16 ordspråk av David Elliot
David Elliot
Four Brothers,
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He is seen as the governor who shined public light on the problem with the state's death penalty system. No one had done that before in the comprehensive manner in which he did it.
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He's tested below 70 [on an IQ test], believes in the Easter bunny and plays with crayons,
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In both of those categories there's a standard. Either you are 18 years old when you commit a crime or you're not. Either your IQ is below 70 or it's not, ... Mental illness is a lot trickier for people to define, and so we haven't had the finality come from the courts that we have in these other categories.
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In both of those categories there's a standard. Either you are 18 years old when you commit a crime or you're not. Either your IQ is below 70 or it's not. Mental illness is a lot trickier for people to define, and so we haven't had the finality come from the courts that we have in these other categories.
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It's a problem for our allies when we continue to execute people. It's going to be a problem for our allies when a U.S.-supported government in Iraq executes people.
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It's no longer the third rail of American politics.
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It's not earth-shattering news. Lethal injection is not on trial today. Down the road, it may be.
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My worry is this: It's the fox guarding the henhouse. Objective, impartial parties should be making these decisions. Not a pro-death penalty U.S. attorney general.
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That's a pretty low bar. We need a higher bar.
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There were complex and complicating factors. ... It was a difficult case. But any time we get to have a conversation with the American public about the fairness of the death penalty, it helps us.
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They don't have much in the way of legal resources remaining other than a clemency petition to President George W. Bush.
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This has the potential to hold up some executions. It will not hold up all executions.
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This is a time for somber and sober reflection but the United States is slowly turning away from the death penalty.
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We're in the beginning stages of the investigation. We're looking for a motive or if this is even a homicide. We're looking at it as a suspicious situation because of the way the body was found,
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