Posted on 10/13/2014 6:38:31 PM PDT by lowbridge
If Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper (D) is not re-elected in November, he says he "could" respond to the loss by commuting the death sentence of mass shooter Nathan Dunlap.
Dunlap is the infamous killer who shot 5 and killed 4 at an Aurora Chuck E. Cheese in 1993. He was angered over being fired, and Denver Magazine 5280 reports that Dunlap was at his girlfriend's apartment having sex with her when the police tracked him down "only...a few hours" after the shootings.
Dunlap was sentenced to death but when the date for his execution came up in 2013, Hickenlooper granted a "temporary reprieve." The National Journal reported that he chose this action as a way to pass the buck on taking a firm stand on the death penalty. Families of the victims gunned down by Dunlap were heartbroken and outraged.
The Journal also pointed out that Hickenlooper has since indicated he could further his action -- changing it to full clemency -- should Coloradans elect Republican Bob Beauprez instead of him in November.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
“He should lose just for saying that”
agreed
The lowlife bastard actually made those threats/statements?
UNREAL.
FYI
Simple—Plug the SOB now before he can do any further damage.
too late Colorado.. too late..
This guy is smokin’ some nasty stuff.
IIRC, an IL governor (this millennium) did the same thing to all death row members, or maybe it was giving felons the right to vote. Or both.
A RINO. Didn’t help in election.
Pretty sure he went on to be convicted of corruption or the like.
sounds like he wants a vacant cell for the one he will occupy once the citizens try him for breaking laws of the state.
A Governor has discretion to pardon, but only within reason.
Blackmail to release a mass-murderer is not one of them.
Completely taken out of context
You don’t make this kind of statement unless you are in trouble in the polls.
“And if you don’t re-elect me, I will shoot this puppy-dog!”
How so?
Do tell...I'd be interested how a comment such as this could be taken out of context?!
Hopefully this creep will lose the election. If he does and goes on to grant clemency to the murderer, can his clemency ruling be revoked by the next governor??
bump for sending my liberal relatives
Former governor of New Mexico, Toney Anaya, commuted all death row sentences of inmates in the 1980’s. Three of them busted out later and killed a family vacationing in AZ and another person in CA.
They should have taken that murderous perp out back of the court house after the trail and shot him.
Better for him..better for everyone.
Wow...
It is really becoming quite apparent that representative government, or any government at all, does not work in a country of LUNATICS!
This society is going to fail, and it is going to fail hard.
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