From: henryporter@bigfoot.com
Here's the proof that smirk is a lying bastard,
willing to execute innocent people to further his political agenda:
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HOUSTON, Aug. 14 -- Gov. George W. Bush announced today
that he would
pardon a Texas inmate convicted a decade ago of rape, after new
DNA
evidence convinced even prosecutors and law enforcement officials
that the
man should be freed.
Mr. Bush will sign the pardon of the inmate, Roy Criner, on Tuesday,
clearing the way for his release after serving 10 years of a
99-year
sentence for the rape of a 16-year-old in Montgomery County,
north of
Houston. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, which rarely
approves
pardons, today voted 18-0 in favor of pardoning Mr. Criner, who
is 35.
"I agree with the Board of Pardons and Paroles that credible new
evidence
raises substantial doubt about the guilt of Roy Criner, and
that he
should receive a pardon," Mr. Bush said in a statement
today.
The governor also announced that he would pardon a second inmate,
Ronnie
Mark Gariepy, 41, who is on parole after being convicted of sexually
assaulting his stepdaughter.
Local officials endorsed the pardon after Mr. Gariepy's stepdaughter,
who was 13 at the time she said she was attacked, recanted
her story.
The two pardons come a week after Mr. Bush approved
the execution of
Oliver Cruz, a convicted rapist and murderer deemed mentally
retarded
by defense psychologists.
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BUT SMIRK--You "personally" reviewed each of these cases....why
didn't
these individuals get the "...full access to the courts and...
full access
to have a fair trial,"? As you said, "But I believe … we’ve
adequately answered
innocence or guilt [in every case].” EXCEPT SOME, apparently.
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Factoid: "Washington-based Death Penalty Information Center,
a group
critical of how capital punishment is meted out. "It's something,
I think,
that the country needs to look at, regardless of how they feel
about the
death penalty." His group says 87 inmates nationwide have
been freed from
death row since 1973 because of wrongful convictions. Seven were
from Texas."
I guess those seven people who were released for wrongful convictions
also
had full access to the courts and a fair and impartial trial,
right?
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What gets me is how the "liberal biased media" (there I go again...)
is
giving Shrubbette a pass on this. Imagine the slavering
and drooling had
this been Gore instead of Boy Georgie.
When are the media going to give the Texecutioner a thorough examination,
and trumpet his hypocrisy, his lies, and his absolute unfitness
to be even
my paperboy?
Henry
PS. Big Bill gave a most impressive speech.
I liked the way he told the Republicans, "You'll get nothing
and like it!"
ha ha