Texas Gov Rick Perry monkeys with justice

[Ravi]

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has removed a fourth member of a state commission charged with investigating claims that an innocent man may have been executed, his office said.

Fourth member replaced on Texas panel probing execution - CNN.com

This is a guy Perry signed the death warrant for...unbelievable.

 

[Xenophon]

What a dick.

If he is so affraid they probaly did execute an innocent man.

 

[truthsaga]

I would wait jumping to conclusions, especially when it's from CNN or any corporate owned news source.

 

[Ravi]

What a dick.

If he is so affraid they probaly did execute an innocent man.

Yeah...I have a feeling his opponent is going to go to town with this one.

 

[Xenophon]

What a dick.

If he is so affraid they probaly did execute an innocent man.

Yeah...I have a feeling his opponent is going to go to town with this one.

Replacing one person is maybe ok, but ALL FOUR you selcted?

Doesn't pass the smell test.

 

[theHawk]

Good read on this story, 17 pages long:

Cameron Todd Willingham, Texas, and the death penalty : The New Yorker

On February 13th, four days before Willingham was scheduled to be executed, he got a call from Reaves, his attorney. Reaves told him that the fifteen members of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, which reviews an application for clemency and had been sent Hurst’s report, had made their decision.

“What is it?” Willingham asked.

“I’m sorry,” Reaves said. “They denied your petition.”

The vote was unanimous. Reaves could not offer an explanation: the board deliberates in secret, and its members are not bound by any specific criteria. The board members did not even have to review Willingham’s materials, and usually don’t debate a case in person; rather, they cast their votes by fax—a process that has become known as “death by fax.” Between 1976 and 2004, when Willingham filed his petition, the State of Texas had approved only one application for clemency from a prisoner on death row. A Texas appellate judge has called the clemency system “a legal fiction.” Reaves said of the board members, “They never asked me to attend a hearing or answer any questions.”

As for Perry, most of us can't wait for that RINO to get beaten by Kay.

 

[Dr.Traveler]

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has removed a fourth member of a state commission charged with investigating claims that an innocent man may have been executed, his office said.

Fourth member replaced on Texas panel probing execution - CNN.com

This is a guy Perry signed the death warrant for...unbelievable.

I've been following this. To say it stinks is an understatement.

 

[Polk]

Yeah, this story is truly bizarre. What would be really interesting is if some DA trying to make a name for himself filed murder charges against Perry.