Posted on 11/09/2009 10:11:31 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block Tuesday's scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad.
The Court did not comment Monday on why it refused to consider his appeal.
Muhammad is scheduled to die by injection at a Virginia prison for the slaying of Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station during a three-week spree in October 2002 across Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
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Could the govenor of the state intervene?
I can’t seem to be comfortable with the fact that he is going to essentially be put to sleep. The only comfort I have is from the notion that the victim’s families will have closure from his execution, but given the terror he caused this entire area, and the degree to which his victims and victim’s families suffered, I have a hard time coming to terms with the way this will end.
His real date with justice is JUST BEGINNING.
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I hope so. I believe in Hell and I hope he burns in hell forever.
Well I guess old John wasn’t any better of an attorney for himself than these guys. It’s a darned shame-——NOT
It’s OK, there were two fish.
The statement comes from three of the court’s most liberal blow hards. What else could you expect?
At least the whole court has rejected good enough for me
Time to ride the needle.
NO!
These guys are so in love with Shari'a, either saw their heads off slowly; or bury them waist deep, and let their victims' families stone them.
I continue to believe that the Court would be wise to adopt a practice of staying all executions scheduled inadvance of the completion of our review of a capital defendant’s first application for a federal writ of habeas corpus.See, e.g., Emmett v. Kelly, 552 U. S. 942 (2007) (STEVENS, J., joined by GINSBURG, J., respecting denial of certiorari); Breard v. Greene, 523 U. S. 371, 379 (1998) (STEVENS, J., dissenting). Such a practice would give meaningful effect to the distinction Congress has drawn between first andsuccessive habeas petitions. See 28 U. S. C. §2244(b). It would also serve the interests of avoiding irreversibleerror, facilitating the efficient management of our docket, and preserving basic fairness by ensuring death row inmates receive the same procedural safeguards that ordinary inmates receive.
Having reviewed petitioner’s claims, I do not dissent from the Court’s decision to deny certiorari. “I do, however, remain firmly convinced that no State should be allowed to foreshorten this Court’s orderly review of . . . first-time habeas petition[s] by executing prisoners before that review can be completed.” Emmett, 552 U. S., at 943.
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PLAIN ENGLISH TRANSLATION: We should be permitted to dither for as long as we like in order to delay executions indefinitely, because we're judges and you're not.
honestly, i cannot believe it's been seven years... in some ways, time is flying... and yes, i agree that seven years is too long...
This one and the Ft. Hood Scum call for lectricity. The lights go dim and everybody knows he is riding the shaft to HELL. The smell of ZOT is unmistakeable.
Only if you are not dealing with "over worked" life time appointed judges, associated bureaucrats, and defense lawyers with unlimited financing.
Remember how long it took just to haggle over, and eventually explain, "what the meaning of 'is' is"?
When does the pork rind IV drip commence?
Hmmm. Wonder if he is beginning to question the whole 72 virgin nonsense.
Time to ride the lightning!
No comment needed.
Good for the USSC and Virginia for fast tracking this POS’s execution.
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