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Post by thinkinkmesa on Aug 20, 2011 1:00:45 GMT -5
Rick Perry never flinches on the death penalty With Gov. Rick Perry in the presidential race, a lot of folks are taking a hard look at his record on the death penalty. Despite the fact that Texas leads the nation in DNA exonerations, Perry has never backed any significant justice reform. He has delayed and disrupted the search for truth in the Todd Willingham case, in which there is evidence that Texas may have executed an innocent man (on Perry's watch, despite warnings before the execution). More; deathpenaltyblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/08/rick-perry-never-flinches-on-t.html |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Aug 20, 2011 1:41:00 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Sept 9, 2011 13:00:52 GMT -5
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Sept 10, 2011 17:23:31 GMT -5
Rick Perry's Lethal Overconfidence Jaws dropped when the governor of Texas, running for president, said on national television he was “100 percent sure” everyone who had been executed on his watch was guilty. The governor was George W. Bush, appearing on NBC's Meet the Press, during his first presidential run. Six months before Bush's election, Texas executed Gary Graham, who continued to protest his innocence even as the lethal injection was killing him and whose objections were almost certainly true. Then, just before Bush moved to the White House, Texas executed Claude Jones. Last year, new DNA testing on a hair found at the crime scene cast doubt on Jones's guilt. More; powerwall.msnbc.msn.com/politics/rick-perrys-lethal-overconfidence-1701002.story |
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Post by thinkinkmesa on Sept 15, 2011 14:29:08 GMT -5
For Perry, only some lives are precious A shudder went down my spine when GOP presidential hopeful Gov. Rick Perry of Texas boldly defended his state’s record on executions - and the audience wildly applauded. I was stunned, yet reminded that things are not so different in some areas, despite this being the 21st century. I was further stunned, then angered, by Perry’s conclusion that the 234 executions carried out thus far in Texas since he has been governor were just; he stated in essence that Texas has a fair justice system that ensures that all of the executions were just; he wasn’t the least bit concerned that perhaps an innocent person had been put to death. And yet, Perry says he is “pro life,” meaning he is against abortion. His two positions seem diametrically opposed and contradictory; that, or I don’t understand what “life” is. More; www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-faith/post/for-perry-only-some-lives-are-precious/2011/09/15/gIQAtOrcUK_blog.htmlWritten by; Senior pastor, Advent United Church of Christ in Columbus, Ohio Susan K. Smith Smith, a Yale Divinity School graduate, is author of “Crazy Faith: Ordinary People; Extraordinary Lives”, a winner of the 2009 National Best Books Award. |
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