Posted on 08/25/2014 2:43:49 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
Audio obtained by Complete Colorado has raised significant new issues regarding Governor John Hickenlooper’s stance on the death penalty.
In an interview with CNN earlier this year, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper suggested that if he does not win reelection, he could use his executive powers to overhaul Colorado’s death row with clemency. In particular, the Governor suggested these remedies were conditional – if his opponent turned the death penalty, or the Dunlap case in particular, into a “political football.”
In the audio, the unidentified CNN interviewer asks, “But it (the death penalty) is an issue. And, you know, some of your opponents immediately announced that they were going to run on a death penalty platform, um, and in a sense, are putting themselves out there, and not that I’m thinking specifically of (Tom) Tancredo but I believe there are probably others, who are saying, ‘Elect me, and we’ll kill this guy.’ Doesn’t that feel kind of like a lynch mob? I mean in some, in some sense?”
“Well we won’t let that happen, I mean, that’s obviously, that is — does, feel that way.” Hickenlooper interrupts. ”And, you know, if that becomes a political issue, in that context within a campaign, um, obviously there’s a period of time between the election and, and the end of the year where individuals can make decisions, such as a governor can.” (Audio begins at 19:56 in the embedded clip below.)
The news was broken Saturday morning on The Craig Silverman Show, 710 KNUS, after Complete Colorado obtained the audio tape of the full CNN interview via a Colorado Open Records Act request.
Chickenlooper has soooo got to go in November.
If some islamist gives chickenchoker a short haircut for supporting homos I guess they can assume they wil get full clemancy. Am I missing some hipocracy?
Hickenlooper is KILLING Udall’s reelection chances. LOVE IT!
One Democrat asshole screwing another D. ahole. PRICELESS!
Less than two weeks before Christmas in 1993, Nathan Dunlap shot to death execution style three female and one male Chuck E. Cheese workers after the Denver area restaurant had closed for business that night. Two of those he slaughtered were 17 year old children (a boy and a girl) and the third was a 19 year female.
http://murderpedia.org/male.D/d/dunlap-nathan.htm
Hickenlooper has now stated gthat he’ll grant clemency to this mass murdered should be lose the election.
Hickenlooper is KILLING Udall’s reelection chances. LOVE IT!
One Democrat asshole screwing another D. ahole. PRICELESS!
Excellent points! Yep, gotta love it.
I am afraid a lot of people in northern Colorado don't like this guy. He lost by 17% last time he ran for Governor. He is the designated loser put in to keep Tancredo out.
ok, fair enough. when i initially looked at the definitions, it was pointing to clemency being analogous to a pardon, while commuting the sentence being the life sentence.
Former Governor Ryan of Illinois was not imprisoned at Joliet (a state facility) but rather at a federal facility, because he was convicted of federal charges in a federal court.
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