He's going to get clemency. There's no way he's going to get on television with this kind of news if it's going to make his supporters unhappy... Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm guessing he would have made the decision, informed the warden, and released a simple statement to the press if the execution is going to go through...
Going on television to announce "no clemency" might make sense if he also plans on begging for "calm" in gangland.
I'm thinking just the opposite. Lots of talk of violence if there isn't clemency so he feels he needs to get up and speak to the public to try and quell it.
Oh come on, the man was an actor, he wants the spotlight if for no other reason to look into the camera and say, "Hasta lia vista, baby"....
I think you are right. Why else would he go on tv. Whenever there is no clemency, you usually don't hear from the governor at all....
I think that Pete Wilson did it personally every time on live TV.
"He's going to get clemency. There's no way he's going to get on television with this kind of news if it's going to make his supporters unhappy... Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm guessing he would have made the decision, informed the warden, and released a simple statement to the press if the execution is going to go through..."
I'm thinking he is going to piss people off either way so he will do what is right - if he is pro-death penalty then this is a case that really calls for death -I'm betting no clemency.
It's almost an insult to do it now anyway. Why on freaking earth does it take 22 YEARS to carry out a sentence? Madness and an insult to the victim's families.