NYT Editoral Board: Texas not "civilized society" if it executes Scott Panetti
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Mr. Illini
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« on: November 24, 2014, 02:34:01 PM »
Hopefully this will bring some attention to this case and Texas's policy on the issue as a whole.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/opinion/will-texas-kill-an-insane-man.html?_r=0
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« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2014, 02:40:42 PM »
Quote from: Mr. Illini on November 24, 2014, 02:34:01 PM
Hopefully this will bring some attention to this case and Texas's policy on the issue as a whole.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/opinion/will-texas-kill-an-insane-man.html?_r=0

And the Government of Texas (or for that matter the citizens) care? I bet they deliberately deny his appeals to thumb their noses at the "liberal" New York Times.
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« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2014, 02:45:06 PM »
LOL NYT.
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« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2014, 02:49:26 PM »
This Texan agrees.

We can't claim to oppose "Islamo-fascism" while clinging to a barbaric method of justice that is rarely used outside the Islamic world and a few East Asian authoritarian states.
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« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2014, 03:09:55 PM »
It's true but we knew that already.  And unfortunately it's true for a big part of this country, not just Texas.
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« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2014, 04:26:12 PM »
Quote from: Indy Texas on November 24, 2014, 02:49:26 PM
We can't claim to oppose "Islamo-fascism" while clinging to a barbaric method of justice that is rarely used outside the Islamic world and a few East Asian authoritarian states.

...or we can just agree with the personhood movement in that our country "has no morals" and call it day. Roll Eyes
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