Posted on 06/11/2010 4:40:09 PM PDT by PROCON
DRAPER, Utah (AP) - After two days of testimony about a condemned Utah man's journey from a life of violence to reformation, his lawyer said Friday that fairness should compel a state parole board to stop his execution by firing squad. "He came from a family that exuded criminality and violence, and that is what he was," Ronnie Lee Gardner's lawyer, Andrew Parnes, told the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole. "He's changed, he's overcome that."
Gardner wants the board to reduce his death sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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Gee I feel so bad for him, after all he has changed his ways. Give him a break huh? How about a nice meal and then shoot him!
I think that in all fairness, this title is a little misleading, and should read, “Criminal Faces Death Penalty, Makes Final Appeal.”
The headline makes the state sound bad. Unless you’re from Texas, then you’re probably cheering... :)
Didn’t he pick the firing squad? Or did I only think I read that on another thread? Anyone?
>>>>>>>>>”He came from a family that exuded criminality and violence, and that is what he was,” Ronnie Lee Gardner’s lawyer, Andrew Parnes, told the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole. “He’s changed, he’s overcome that.” Gardner <<<<<<<<<
If his change brings his victim back to life I would say pardon Him. Otherwise: shoot him.
He needs to Gary Gilmore Up! “Let’s Do It!”
Crap. He murdered to try to escape from facing the consequence of committing, and admitting to, another murder. Just another crap ploy to do the same thing with a lawyer running as screen.
Hey! Firing Squad! Aim right between the eyes!!!
Ok, no problemo. No firing squad for you.
“Here’s your ice floe, have a nice ride”.
buh bayh
He murdered two innocent people on two separate occasions? Shoot the bastard.
VICTIMS.
Excellent, he could do community service saving the polar bears!
Multiple times. Starting at the knees.
Mr. Gardner has been on death row since the Reagan Administration.
Isn’t that long enough to wait for justice to be served?
Utah law allowed Gardner to choose execution by firing squad rather than
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HBO(?) had a show called “OZ” and one of the characters on death row got a reprieve when given his choice of execution, he chose “STONING”. No one had the gonads to allow it to happen.
There has never been an excuse so weak that an anti-death penalty attorney has failed to try it.
I don’t understand why Death row Inmate have such a long stay anyway? I think I read he’s been there for over a decade...Our judicial system needs serious reform. Appeals are not a lottery for being released, while waiting indefinitely for a far off execution, they’re to be quick and speedy also.
The problem is that poor police work, and corrupt prosecutors often portray innocent (wo)men as guilty, and so we always here the stats of the innocent who are subsequently released.
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If his parents were abusive, they deserve public condemnation, but this guy still earned his death sentence. If he’s converted and changed, he’ll be rewarded in the next life.
He needs to quit being a cry baby and face up to this like a man. He is going to die and the last decision he will ever make is to hold his head up high and go out like a man, or to go sniveling and crying and be forcably tied to the chair then shot.
If only we all had the choice to go with dignity and pride when our time comes.
by yelling “fire, fire” Sorry I couldn’t resist.
His only chance is to run in a serpantine pattern.
Because there's always a question of whether they are innocent. Don't forget, prosecutors keep telling us they take the most care with capital punishment cases in order to not convict the innocent (nice to know that for lesser crimes they're much less careful and like Duke lacrosse, run for it).
Me, I don't have a problem with execution upon conviction. The penalty is immediately obvious. The execution is likely less miserable than a life behind bars, and if we execute a few innocents and thus make everyone else safer we're all far the better off for it. Not to mention we save a whole lot of money that could go to paying deserving public servants.
This would even satisfy the believers in the Immaculate Conviction.
Execute them immediately, I say, and if turns out to be a mistake we can apologize to the family.
And just remember: if you wrongfully end up in the execution chamber, it's for the good of society. Take it like a man.
Or a woman.
We're better off without you.
[Somewhere around here I seem to have lost a tag. Have you seen it?
“nice to know that for lesser crimes they’re much less careful and like Duke lacrosse, run for it.”
Bears repeating.
Exactly. In my opinion, Law Enforcement (Prosecutors in general) are some of the most corrupt politicians (can they be called that, some I guess) on the planet. Look at Holder, refusing to enforce law. Look at the Duke prosecutor. It’s getting to the point that they want to only build a name for themselves.
I’m for a small number of laws. Now a thousand laws to choose from. Ie. Distracted driving, Reckless endangermen, Texting while driving. There is a cafeteria plan for prosecutors to charge with 3-4 crimes (I read here on FR of a teen abused by a gay man, who killed him, and was charged with 2 counts of murder, and one felonius assault). Then, after charging with multiple crimes to panic the accused, they plea down to one or two, so they never have to go to court. That is the BIGGEST problem with the judicial system. And the American public just sits and takes it.
In my home state of Nevada, there was an accident in which a guy ran a red light and hit me, and it was OVER A YEAR before I would even enter a plea in traffic court. (The corrupt officer cited me with failing to Yield to Him, running the red light, because the boy was a politicians son, but that’s a long story). We need judicial reform, and we need it NOW.
LOL.
They will use 30-30 caliber in Marlin lever action rifles.
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