Doesn’t Bush’s record as govenor of Texas of the record number of death penalties under his watch prove his ..
blood lust?
Oh, Sofie, you cut me up!
out…. And American views were determined by continuous lying from the White House.
Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer criticized Gov. George W. Bush for making fun of an executed Texas woman in an interview Bush gave to Talk magazine. "I think it is nothing short of unbelievable that the governor of a major state running for president thought it was acceptable to mock a woman he decided to put to death." Just before her execution date, Tucker appealed for clemency on the grounds that she had become a born-again Christian. Bush’s reply: " `Please,’ Bush whimpers, his lips pursed in mock desperation, `don’t kill me,’ "
http://www.commondreams.org/views/061700-102.htm
That defense of the record ignores many notorious examples of unfairness in Texas death penalty cases. Lawyers have been under the influence of cocaine during the trial, or been drunk or asleep. One court dismissed a complaint about a lawyer who slept through a trial with the comment that courts are not "obligated to either constantly monitor trial counsel’s wakefulness or endeavor to wake counsel should he fall asleep."
This past week The Chicago Tribune published a compelling report on an investigation of all 131 death cases in Governor Bush’s time. It made chilling reading.
In one-third of those cases, the report showed, the lawyer who represented the death penalty defendant at trial or on appeal had been or was later disbarred or otherwise sanctioned. In 40 cases the lawyers presented no evidence at all or only one witness at the sentencing phase of the trial.
In 29 cases, the prosecution used testimony from a psychiatrist who —
The First Federal Executions since the early 1960’s !
2 out of 3 Executions as President are Gulf War Veterans !
Stacey Lawton – Texecuted November 14, 2000 #148
Wrongfully Convicted on Death Row in Texas ?
Since the time of this writing a Texas Judge postponed the execution until November 14th, to allow
Stacey time to file his appeal before the board of pardons and parole, they of course denied it…
" I have an execution date for October 4th and I need to get somebody to hear my case. I need your help because of the seriousness of this execution date. I have been wrongfully convicted and I need some help as soon as possible. I need some law students at some college. I need a lawyer to help
me bring up my new evidence."
Thanks to One Minute Silence and their fans and friends who have shown their support for Stacey.
A smile crept across George W. Bush’s lips as he talked about yet another set of executions…
He looked positively delighted as he shared his good news with all of America: He will preside over the deaths of the white men who murdered James Byrd, a 49-year-old black man, in 1998. "Guess what’s going to happen to these men?" he grinned at the camera during last night’s debate with Vice President Gore. "They’re going to be put to death."
Bush beamed in happiness. He was so enthusiastic at the prospect of new executions that he said he would execute all 3 of Byrd’s killers. Texas does not need anti-hate-crime laws, Bush said. "We cannot enhance the penalty any more than putting those 3 thugs to death," he said. He grinned again. – Excerpt from New York Daily News, by Lars Nelson
And Bush thinks he has empathy. The things he finds funny prove otherwise.
I agree that George W. Bu–sh–, who campaigned in 2000 as a "compassionate conservative", has shown very little evidence of being either.
For jeeper_peeper321: Top contributor?? Maybe you should stick to your field and leave Law&Ethics to those who know something about it. The role of the governor in *adjudging* a death penalty should be nada, nil, zip. His/her role comes into play when the case has gone through appeals and the defendant petitions for clemency.
When Alberto Gonzales was "outed" in 2006-2007 as an incompetent lickspittle, it also came to light that as Governor Bush’s general counsel in Texas, Gonzales also reviewed all clemency requests. A 2003 article in The Atlantic Monthly asserts that Gonzales gave insufficient counsel, and failed to second-guess convictions and failed appeals. Only one death sentence was overturned by Governor Bush, and the state of Texas executed more prisoners during Gonzales’s term than any other state. Gonzo knew what his master wanted.
This isn’t "politics"; this is fact.
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No not really!
Don’t forget Billy’s killing that retarded guy in Arkeensawr! during his presidential run to prove he was tough on crime.
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Yes, he wants your terrorist friends dead, I admit it, Bruno.
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It should have convinced others that he wouldn’t hesitate to snuff them out if he deemed it necessary. And it was, for just as the people of Texas want capital punishment, the citizens of the United States wanted to go into Afghanistan and Iraq, despite the press attempts to stop the march to war. You’ll recall that every poll leading up to both wars was around 70% pro-invasion.
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Actually your wrong,
While there was a record number of death sentences carried out in TX while Bush was governor.
That is because, Ann Richards (D) as governor before Bush, had started the court process, to reinstate executions in TX.
And the courts, right after Bush took office, started allowing executions again.
But every single person executed while Bush was Governor,
Had recieved thier death sentences,
While Democrat Ann Richards was Governor !!!!!!!!!!
SO stop the partisan political retoric
Untill you know what your talking about !!!!!!!!
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Well I have to say that Texas must be a pretty bad places to live considering the number of people they have to kill!
Number of Executions in TX Since 1976 :405
just over 13 per year that is much higher than any other state.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/state/
They must be a blood thirsty bunch!
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I agree that George W. Bu–sh–, who campaigned in 2000 as a "compassionate conservative", has shown very little evidence of being either.
For jeeper_peeper321: Top contributor?? Maybe you should stick to your field and leave Law&Ethics to those who know something about it. The role of the governor in *adjudging* a death penalty should be nada, nil, zip. His/her role comes into play when the case has gone through appeals and the defendant petitions for clemency.
When Alberto Gonzales was "outed" in 2006-2007 as an incompetent lickspittle, it also came to light that as Governor Bush’s general counsel in Texas, Gonzales also reviewed all clemency requests. A 2003 article in The Atlantic Monthly asserts that Gonzales gave insufficient counsel, and failed to second-guess convictions and failed appeals. Only one death sentence was overturned by Governor Bush, and the state of Texas executed more prisoners during Gonzales’s term than any other state. Gonzo knew what his master wanted.
This isn’t "politics"; this is fact.
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Wikipedia: Alberto Gonzales. Cites to articles about Gonzales as Bush’s counsel can be found here (notes 8, 9).