That is my question:
Why should Oregon effect any other state that has Capital punishment.
If they have a chickencrap Governor it does nothing to effect other states who elect Governors with a set, and who have the courage to carry out the laws of their state.
The only problem with Capital punishment is the length of time it takes to execute the sorry piece of garbage that has committed the foul act.Every death penalty law should have a specified length opf time for the execution to be carried out wihin 2 years would be about right.
The Feds are trying to stop executions by making the drugs impossible to obtain.
It’s a nonsense article. If a state is so screwed up that it cannot tell right from wrong, like Illinois for example, then it shouldn’t have a death penalty. This is American Federalism at its best.
BTW effect is a noun, affect is a verb
IMO, Less if DNA evidence has convicted the person.
A few years ago, some pols came up to our hamlet, looking for our votes. Among them was a lawyer running for a judgeship. I talked with him about the benefits of DNA freeing people wrongly convicted and he gushed over what a boon that was. I proposed to him that since DNA could IMMEDIATELY free a man, why couldn't someone convicted of a murder, especially with DNA evidence, be put to death a lot sooner than 10-20 years? Deer-in-headlights. "I never thought of that." sez he. I told him if he wanted to make a name in judicial circles, perhaps he should propose or back that idea. Never heard another word.