The Civil War never ended.
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Tell them you need to see the weather. Many Hotel chains have a policy against their guests being subjected to cable news in general and Fox in particular.
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That was my thought as well.
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Maybe, but Trump likes the death penalty because it’s the ultimate expression of executive power over individuals. I think those last three are going to be killed, on principle, to demonstrate there should be Federal executions. I’m disappointed that Biden didn’t commute their sentences to prevent that.
That’s too quick and painless. How about a stage 4 pancreatic cancer?
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And every time I consider ending capital punishment, I remember the Tison Gang.
But preventing that sick f*ck from getting his sadistic jollies was a good move by President Biden.
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Many members of my family died during or fled the Holocaust. My grandfather told me that some Germans could not do the killing themselves or even witness it; they would only order it. He called them kouərds (cowards). If Drumph wants to execute, he should be the one pulling the trigger. But, we know he would never, because he is a coward.
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Don’t worry, somehow Fetterman is vouching for Kash Patel. He’s heard Joe Manchin left open a slot to fill. We’re good.
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Biden Blocks Trump From Carrying Out Death Row Killing Spree
Something that years ago I would never have imagined reading about presidents and president elects.
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I say DJT should have to attend the execution and watch. (If it was a matter of pulling the trigger, he would figure a way to do that remotely. Probably while attending the affairs of state. On the golf course.)
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Actually, I can see the Felon pardoning at least two of the remaining Death Row guys. One of them slaughtered Jews in their temple, after being welcomed in: MAGA hates Jews while loving Israel. Another slaughtered black folks in their church, after being welcomed in: racism is one of MAGA’s big appeals.
Tsarovich may be the only candidate for actual execution. After all, he’s a foreigner and has no doubt offended Putin somehow.
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Pull out the old earbuds and plug yourself into an audiobook.
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TSF screwed over too many people to deal with individually, so he had to have goons and lawyers on staff to take care of them in court or back-alley ways. His business was a criminal enterprise well before he took it over.
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In the days leading up to Biden’s inauguration, Trump executed five prisoners—even though there had been a 130-year-old precedent of not executing inmates during a presidential transition.
In total, Trump executed 13 death row inmates in his four years in office. It was a massive killing spree, as just three prisoners had been executed in the 60 years prior to Trump, the Associated Press reported.
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Why did the Garland DOJ do everything in their power to delay and sabotage the Gaetz investigation?
"Shortly after DOJ withdrew its deferral request and the Committee reauthorized its review, the Committee sent DOJ a request for information. After three months without a response despite repeated follow up, the Committee submitted FOIA requests to several relevant DOJ offices, which to date have not been adequately processed. The Committee continued to reach out to DOJ throughout 2023, having still not received a substantive response to its request for information. On January 12, 2024, the Committee received its first correspondence from DOJ on the matter. At that time, DOJ provided no substantive response or explanation for its delay; instead, DOJ simply stated that it “do[es] not provide non-public information about law enforcement investigations that do not result in charges.” This “policy” is, however, inconsistent with DOJ’s historical conduct with respect to the Committee and its unique role in upholding the integrity of the House.
Thereafter, the Committee determined to issue a subpoena to DOJ to obtain records relating to its investigation of Representative Gaetz. DOJ did not comply with the subpoena by the date required, but suggested it remained “committed to good-faith engagement with the Committee.” In the spirit of cooperation, the Committee provided a list of specific responsive documents, setting out particularized demands to the subpoena. Among the particularized demands was a request for any exculpatory evidence relating to Representative Gaetz. On March 13, 2024, Committee Members met with the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs and the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of DOJ. The DOJ officials again cited no legal basis for failing to comply with the subpoena. DOJ subsequently requested additional context for the Committee’s demands, which the Committee provided. After further attempts at meaningful accommodation of DOJ’s concerns about the breadth of the Committee’s request, DOJ ultimately provided publicly reported information about the testimony of a deceased individual. To date, DOJ has provided no meaningful evidence or information to the Committee or cited any lawful basis for its responses. The Committee hopes to continue to engage with DOJ on the broader issues raised by its failure to recognize the Committee’s unique mandate. As the Committee has told DOJ, the Committee and DOJ should be partners in their shared mission of upholding the integrity of our government institutions."
Anyone still want to argue he was the right man for the job after he failed in every major situation that arose during his tenure?
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I have many extended family members who were consumed by the Shoah, which – in a very real sense – was the ultimate expression of allowing the state to murder its own citizens (although Stalin, Mao, and others certainly earned participation trophies).
That, perhaps, is the basis for my absolute opposition to state-sanctioned murder, because once you allow legislators to legalize murder – even for those convicted of unforgivable crimes – there theoretically is no end to where it goes.
Executing drug dealers? Executing sex offenders? Executing child-porn possessors? The slippery slope is way too easy for populist politicians and rightwing “law and order”, “tough on crime” demagogues not to take.
(Frankly, I’ll be surprised if we don’t hear attention-whore Republicans trying to “out-Trump Trump” by demanding the death penalty for abortion-care providers, teachers who “expose” students to banned books, or even “three-strikes-and-you’re-out” repeat offenders.)
IMNSHO, the only choice for any society that hasn’t completely lost its mind is an absolute prohibition – on principle – against state-sanctioned murder in any form.
(And that doesn’t even address the very real and ubiquitous problems of racial inequality, courtroom incompetence, and prosecutorial corruption that continually expose the breathtaking injustice of applying the death penalty in real life.)
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First time I’ve heard that word.
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Hopefully there won’t be another one.
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If Biden could not “in good conscience stand back and let a new administration resume executions” that he halted, then why did he leave three to be executed by Trump? If the death penalty is wrong, then it is wrong for all—even the most heinous offenders. Having stood before juries and argued for the lives of capital defendants, I can attest that our system of capital punishment is embedded in racism, deeply unjust, and a shameful stain on our national character. People sentenced to life without parole will die in prison and that should be more than enough to saitisfy those who desire retribution.
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