Reply #8: "He has sought to strip people accused of crimes of rights ..." [View All]

[Straight Shooter]

His collaborator in this egregious behavior is Gonzales. As a team, they did exactly the same thing in Texas. One defendant after another was given only the barest of considerations under the law.

The only Death Row inmate granted clemency by bush was the notorious serial killer, Henry Lee Lucas. Although the crimes of Lucas are debatable as to the number of murders, he killed with impunity. It caused an uproar amongst the justice community at the time.

IMHO, the reason bush would not grant clemency to Karla Faye Tucker ("Please don't kill me") is because he hated her for showing remorse for her crimes. He thought she was weak. He also wanted to show even back then that he would ignore the will and desires of everyone else. There were tens of thousands of pleas around the world to spare her, as she was doing a lot of good in prison to turn inmates to a better way of thinking. A truly reformed Christian.

bush has shown a predisposition for refusing to abide by the rule of law and the rules of justice and fair play for a long, long time. And Gonzales is his accomplice and guide.