Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Death Penalty Ruled Unconstitutional
W Post ^

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: radicalleft
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 121-130 next last
To: TexasCajun
Vermont!

Jeffordsville.

41 posted on 09/24/2002 1:31:14 PM PDT by veronica
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 40 | View Replies]

To: wallcrawlr
Lemme guess, Democ(rat)?
42 posted on 09/24/2002 1:34:25 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: wallcrawlr
Judge William K. Sessions, III of Cornwall, Vermont, has served as a U.S. district judge for the District of Vermont since 1995. From 1978-1995, he was a partner with the Middlebury firm of Sessions, Keiner, Dumont & Barnes. He previously served in the Office of the Public Defender for Addison County. He has served as a professor at the Vermont Law School. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Vermont Law School. Judge Sessions received a B.A. degree from Middlebury College and a J.D. degree from the George Washington School of Law.

43 posted on 09/24/2002 1:35:43 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bad~Rodeo
Anybody know who appointed these two judges to the bench. . . .Carter or Clinton perhaps?
44 posted on 09/24/2002 1:38:55 PM PDT by SoggyBottomBoy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 42 | View Replies]

To: Brad Cloven
Another legacy of Klintoon, that will be causing trouble for years if not decades to come.
45 posted on 09/24/2002 1:39:19 PM PDT by tomahawk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

To: Burkeman1
THIS is why it is IMPORTANT who controls the Senate...JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS.
46 posted on 09/24/2002 1:40:31 PM PDT by Moby Grape
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: cuz_it_aint_their_money
Are you willing to allow immigration?
47 posted on 09/24/2002 1:42:57 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Burkeman1
The judge in this case should be impeached and removed from the bench ... and executed.
48 posted on 09/24/2002 1:52:17 PM PDT by watchin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: wallcrawlr
I know we've heard this before but...

What provision does the honorable court make to secure VICTIMS' rights?

I mean, I would submit that offing a cold-blooded killer helps the greater good, by making sure this person victimizes no one else.

49 posted on 09/24/2002 1:53:37 PM PDT by Illbay
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: wallcrawlr
On July, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in New York City became the first federal judge to declare the 1994 Death Penalty Act unconstitutional. He cited evidence indicating that innocent people have been put to death.

Only two people have been executed under the 1994 law, Tim McVeigh and Juan Garza. Which one is supposed to have been innocent?

50 posted on 09/24/2002 1:54:26 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Carbonsteel
I always thought that to be a sick irony.

Liberals adamantly opposed the death penalty for cold-blooded killers, yet support the murder of unborn innocents on demand.


Its also a sick irony to be pro-life and pro-death penalty. I realize that we can make justifications for executing a cold-blooded killer, but thou shall not kill means exactly that. I had a hard time converting to that ideology, but when you think about it, if we imposed life sentences in solitary instead of the death penalty, that would be a lot worse of a punishment than death.
51 posted on 09/24/2002 1:56:59 PM PDT by chriservative
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: wallcrawlr
Can we dig a trench around California and Vermont and float them both out to sea? -Former resident of Vermont.
52 posted on 09/24/2002 1:57:25 PM PDT by ItisaReligionofPeace
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: wallcrawlr
Does anyone have any more info - such as - did the judge order any sort of action or order executions stopped? And what is his/her geographic authority?
53 posted on 09/24/2002 1:57:29 PM PDT by BlueNgold
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brad Cloven
1995 = Clinton ..... no surprise here!
54 posted on 09/24/2002 1:59:26 PM PDT by BlueNgold
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

To: Southack
Agreed. This will be overturned. It's up to the people of the state, and the judge is directly defying the will of the people.
55 posted on 09/24/2002 2:02:45 PM PDT by rintense
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: goodieD
It takes 10 years usually to get anyone executed

Tell that to Timothy McVeigh.
56 posted on 09/24/2002 2:08:40 PM PDT by AdA$tra
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: Southack
This sort of judicial activism nonsense will stop as soon as the Senate fulfills its Constitutional duty to review and impeach such rogue judges.

But a Senate majority of Democrats isn't going to do that...

It's the House that impeaches, and the Senate that convicts. Considering the recent history of impeachment, it's doubtful that even Pubbies would try.

57 posted on 09/24/2002 2:09:35 PM PDT by steveegg
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Brad Cloven
He previously served in the Office of the Public Defender for Addison County.

That says it all (even more than the fact that S(l)ick Willie appointed him). I can count the number of good judges that came from the defense side of the bar on one hand and still have a few digits left over.

58 posted on 09/24/2002 2:11:06 PM PDT by steveegg
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

To: DoughtyOne
I love the Manson parole hearings....

Dan used to train some San Quentin prison guards and they have known Charlie for many years. They say that he is a pretty nice guy and well behaved.

59 posted on 09/24/2002 2:12:00 PM PDT by Feiny
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Brad Cloven
Seems the only thing Clinton accomplished during his administration, outside of scandals, was seating renegade judges. How convenient.
60 posted on 09/24/2002 2:12:38 PM PDT by swheats
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 121-130 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson