Oregon governor says will allow no more executions - Page 11

pjohns · #**101** (**permalink**) 11-24-2011, 07:11 PM

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And with that you ignore the blatant violation of equal protection, the fact that straight married couples have the special right to inherit each other's property tax free, while gay married couples are denied that right.

Actually, "with that" I reiterate what I have asserted previously: i.e. that in America, each individual should be authoritatively superior to the state...

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I suggest you learn about the Lemon Test to see which direction religious influence is permitted to flow.

Translation: I should (supposedly) remake my own views, according to SCOTUS' edicts...

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I'm not surprised you didn't get the analogy or the similarity. Neither did the hypocritical nutballs who signed the "Family Leader" pledge in Iowa, promising at the same time to ban same sex marriage while also rejecting Islamic Sharia law.

Your shrill description of those with whom you disagree, as "hypocritical nutballs," probably tells us all we really need to know about your stridency...

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Whether your sharia laws are sourced in the Koran, in the Mosaic Code, in Canon law, or in Kosher law, none of your religious nonsense belongs in US law.

Your attachment of the noun, "nonsense," to the adjective, "religious," strikes me as rather strong evidence of your anti-religious bigotry...

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And we should probably find a different thread if we want to continue this discussion.

Actually, I see no reason to continue it, either here or in another thread...

cnredd · #**102** (**permalink**) 11-27-2011, 02:42 AM

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Oregon governor says will allow no more executions

This is pissin' one guy off...

Death Row Inmate Blasts Oregon Governor Over Execution Halt

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A two-time murderer who was scheduled to die by lethal injection next month blasted Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber for not allowing executions for the remainder of his term.

“I feel he’s a paper cowboy,” convicted murderer Gary Haugen, 49, told the Statesman Journal in a phone interview. “He couldn’t pull the trigger.”

Haugen said he was looking forward to his execution, scheduled for Dec. 6, because he wanted to protest a criminal justice system he viewed as broken.

Kitzhaber announced a stop to all executions on Tuesday, saying that he felt the death penalty was “compromised and inequitable.” The governor, who held Oregon’s top job from 1994 to 2002 and was elected again in 2010, is also a doctor, and cited the oath of “do no harm” in announcing his decision.

Capital punishment was reinstated by referendum in Oregon 27 years ago. Since then, the state has only executed two men, the last one 14 years ago, during Kitzhaber’s previous term in office.

Haugen, who has already had two reprieves, said he would be exploring his legal options to find out what it would take to carry forward his execution.

“I think there’s got to be some constitutional violations,” he said, adding: “You don’t bring a guy to the table twice and then just stop it.”

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