Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hi Dr. L.:
I was just reading this one. :) I found something else that I thought
was funny...."JUSTICE BREYER, concluded that, because a prisoner under a
death sentence has a continuing interest in his
life, the question raised is what process is constitutionally
necessary to protect that interest. "
I know that it isn't suppose to be funny, but it struck me that way.
Sue
>
> In this recent Supreme Court case it was held that voluntary appearance
> at clemency meeting did not violate an inmates constitutional rights.
> Posted below is a passage from an abstract of the case. Posted here
> for its stark imagery and "flippancy" in an all too serious context of
> murder conviction and death sentence (how does this strike you?):
>
> "Judicial intervention might, for example, be warranted in the face of
> a scheme whereby a state official flipped a coin to determine whether to
> grant clemency ..." :) LDMF.
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