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To: jbe who wrote (84746)	8/3/2000 4:52:19 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

Well, I really haven't followed this, but I suppose it is an interesting digression.....

To: jbe who wrote (84746)	8/3/2000 5:13:00 PM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 108807

Thank [insert deity here] for the Supreme Court overturning some really obnoxious court cases where "anonomous informants" (maybe an officer at a payphone) could finger people and the police then could act with abandon, ignoring Constitutional rights, because they could set themselves into "hot pursuit" mode. I always ask people if a) are individual rights or b) government (or group) rights, more under attack these days? I'd have to select individual rights, myself.

To: jbe who wrote (84746)	8/3/2000 6:23:43 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Respond to of 108807

Governor powers limited. The fate of Graham had rested with the 18-member Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. It which could have recommended that Gov. George W. Bush issue a 120-day reprieve, a commutation or a pardon. Without the recommendation, the Republican presidential candidate can do nothing under state law.

To: jbe who wrote (84746)	8/3/2000 7:05:59 PM
From: haqihana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

jbe, You people keep forgetting that Graham did receive a stay of execution from Ann Richards. By constitutional law, GWB was forbidden to grant him a second stay. Don't blame an individual for and entire constitution. The constitution also, does not offer a choice of punishment like life imprisonment without possibility of parole, so don't blame one man for that either. Almost all of those who have been executed in the last 8 years, were not convicted, or sentenced on Bush's watch. You're barking up the wrong tree, but rabid dogs do that sort of thing. (I don't mean that viciously. Just smarting off.) ~H~

To: jbe who wrote (84746)	8/3/2000 8:12:58 PM
From: CharleyMike	Respond to of 108807

OK, jbe, One more time. The Governor of Texas, whether Democrat or Republican, has no authority to stay the execution of any convicted person without the prior recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. In the case you suggest, the BoP&P refused any clemency whatsoever. And, IMO, rightfully so.