Posted on 09/15/2011 7:05:17 PM PDT by smoothsailing
MICHAEL GRACZYK
September 15, 2011
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — The U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution Thursday of a black man convicted of a double murder in Texas 16 years ago after his lawyers contended his sentence was unfair because of a question asked about race during his trial.
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“the one state”.........One of the states. Tennessee still carries capital punishment as well as many others.
...and he still killed them both.
This was just a stay pending consideration of his appeal. They have not granted cert yet. The stay was issued without comment or recorded dissents.
What's unfair is the double-murder and the two children witnessing it.
This is just postponing the inevitable.
“Delaying the inevitable.”
Absolutely correct. There was precedence set with five other cases because an “expert witness” brought in racism.
The facts remain the same. I don’t believe a new sentencing jury will find any other verdict.
The only thing I am confused about is that the news reported it was the Texas SC..not the US SC.
SCOTUS ping.
(New SCOTUS ping list starting up. Anyone on/off, freepmail me.)
US Supreme Court stops the execution of a convicted murderer, where there is no doubt of his guilt, but they won’t take up Obamacare’s constitutionality, which impacts the entire US population.
I would say their priorities are not right.
SCOTUS ping.
(Forgot you on the original ping.)
Seems I read a while back that that’s how some Russian prisons handled death row inmates.
“His lawyers should also be executed — but to make sure there’s no technicality bullsh!t about their executions, they should be executed without trial.”
There is no room among decent human beings for that kind of remark. Such a remark is particularly out of place among thoughtful conservatives who have a reverence for human life.
The lawyers have almost certainly done nothing illegal or immoral. In light of the fact that the execution was stayed, it even appears the lawyers might well have committed malpractice if they had not sought the stay.
Fair is not an electric chair; fair is electric BLEACHERS.
“His lawyers should also be executed — but to make sure there’s no technicality bullsh!t about their executions, they should be executed without trial.”
Apparently Associate Justice Antonin Scalia ordered the temporary stay of execution. I suppose you also think he should be executed.
Apparently Associate Justice Antonin Scalia ordered the temporary stay of execution.
I’ve always advocated that if a person is sentenced to death than the penalty should be carried out in the same manner as the original crime. I volunteer for the duty.
“Apparently Associate Justice Antonin Scalia ordered the temporary stay of execution. I suppose you also think he should be executed.”
Why not? Italians are more likely to be in the mafia. /s
“If America is serious about being race blind, a new sentencing hearing for this killer is a small price to pay for it.”
It’s that kind of thinking that got us an Obama.
“If America is serious about being race blind, we should
elect this worthless jackass black guy (Obama)over the just
as worthless jackass white guy (McCain)”
You’re correct, it was Scalia who granted it. Admit it, you didn’t see that one coming.
No, this is a stay pending the certification of the writ of a priori. It only takes one justice to stay the execution, but at least 4 members to grant the writ. If the writ is granted then the execution remains in suspension until and if the high court affirms the lower court by a majority vote. If not, the execution is back on.
Scalia stayed the execution btw.
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