tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22223580.post6775521509444836186..comments2023-10-25T02:06:38.148-07:00Comments on Texas Death Penalty: Judge Sharon Keller Trial: Lesson for ActivistsHooman Hedayatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13174966445842575829noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22223580.post-3931305798891408902009-09-28T17:29:25.852-07:002009-09-28T17:29:25.852-07:00Dear Anonymous,
Instead of spouting partisan bile,...Dear Anonymous,<br />Instead of spouting partisan bile, why don't you read the article? The defense attorneys didn't "wait until 4:45." The Supreme Court had made a ruling THAT MORNING that gave them new grounds to stay the execution. Filing any kind of court motion takes time and research, and its unsurprising that they would have trouble meeting a deadline only a few hours later. <br /><br />I believe in the death penalty too, but it is indefensible unless defendants are given the due process of law. In this case, Judge Keller, whether through carelessness, or calousness, failed to give a defendant access to that due process. That is the issue here, not the death penalty itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22223580.post-19105306107175893372009-08-19T14:51:29.069-07:002009-08-19T14:51:29.069-07:00I wonder if Richards' let his victim stay aliv...I wonder if Richards' let his victim stay alive a few extra minutes? I also wonder why his attorneys would wait until 4:45 in the afternoon when the man had been on death row for TWENTY FIVE YEARS? He was convicted twice and sat for 25 years awaiting his sentence. Did he allow his victim or her 7 children the same EXTRA TIME he wanted from the court?<br /><br />May he burn in hell and Judge Keller run for higher elective office. We need people with principles, not the usual liberal left leaning whack-jobs who want to run the world with the ACLU while singing Kumbaya.<br /><br />You anti-death penalty folks put yourself if Richards' victim's children's shoes. Their mother was dead for 25 years while he lived. Preposterous!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com