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Innkommet fra MICHAEL GRACZYK
Associated Press:
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Gov. Rick Perry accepted a recommendation from the
state parole board and said Thursday he would spare condemned prisoner
Kenneth Foster from execution and commute his sentence to life.
AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry today commuted the death sentence of Kenneth Eugene
Foster of San Antonio to life imprisonment after the Texas Board of Pardons
and Paroles (TBPP) recommended such action.
On May 6, 1997, Foster was sentenced to death for his role in the 1996
capital murder of Michael LaHood. Foster sought to have his death sentence
commuted to a life sentence arguing that he did not shoot the victim, but
merely drove the car in which that the actual killer was riding. In
addition, Foster was tried along side the actual killer, Maurecio Brown, and
the jury that convicted Foster also considered punishment for both him and
his co-defendant in the same proceeding.
"After carefully considering the facts of this case, along with the
recommendations from the Board of Pardons and Paroles, I believe the right
and just decision is to commute Foster's sentence from the death penalty to
life imprisonment," Gov. Perry said. "I am concerned about Texas law that
allows capital murder defendants to be tried simultaneously, and it is an
issue I think the legislature should examine."
Pressemelding fra Guvernørens kontor.
Innkommet fra MICHAEL GRACZYK
Associated Press:
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Gov. Rick Perry accepted a recommendation from the
state parole board and said Thursday he would spare condemned prisoner
Kenneth Foster from execution and commute his sentence to life.
AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry today commuted the death sentence of Kenneth Eugene
Foster of San Antonio to life imprisonment after the Texas Board of Pardons
and Paroles (TBPP) recommended such action.
On May 6, 1997, Foster was sentenced to death for his role in the 1996
capital murder of Michael LaHood. Foster sought to have his death sentence
commuted to a life sentence arguing that he did not shoot the victim, but
merely drove the car in which that the actual killer was riding. In
addition, Foster was tried along side the actual killer, Maurecio Brown, and
the jury that convicted Foster also considered punishment for both him and
his co-defendant in the same proceeding.
"After carefully considering the facts of this case, along with the
recommendations from the Board of Pardons and Paroles, I believe the right
and just decision is to commute Foster's sentence from the death penalty to
life imprisonment," Gov. Perry said. "I am concerned about Texas law that
allows capital murder defendants to be tried simultaneously, and it is an
issue I think the legislature should examine."
Pressemelding fra Guvernørens kontor.
4 kommentarer:
Noen, en rekke støttespillere bør en dag stå til rette for de organiserte massemordene utført i «rettsstatens» tjeneste.
De er nok desverre så godt sikret bak vantette skott av lovverk og kompismiljøer at det blir vanskelig.
Men vi kan håpe og tro!
De sanksjonerte mordene er VERRE enn de utført av frilansere.
De er også et resultat av en kjølig, metodisk og umenneskelig prosess.
Her er ikke annet å si enn at vi er enige. Dødsstraff er dessuten brukt som et pressmiddel for påtalemyndighetene - det finnes eksempler på at uskyldige har tilstått under press under at påtalemakten, dersom de ikke tilstår, vil gå for dødsstraff.
I en situasjon der en er usikker på resultatet, kan en dermed bli presset til å tilstå noe en ikke har gjort, med det utgangspunkt at en muligens kan få tatt opp saken senere.
Ofte får en ikke det (spesiellt hvis en er svart og Texaner), og da sitter en på livstid uskyldig.
Dødsstraff er bare nok et av våpnene enkelte stater bruker for å forsterke sin makt.
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