The Blooding of GW Bush, 1995-1999
Don't forget that George Bush Jr cut his killing teeth on signing death warrants at an unprecedented rate for death row inmates as Governor of Texas.
119 since Bush took office in 1995
Whatever one's position is on capitol punishment, that's a
lot.
A Presidential Fathers Day Gift...
2 days after Fathers Day, Bush puts a father of 2 to death
Most remarkable, Bush's joke about Karla Faye Tucker's execution:
Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer criticized Gov. George W. Bush for making fun of an executed Texas woman in an interview Bush gave to Talk magazine. "I think it is nothing short of unbelievable that the governor of a major state running for president thought it was acceptable to mock a woman he decided to put to death." Just before her execution date, Tucker appealed for clemency on the grounds that she had become a born-again Christian. Bush's reply: " `Please,' Bush whimpers, his lips pursed in mock desperation, `don't kill me,' "
Bush expedited the execution process which had previously allowed for sufficient time for exoneration of the wrongly convicted. An estimated 7% of inmates executed by GW Bush were innocent.
"The execution of Odell Barnes is an assassination," said Jack Lang, the chairman of the French National Assembly's foreign affairs committee.
Jack Lang, Chairman of France's Foreign Affairs committee, flew to Texas last
month to intervene on Barnes' behalf and met Barnes in his prison in Huntsville.
"How can Governor Bush pretend to aspire to the presidency of the United States after
having perpetrated such a crime ? What credit would he have to demand respect for
human rights around the world when he was the instigator of such a barbaric act ?"
The leading French politician and rights campaigner, said the execution of Odell Barnes
late Wednesday amounted to an assassination and that he was "revolted and indignant''
by this "barbaric act." The execution made headline news in France, where French
President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin intervened on Barnes behalf.
Despite DNA evidence that showed police set Odell up, as well as witnesses stating Odell was not the murderer, Bush decided to execute an innocent man rather than have to go through the inconvenience of exposing the police corruption in Texas
" Texas did not sign the Vienna Convention, so why should we be subject to it ? "
Statement from the office of George W. Bush regarding
his blatant disregard for international law
YET, why was the
only death sentence commuted by GW Bush convicted serial killer <a href="
http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_kill ... ath_8.html" target="_blank">Henry Lee Lucas</a>, who claimed to have murdered over 100 people, and also claimed to have been a CIA contract assassin trained at a secret US paramilitary camp in Mexico?
Lucas was guilty as sin.
Serial Killer Will Have His Case Reviewed <a href="
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract. ... 0W%2e">New York Times, June 16, 1998</a>
Gov George W Bush says he is concerned by questions raised about guilt of a confessed serial killer, Henry Lee Lucas, and asks Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to review case; Lucas is scheduled to be executed on June 30
Result: sentence
commuted, based on Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles conclusion that
only one of Lucas' murders could be proven.
As President:
The First Federal Execution in nearly 40 years (Tim McVeigh)
The First Federal Executions since the early 1960's
2 out of 3 Executions as President are Gulf War (I) Veterans
The anticipated never happens. The unexpected constantly occurs
