November 29, 2005
Winkin' Mark Warner
Did lame-duck Gov. Mark Warner (D-VA) actually grant clemency to Robin Lovitt, not because "evidence in Mr. Lovitt's trial was destroyed by a court employee... in a manner contrary to the express direction of the law," as he claims, but rather because Lovitt would have been the 1,000th execution in the United States since the Supremes allowed it to resume in 1976 -- and Democrat Warner doesn't want the "mark of Zorro" burning on his cheek as he runs for president in 2008?
I have the creepy feeling that Democratic primary politics had a lot more to do with Warner's only grant of clemency than any facts about the case itself. (Jed Babbin, substituting for Hugh Hewitt, just expressed the same opinion, so at least it's not just me.)
Eew.
Hatched by Dafydd on this day, November 29, 2005, at the time of 4:26 PM
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The following hissed in response by: Jack Tanner
After some other murerous sociopath is executed does this guy get back in line?
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at November 30, 2005 7:32 AM
The following hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh
Jack Tanner:
Not unless he kills someone else, either inside or outside. Warner granted irrevokable clemency.
Dafydd
The above hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh at November 30, 2005 12:44 PM
The following hissed in response by: Jack Tanner
I know that but was offering both a rhetorical and hopeful response.
The above hissed in response by: Jack Tanner at November 30, 2005 12:58 PM
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