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Perhaps the most striking statement
at last night's Republican presidential debate came not from Rick Perry
or Mitt Romney but from the audience, which applauded the preface of
one of moderator Brian  Williams's questions. Here's how it
looked in the transcript:
Williams: Governor
Perry, a question about Texas. Your state has executed 234 death row
inmates, more than any other governor in modern times. Have you . . .
(APPLAUSE)
Have you struggled to sleep at night with the
idea that any one of those might have been innocent?
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Williams then asked Perry to explain the audience's reaction to
Williams's question: "What do you make of that dynamic that just
happened here, the mention of the execution of 234 people drew
applause?"
Although Williams surely did not intend it as such, this question was a
gift for Perry ... [Taranto
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To quote that esteemed stand-up philosopher, Ron White, "If you kill someone in Texas, we're gonna kill you back." Works for me!!
ReplyDeleteBrigadier Major Mike
The implication also seems to be that all 234 executions were whle he was Governor.
ReplyDeleteTim
Tim,
ReplyDeleteAnd what if they were 'on his watch?'
Pushes him well to the front of the pack in my book if true!
Hey El, I was just pointing out the deception in the question. 234 a month would be fine for most of the scum in Huntsville. And the Texas Govenor has limited powers in that area. Desicions are made by the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
ReplyDeleteTim
It was a creepy reaction. For all the talk about how our schools are failing, our politicians corrupt, our economy is being criminally mismanaged you'd think the logical conclusion would be to wonder if our legal system is also, perhaps, a wee bit suspect, too.
ReplyDeleteThe case of Cameron Todd Willingham comes to mind. As well as the constant reports of jacked up behavior on the part of police crime labs in Texas.
I have no moral qualms with the death penalty per se. But I have enormous reservations that our government is capable of, or even interested in, administering it fairly, justly or with any level of competence.
I too have no real qualms about the death penalty is specific cases. What worries me is the finding of groups like the Innocence Project that show there are far more truly innocent people incarcerated due to "testilying" and shoddy or even corrupt lab work than I am comfortable with. Don't get me wrong.. I LOVE Texas. I own land there near the border (don't get me started), but Scott is correct about the behaviour of the crime labs in Texas, and sadly other states as well.
ReplyDeleteLarry in Rochester
Death row inmates equals zero recidivism.
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