Meet the 3 teenagers that Bush put to death

[scoopmeister]

http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/attytood/archives/001520.html

Three young men who were convicted of committing murders when they were just 17 were killed by lethal injection during Bush's tenure as governor, which ran from 1995 through the end of 2000. Two of the three execution victims each had suffered severe head injuries as children -- one the result of alleged extreme child abuse -- and were judged by experts to be mentally impaired or retarded. The third was sentenced to die by a jury because -- according to his defense lawyer -- "he was a black man who killed a white woman, and he was very very gay."

[illini]

1. I can imagine Bush's* response.

"Boohoo dint kill me boo hoo." A true man of God.

[DenverDem]

2. There will be a lot more where they came from

when busholini inc. finishes dismantling all the social services programs that his rich "base" no longer wants to be bothered with. These kids should have been taken care of by a compassionate community long before they got in capital trouble.

"Then shall He answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me." Matthew 25:45

[Disturbed]

3. Defintion of an adult?

A 12 yr. old?

The Silverspoon Sociopath and his sidekick Gonzales love their jobs of killing human beings.

[bleedingheart]

4. I remember recoiling in disgust when Bush made fun of Karla Fay Tucker

that is when I knew he was an evil sadist.

... to mock her like that it was revolting...

[thecai]

8. My Sentiments Exactly, BleedingHeart

I knew he was evil, before he did that, but when I saw what a heartless, unforgiving, hateful hypocrite he was, MOCKING her, while she faced execution, I was appalled and sickened.
And ever since then, I have not found any redeeming qualities in the guy. He refused DNA testing to death-row inmates, and he signed more death-warrants than any Governor. He pardoned the least amount of inmates, (who incidently were all "in bed" with the busholini's).
A wise ruler scatters the wicked, but I see this present "leader" GATHER the wicked, and scatter the upright.
To mock the poor is to reproach his Maker.
IMPEACH Bush

[ignatius 2]

5. I sincerely doubt that Bush bothered to look at the files at all. He

doesn't read,doesn't think, and truly doesn't care. He simply rubber stamped whatever torture man Gonzales put in front of his ignorant little- man face.

He has no conscience, therefore no remorse and anyhow, as we all know, our Lord and Saviour, George W Bush never ever makes mistakes.

If there is a God in heaven, George W is doomed to a horrible, private hell..much deserved.

[liberalmuse]

6. Bush is a sociopath.

Anyone who could put 151 people to death in a few years without a thought is soulless. Even Hitler pulled down the shades when his train passed by his concentration camps. Can you picture Bush doing that? I picture him laughing and joking.

[NVMojo]

7. in my dreams, * stands before a jury and judge, awaiting sentencing ...

life or death ...and the answer is .....YIPPEE SKIPPEE!!!!

[WillowTree]

9. Since when...

....does a governor personally execute someone?

At least in this context, Bush put no one to death. He was a governor who respected the legal verdicts and sentences of judges and juries who actually heard the cases according to the laws of the State of Texas in effect at the time.

I know how tempting it is to blame this guy for all the ills of the world during his entire lifetime, but this is completely bogus. If you want to blame someone for these executions, blame the judges and the citizens who sat on the juries. Or, worst case scenario, blame the legislators who put the laws on the books.

[thecai]

12. The Gov Signs The Death Warrants

And the gov has the power to pardon inmates. He was governor of Texas during a very corrupt era within the judicial and penal departments. And in spite of numerous wrongful convictions and coerced confessions, Gov. Bush STILL refused to grant DNA testing for death-row inmates who claimed innocence.
Bush also lied when confronted with the Abu Ghraib inmate abuse, stating "it's not the American way!" and "we didn't know anything about it". He has ignored reports of inmate abuse in America for YEARS, and he HAD to be aware that Texas is one of the worse states in the US for inmate abuse/murder/neglect. Visit links on webpage:
http://hometown.aol.com/sonrisepark/myhomepage/politics.html

[maveric]

10. Were they all black? Didnt he also commute a death sentence for

Henry Lee Lucas, a white serial killer?

[thecai]

13. I Believe So

According to most reports, they were all or mostly black (and hispanic?), and only "friends" of bushco were pardoned. (On edit: only ONE?)
Bush has since acquired many "tokens" to appear to be non-racist.

[paineinthearse]

11. I thought this post was going to be about the young teen

soldiers and civilian children who have died in Iraq.

[paineinthearse]

14. FOX News Clearly Disappointed Youths Can't Be Executed

http://www.newshounds.us/2005/03/01/fox_news_clearly_disappointed_youths_cant_be_executed.php

News Hounds
We watch FOX so you don't have to.

March 01, 2005 FOX News Clearly Disappointed Youths Can't Be Executed
You know a story is important to FOX News when an article about it on their website is written by someone at FOX rather than just being a reprint from AP. So the fact that there is a story by FOX Reporter Jane Roh (whom readers might remember was the one who "mistakenly" reported that Communists for Kerry were really pro-Kerry) indicates that the Supreme Court ruling against the death penalty for underage criminals is especially significant.

The article begins, "The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ended the option of the death penalty for 16- and 17- year-olds, stating that persons of that age cannot 'be classified among the worst offenders.'" The use of the word "option" makes it seem as though the Supreme Court has taken away some kind of freedom of choice, or the right to kill, rather than pointing out that the court is reinforcing the rights and protections of minors. In case you think I'm making too much of that, look at this sentence: "The court's decision marks the third major restriction on the death penalty in 17 years, and may be seen by advocates as moving the United States closer to a full abolition of capital punishment."

If the law won't let you kill kids, what rights will it take away next? You can almost hear FOX News honchos churning out memos warning their employees to be on guard. If so, reporter Roh must be making her bosses proud for having written, "Robert Blecker, a professor of criminal law at New York Law School, worried that death-penalty opponents would use (the) decision to further chip away at fair punishments (my emphasis) for the worst offenders. Blecker predicted that opponents would next go after life imprisonment without parole for juveniles, would lobby to raise the age of eiligibility to 20 or 21 and would argue against the death penalty for the mentally ill."

The bastards! Don't those bleeding-heart liberals know that being pro-life only applies to fetuses and the brain-dead?