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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread

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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (7136)12/14/2005 4:36:15 PM
From: paret   of 15987
 
Now the leftist libs are arguing that society shouldn't kill the infirm?

Clemency unlikely for pair facing execution, experts say
Mercury News ^ | 12/14/05 | Brandon Bailey and Dan Reed

With the failure of a high-profile clemency bid for Stanley Tookie Williams, legal observers say a reprieve seems even less likely for two more death row inmates who are facing execution in coming months -- and the pace of capital punishment could increase in California over the next two years.

Hours after Williams was put to death on Tuesday, death penalty opponents vowed to renew their efforts against the execution of 75-year-old Clarence Ray Allen of Fresno, scheduled for Jan. 17, by arguing that no civilized society should kill a prisoner who is elderly, partially blind and confined to a wheelchair.

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So the leftist libs are arguing that society shouldn't kill the infirm? Weren't the very same people arguing the exact opposite position with regard to Terri Schiavo?
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