life of an American held in a prison in China or Iran is otherwise spared, I would have to weigh that decision very carefully, knowing that my primary duty as POTUS is to protect the lives and interests of American citizens.

I think this would have to be a very difficult decision. I prefer to hear more before jumping to a hasty and uninformed conclusion.