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  • Kentucky Governor's Execution Order Draws Fire

    12/28/2004 10:58:49 AM PST · by VeritatisSplendor · 27 replies · 719+ views
    Fox News ^ | December 28, 2004 | Jeff Goldblatt
    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Hippocratic Oath doctors swear to save lives, not end them. But one doctor accused of doing just that also happens to be the governor of Kentucky, and a lawmaker willing to sign execution orders on death row inmates. "There is a distinct difference between acting as a physician for a patient and acting as a governor for the people of the commonwealth of Kentucky," Gov. Ernie Fletcher, a former family physician and U.S. congressman elected to the state's highest office last year, told FOX News. Last month, Fletcher signed the death warrant for 51-year-old Thomas Clyde...