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Alito parts with conservatives on execution - Yahoo! News
Reuters ^ | Thu Feb 2, 9:07 AM ET | James Vicini

Posted on 02/02/2006 10:14:02 AM PST by sefarkas

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To: adam_az
9-0, but it was a moot procedural vote anyway.

There were actually two votes at the Court, both on procedural issues; one was 9-0, but one (on the State's motion to lift the stay of execution ordered by the lower court) was 6-3. Roberts, Thomas and Scalia voted to lift the stay, and the other 6 (including Alito) voted to let the lower court's stay remain in effect.

41 posted on 02/02/2006 4:05:51 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Lurking Libertarian

"There were actually two votes at the Court, both on procedural issues; one was 9-0, but one (on the State's motion to lift the stay of execution ordered by the lower court) was 6-3. Roberts, Thomas and Scalia voted to lift the stay, and the other 6 (including Alito) voted to let the lower court's stay remain in effect."

Thanks for clearing that up. I looked on the USSC website and couldn't find the case history. They hadn't updated it yet.

It doesn't bother me. Alito had been a USSCJ for less than a day. My guess is that he felt he hadn't reviewed the case thoroughly yet. In that light, his decision is to be commended.


42 posted on 02/02/2006 4:40:20 PM PST by adam_az (It's the border, stupid!)
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To: taxcontrol
"Nitrogen asphyxiation. Cheep, painless, effective."

Bullet to the brain. Cheaper. Painlesser. At least as effective.

43 posted on 02/02/2006 4:47:23 PM PST by redhead (Alaska: Step out of the bus and into the food chain...)
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To: Ditto; piytar

>>>There are some real issues with that "cocktail."

I heard that Ditto has a dull hatchet we can borrow.


44 posted on 02/02/2006 4:49:16 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: sefarkas; Coleus
Could hardly wait to go liberal

Perhaps he is been consistantly pro-life?

45 posted on 02/02/2006 4:56:09 PM PST by Irish_Thatcherite (~~~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~~~)
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To: redhead
Nope, bullets make more mess, don't always kill and often require a bleedout before the person is dead.
46 posted on 02/02/2006 6:03:16 PM PST by taxcontrol
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To: rowhey

I'm hoping it's a ploy to lull the liberals into non-suspicion. Plus, if he knew the vote was 5-3. before his vote where's the harm?

I swear, if he turns out to be a Quisling, I don't know what I'll do.
All this death penalty delay, distraction, and baloney is really getting to me.


47 posted on 02/02/2006 7:56:25 PM PST by Amore (First, let's kill all the lawyers!)
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To: sefarkas

Yet Luttig was feared to be influenced by the style section of the WAPO and NYT. Good Grief! This is just one case! In fact, Alito lived up to his promises in the hearing regarding "judicia courtesy".

This looks like another excuse for the "I'll sit out yet complain about the Democras I helped elect by my sitting out" crowd that this website seems to promulgate.


48 posted on 02/02/2006 8:21:43 PM PST by eddiebear (If you want to send a message, try Hallmark next time.)
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To: joesbucks

The Catholic Church's position on Capital Punishment mimic's Condoleezza Rice's on abortion: "Safe, legal & rare."


49 posted on 02/02/2006 8:52:28 PM PST by presidio9 ("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K virus -only without the handy deadline.)
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To: lilylangtree
Talking of undue suffering, there is the Terri Schiavo case who was sentenced to a most barbaric death by Judge Greer, and never even had her own lawyer.
50 posted on 02/03/2006 9:28:47 AM PST by Dante3
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To: taxcontrol

230 grain .45 ACP slug to cerebral cortex:
cheaper, quicker and any pain ain't gonna last for long.

Of course it would be better if televised and carried out within 30 seconds of the verdict being rendered.


51 posted on 02/07/2006 6:38:07 AM PST by RedStateRocker
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To: RedStateRocker

Once again, does not always kill, does not always cause painless death, often requires the person bleed out before death occurs, disperse lead into the environment, causes massive blood spatter (many convicts carry aids), etc.


52 posted on 02/07/2006 6:50:55 AM PST by taxcontrol
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To: taxcontrol

OK, OK, OK... I'll use the .50 S&W BFR instead....
:-)


53 posted on 02/07/2006 7:50:54 AM PST by RedStateRocker
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LOL - that's even worse!!! over penetration... MASSIVE blood spatter.... true, much more lethal but who would want to clean up the mess? I suppose you could have the next guy up for execution do the clean up.
54 posted on 02/07/2006 8:19:23 AM PST by taxcontrol
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