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- I am the mother of a victim of murder. I am also in the medical field, and I guarantee you that this "Governor" is either an idiot, or did NO research on the medical facts of this case. All those leading the public to believe that a vein cannot be found on obese patient are ill informed, or biased. With one needle, venous ports are accessed every day, especially in emergency situations. The people that have supported the "Governor" in his ridiculous theory should take stock of themselves, and their moral fabric. Just tell me one thing. If fatso becomes ill, are they just going to let him die where he lies because treatment is unavailable? I think NOT. We should all be outraged that this "Governor" has chosen to ignore what this poor family had endured all these years. I'm sick to death of people making any excuses for these creeps. Rebecca Pfeiffer
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- They might also consider putting him on a diet.
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- I can understand the points being made here; society is tired of paying for endless appeals, etc. and want to see justice done. That's a very reasonable position to take. I do believe, however, the land of the brave did win out on this. The governor could have taken the easy and politically correct way out and refuse to grant clemency. Right now, executions win political points, which equates to votes. For a very conservative governor to say "wait a minute - something's wrong" tells me his actions were correct. For most of us, our information is garnered from the media, and we know reliability can be questionable. If we continue to have the death penalty, we must make certain there are no mistakes along the way to the death chamber. It's very easy to execute someone, but put the wrong person down, and we're no better than the average murderer. Maybe this guy deserves capital punishment; I don't know. However, I give the governor credit for making a decision that may not be popular, but if the system didn't work correctly, we have no business killing anybody - legally or otherwise.
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- An hypodermic needle won't "humanely" penetrate the fat as would a bullet? I'll bet his fellow prisoners will find ways to penetrate all the way through to his conscience.
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- Bend over taxpayers - another large screw is headed your way.
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- Liberals win again
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- it seems there just isn't justice anymore. criminals seem to always win. those that murder win with life without parole while their victims turn to dust, gone forever. he should have been executed long ago. some justice.
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- 30 Years on death row???? If we are going to use capital punishment in this country, then use it! If not, then abolish it! But this long drawn out judicial system of appeals, "do-overs", excuses, red tape, etc. for a crime he committed 30 years ago is ridiculous! It took those 30 years to realize this guy had a lousy attorney?? (Whether he did or not) In my opinion, if we are going to use the death penalty as punishment for proven severe crimes, then carry out that pushishment immediately upon conviction, period! Especially with DNA advancements we are seeing less and less wrongful imprisonments. Instead, we are seeing more and more "without a doubt", "1 in 5 billion chance of it being anyone else but you" convictions, which is all the more reason to carry out capital punishments ASAP. And fat or not, I can think of several methods of death that would be successful regardless of his size. It sounds as though the past 30 years have been focused on this guy's rights. What about the rights of his victim? Oh that's right...she's no longer here on earth to fight for HER rights.
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- I have just one question: How the **** did he get THAT fat in prison??
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- 30 years to get the fat ****** and the stupid Governor commutes the sentence?
If you guys can't get it done next time send them to TX, LA or FL they know how to do executions! - Reply to this comment
