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Comments (13)
Losers: People who... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Mac Lorry | April 16, 2008 12:07 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Correction: People who are convicted of capital crimes.
The system is not perfect, so not everyone who committed a crime is convicted and not everyone who's convicted committed a crime.
1. Posted by Mac Lorry | April 16, 2008 12:07 PM |
Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Posted on April 16, 2008 12:07
2. Posted by Robbie | April 16, 2008 1:33 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
A lot of assholes on Texas' death row just went into full-pucker mode, as the Supreme Court of the United States just upheld Kentucky's lethal injection protocols -- which are the same protocols used here in Texas.
And here in Texas where we, you know, actually carry out the death penalty from time-to-time.
2. Posted by Robbie | April 16, 2008 1:33 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on April 16, 2008 13:33
3. Posted by GarandFan | April 16, 2008 2:02 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Unfortunately, the anti-death penalty crowd (lawyers and judges) make a good living off of dragging out death penalty cases. I don't see the pace picking up any time soon. Won't be long before they'll be back in court with another new "theory".
3. Posted by GarandFan | April 16, 2008 2:02 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on April 16, 2008 14:02
4. Posted by Brian | April 16, 2008 2:24 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
I wish this victory were as sweeping as you make it out to be, but on a careful read of the document it doesn't seem so. It is noted in several places that this was not a challenge to nor an argument over the justification of the death penalty.
Instead it was narrowly-focused debate over the mechanics of one method of administering capital punishment. And even on that front they seemed to suggest that further debate over the use of pancuronium bromide is expected.
I doubt liberals will ever stop probing for ways to challenge capital punishment.
4. Posted by Brian | April 16, 2008 2:24 PM |
Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Posted on April 16, 2008 14:24
5. Posted by Knightbrigade | April 16, 2008 3:33 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
I think somebody said once "Elections MEAN something" ...
Credit to (BUSH 43) ..
nice pickin Mr. President!!
5. Posted by Knightbrigade | April 16, 2008 3:33 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on April 16, 2008 15:33
6. Posted by Jo | April 16, 2008 5:22 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Thank you George W for picking GREAT justices.
Now we must vote in McCain so he can pick perhaps 3 more.
Whooo hooo! Elections do matter.
6. Posted by Jo | April 16, 2008 5:22 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on April 16, 2008 17:22
7. Posted by SPQR | April 16, 2008 6:32 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
For that matter, Scalia's concurrance is another model of clarity of thought.
7. Posted by SPQR | April 16, 2008 6:32 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on April 16, 2008 18:32
8. Posted by Herman | April 16, 2008 7:19 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Do you realize, conservatives, that this ruling absolutely destroys any chance in the foreseeable future that the U.S. might become a European Union member?
8. Posted by Herman | April 16, 2008 7:19 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on April 16, 2008 19:19
9. Posted by SPQR | April 16, 2008 7:58 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It is so hard to tell the difference between Herman being sarcastic and Herman being serious.
They are equally silly.
9. Posted by SPQR | April 16, 2008 7:58 PM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on April 16, 2008 19:58
10. Posted by Brian | April 16, 2008 9:17 PM | Score: -4 (6 votes cast)
Another victory for the "pro-life" crowd.
10. Posted by Brian | April 16, 2008 9:17 PM |
Score: -4 (6 votes cast)
Posted on April 16, 2008 21:17
11. Posted by WildWillie | April 17, 2008 8:01 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Only a liberal cannot distinguish between an innocent life to a convicted, evil murderer. That is how utterly dumb they are. ww
11. Posted by WildWillie | April 17, 2008 8:01 AM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on April 17, 2008 08:01
12. Posted by Brian | April 17, 2008 2:22 PM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Only a conservative can claim every life is sacred, and then add caveats where they say they actually weren't talking about all lives, just some of them, and they get to decide which ones are sacred and which are not, and they sometimes base it on jury findings (which have been shown to be less than 100%), but sometimes they just base it on what they think God wants, even though they condemn those who they say are acting like God. That is how utterly insane they are.
12. Posted by Brian | April 17, 2008 2:22 PM |
Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on April 17, 2008 14:22
13. Posted by Oyster | April 18, 2008 4:30 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Yeah, Brian. The "pro-choice" crowd has a much better record. They know that 100% of their victims are innocent.
13. Posted by Oyster | April 18, 2008 4:30 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on April 18, 2008 16:30