Posted on 09/24/2002 12:58:43 PM PDT by wallcrawlr
MONTPELIER, Vt. –– A federal judge declared the federal death penalty unconstitutional Tuesday in the second such ruling in less than three months.
U.S. District Judge William Sessions said the law does not adequately protect defendants' rights.
"If the death penalty is to be part of our system of justice, due process of law and the fair trial guarantees of the Sixth Amendment require that standards and safeguards governing the kinds of evidence juries may consider must be rigorous, and constitutional rights and liberties scrupulously protected," he said.
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Well, McVeigh certainly never was proved guilty. I don't think that even you, if you actually read objectively the evidence that was presented against him, would conclude that he was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
South Dakota: John Thune, current Congressman, (articulate, affable, attractive in an August debate with Johnson) running against Tim Johnson, current Senator.
John Thune for South Dakota
P.O. Box 516
Sioux Falls, SD 57101
New Jersey: Doug Forrester (bio: former assistant state treasurer, now small businessman and university instructor) is running against Senator Robert Torricelli, who got a reprimand from the Senate Ethics Committee and may be vulnerable. Forrester creamed the Torch in a recent debate, and he was ahead of Torricelli in the last poll.
Forrester 2002, Inc.
3535 Quakerbridge Road, Suite 400
Hamilton, NJ 08619
Minnesota: Norm Coleman, former mayor of St. Paul, running against Paul Wellstone, current Senator. Coleman was ahead in the last Zogby poll.
Link to www.colemanforsenate.com
Coleman for U.S. Senate
1410 Energy Park Dr, Ste. 11
St. Paul, MN 55108-9865
New Hampshire: U.S. Representative John Sununu, son of former Governor, defeated current Senator Bob Smith in the September 10th primary and faces current Democrat governor, Jean Shaneen, in the general election for Senator. Sununu has less than two months to knit the party back together for the general election to retain the seat against a tough opponent, who probably would have defeated Smith.
Team Sununu
PO Box 500
Rye, NH 03870
Missouri: Jim Talent, former Congressman from St. Louis, against current Senator Jean Carnahan (who was appointed when her dead husband narrowly "won" in 2000 election over John Ashcroft). There is talk that if Talent wins he may be allowed to take the seat immediately.
last Zogby poll: Talent 47%-46% Carnahan
Link to www.talentforsenate.com
Jim Talent for Senate
9433 Olive Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63132
Arkansas: Senator Tim Hutchinson challenged strongly by state attorney general Mark Pryor. Sen. Hutchinson, a former Baptist minister, is in trouble for reelection because of his divorce and remarriage after winning the Senate seat in 1996 on a platform of family values. He won his primary by 70% against another Christian conservative so the voters may be starting to forgive him, but he was down 10 points in an August poll. Without help, this is our most likely loss.
Hutchinson for Senate
PO Box 998
Rogers, AR 72756
Colorado: Current Senator, Wayne Allard, a veterinarian, is facing stiff competition from former U.S. Attorney and environmentalist, Tom Strickland. The Libertarian candidate, businessman Rick Stanley, may draw away enough votes from Allard to cause a loss.
Link to www.allardforsenate.com
US Senator Wayne Allard
300 W. Plaza Drive #100
Littleton, CO 80129
Georgia: U.S. Rep. Saxby Chambliss against current Senator Max Cleland.
Texas: State Attorney General John Cornynis running close in the polls to Democrat Ron Kirk, former mayor of Dallas. Current Senator Phil Graham is retiring.
John Cornyn for Senate, Inc.
P.O. Box 13026
Austin, Texas 78711
Iowa: U.S. Representative Greg Ganske is challenging current Senator Tom Harkin. Although he was behind in last poll, he may gain ground with the ad campaign in urban areas and the turning of the debate to Iraq.
Link to www.ganskeforsenate.org (Credit card donations are made via Pay Pal)
Ganske for Senate
1200 Grand Ave.
West Des Moines, IA 50265
West Virginia: Jay versus Jay. Jay Wolfe trying to unseat current Senator Jay Rockefeller, using the same stealth grassroots tactics that won the state for George W. Bush. This one is under the radar, so you won't see any polls.
Friends of Jay Wolfe
P.O. Box 364
Salem, WV 26426
And the best darned concealed weapons law in the country.
If we just revoke Vermont's statehood,NOW! there is an idea!!!! If we could revoke Texas' statehood, then I could avoid the massive taxes and SSN tracking the Feds insist I endure. Let's count the ways that revoking statehood would be good for self-sufficient Americans...
No Income Taxes for TX, WY, WA, TN, NH, FL, NV, AK.
No FICA
No government tracking number
Ability to legally import Cuban cigars
If my state lost its statehood, it would be better than my wildest pubescent wet dream. We could set up our own immigration standards.
We are onto something here.
I think it's a great idea.
Just gotta get the priorities straight: Kalifornia is the first to get the boot.
I don't like the French but even they don't deserve this. Give 'em to a loveing, peaceful, muslim nation, that's the people not the land.
all the good fire and rescue people of NYC can go west into upstate!
Did someone say "Impeachment"?? I think it's LONG overdue!!
The correct translation is "Thou shalt do no murder.". A lawful execution after full implementation of due process is not murder, unless, of course, you have bought into the leftist redefinition of terms.
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