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| Schwarzenegger likely to permit execution next week |
| 2004-02-07 |
| While taking a tough guy approach to the budget in order to keep his promise to reverse California’s fiscal direction, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proving to be a man of conviction and compassion when it comes to crime and punishment. Following recommendations from the state’s Board of Prison Terms , Schwarzenegger has granted parole to eight murderers, all reportedly model prisoners who had been incarcerated for years. Another 15, he decided, should remain behind bars. Criminal Justice Legal Foundation President Mike Rushford said Schwarzenegger has granted parole in cases in which strong arguments existed to let the prisoners out. Schwarzenegger, however, is not a softie when it comes to crime. He supports the death penalty and is facing his first state execution scheduled for next week. Amnesty International is pleading for mercy for 18-year death row inmate Kevin Cooper, but the governor has decided to deny clemency, saying the evidence behind his crime — the murder of four people using a hatchet — was "overwhelming." |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #4 I think they should hang the guy in the center of San Francisco. He should be flanked by two additional gallows: on the left with a member of Amnesty International playing the starring role, and on the right with a member of the ACLU filling the same position. Do it at noon on a Wednesday, and make public attendance mandatory. Watch the level of murder, rape, and other violent crimes crash down to low single digits, and watch the busy-bodies run for cover. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-2-7 5:18:37 PM |
| #3 If Arnie needs someone to throw the switch I am available. GOOD RIDDENCE! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2004-2-7 3:51:53 PM |
| #2 The crime: On 4 June 1983, Douglas and Peggy Ryen and their 10-year-old daughter Jessica, together with 11-year-old Christopher Hughes, all white, were hacked to death in the Ryen home in Chino Hills, outside Los Angeles. Joshua Ryen, aged eight, was wounded in the attack, but survived. The victims sustained multiple injuries – at least three weapons were used: a knife, a hatchet and an ice pick. Kevin Cooper was arrested several weeks after the murder. He had escaped from a minimum security prison on 2 June and had hidden in an empty house near the Ryens' residence for two nights before the crime. The punishment: He's had 20 years to make his case; meanwhile, the four victims are still dead. Do it Arnold. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-2-7 1:43:39 PM |
| #1 the murder of four people using a hatchet — was "overwhelming." You heartless bastards.... it was an accident did the defense even bother to call Ed Ames? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-7 1:36:55 PM |