U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Killer Pleau (Coventry: 2013, attorneys)

[QuilterChick]

Justice will finally be served on this animal, Pleau.

Supreme Court denies Pleau appeal | Turn to 10


.... the sooner the better.

[CoventryDude]

I hope, if convicted, he gets the chair.
Chafee is wrong on this one.....

[QuilterChick]

Originally Posted by CoventryDude

I hope, if convicted, he gets the chair.
Chafee is wrong on this one.....

I'd even make a special trip up there to see that sub-human piece of garbage fry.

David Main was the son of my very best lifelong friends who will never recover from the loss of their precious and kind son.

[Hollytree]

What Chafee is doing is not specifically protecting an individual criminal (as distasteful as that may be).

He is doing his job as governor by upholding the rights of the state versus the feds. I thought you conservatives loved that! If the feds win this one, it could set a real precedent for states' rights or lack thereof.

But perhaps seeing people fry like sub humans is more important than the fact that RI abolished capital punishment in the nineteenth century.


[from the article: He argued that the federal government is violating a legal agreement that authorizes the state to deny a request to transfer a prisoner. "This is a significant states' rights matter," Chafee said.]

[QuilterChick]

Originally Posted by Hollytree

What Chafee is doing is not specifically protecting an individual criminal (as distasteful as that may be).

He is doing his job as governor by upholding the rights of the state versus the feds. I thought you conservatives loved that! If the feds win this one, it could set a real precedent for states' rights or lack thereof.

But perhaps seeing people fry like sub humans is more important than the fact that RI abolished capital punishment in the nineteenth century.


[from the article: He argued that the federal government is violating a legal agreement that authorizes the state to deny a request to transfer a prisoner. "This is a significant states' rights matter," Chafee said.]

Significant horse hockey !

[CoventryDude]

David Main was a former coworkers uncle. I worked with him when it happened......



Chafee doesn't want him transferred because he may get the death penalty. States rights is his ploy. He, like most politicians, only care about what's expedient to them...or in Lincs case what his handlers feed him. I seriously doubt he is capable of composing the sentence "This is a significant states' rights matter" in his head on his own.

[GermanSpy]

Originally Posted by Hollytree

If the feds win this one, it could set a real precedent for states' rights or lack thereof.

Feds won this one. They can proceed with their case.

[Hollytree]

Originally Posted by CoventryDude

Chafee doesn't want him transferred because he may get the death penalty. States rights is his ploy. He, like most politicians, only care about what's expedient to them...or in Lincs case what his handlers feed him. I seriously doubt he is capable of composing the sentence "This is a significant states' rights matter" in his head on his own.

Yes, like I said, it is about the death penalty. Whether it was Chafee's idea or not- who knows- probably his advisors as you say. Maybe Pleau's attorneys got a court order- I don't know. I can't think what possible ulterior motive Chafee could have other than the death penalty issue. The guy apparently is a murderer. It will be interesting to see if this case sets some sort of precedent in terms of states' rights.

[GermanSpy]

Originally Posted by Hollytree

It will be interesting to see if this case sets some sort of precedent in terms of states' rights.

It will not. That issue is over and done with. The Appeals Court ordered the State of Rhode Island to turn Pleau over to the Federal Government. The U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari, they will not review the Appeals Court's decision. Pleau goes to the Feds and they will start the trial process. The issue of State vs. Federal Government is off the table.

[Rnrboy]

Originally Posted by CoventryDude

David Main was a former coworkers uncle. I worked with him when it happened......



Chafee doesn't want him transferred because he may get the death penalty. States rights is his ploy. He, like most politicians, only care about what's expedient to them...or in Lincs case what his handlers feed him. I seriously doubt he is capable of composing the sentence "This is a significant states' rights matter" in his head on his own.

How is it expedient to Chafee? He's unpopular already and this issue bought him no reprieve in that regard.