Mr. Clemency

[George K]

"But guided by my conscience and my experience as a public defender, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Vice President, and now President, I am more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level. In good conscience, I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted."

Among those receiving the holiday cheer is Thomas Sanders, who in 2010 kidnapped and then shot 12-year-Lexis Roberts four times and cut her throat in Louisiana — days after the girl watched as Sanders murdered her mother on a road trip near the Grand Canyon.

Christmas also came early for Anthony Battle, who murdered an Atlanta prison guard with a hammer in 1994 while serving a life sentence for raping and murdering his wife, a US Marine, in 1987 at Camp Lejeune, NC.

Jorge Avila-Torrez sexually assaulted and stabbed to death two girls — Laura Hobbs, 8, and Krystal Tobias, 9 — who had been riding their bicycles in their neighborhood in a suburb north of Chicago in 2005.

Four years later, he strangled naval officer Amanda Snell, 20, inside her barrack in Arlington, Va.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Crime_Control_and_Law_Enforcement_Act

Guess who authored the Senate version of this bill.

[Mik]

Jesus. He’s not the president anyway. But it gives you a more complete window into what we might have expected from another Democratic administration.

[Copper]

I doubt that Mr. Biden even knows this was done.

[Jolly]

I remember that case well. Sanders killed her about 35 miles from my house. The trial was held in the federal courthouse closest to me.

Sanders shot Lexis four times and cut her throat when she didn't die fast enough. Then he threw her body into the woods to rot.

Her remains had to be identified by dental records.

I don't know if he's in Oakdale or Pollock. I hope next year the guards "forget" about him for awhile.

You know, the Bible gives definitive dimensions for Heaven. Hell is a little different. It enlarges as the population increases. I hope Satan has an extra special place for Mr. Sanders.

[George K]

It could happen...

[George K]

Surprised it took so long...

[Jolly]

Heard on the radio today, that privately, several Dems are upset with this one.

[George K]

@Jolly said in Mr. Clemency:

Heard on the radio today, that privately, several Dems are upset with this one.

And they plan to....what?

[Jolly]

Do nothing, I would suspect.

[Mik]

Be upset. But man, he is providing enough Willie Hortons to last for decades.

[George K]

Take comfort in the fact that the murderers are not going to be released.

Right?

RIGHT???

[Mik]

Clemency was never intended to be used in this manner. Totally inappropriate. If you can convince the legislature to abolish capital punishment, great. All for it. But not like this.

[jon-nyc]

[Mik]

It might protect them from prosecution but not deportation.

[George K]

[George K]

More piling on on the subject of hypocrisy:

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1871216903953502547.html?utm_campaign=topunroll

tl;dr - some murderers are more worthy of clemency than others, depending on their political usefulness.

[Mik]

Like I said, a lifetime supply of Willie Hortons for Dem candidates. They will either have to stand up for these moves or condemn them. Neither position is anything they will want to adopt. The squirming will be delicious.

[jon-nyc]

These guys are still in prison for life ineligible for parole. They’re not Willie Hortons.

[Mik]

Oh, yes. Yes, they are.

[George K]

I'm still curious about the metric that POTATUS used to decide which murderers are good enough to keep alive. Apparently baby-killing or witness murder is a get-out-of-the-chair-free card.

From the guy who crafted a bill that was broad enough to imprison you for jaywalking.