Gee a Dem running for Gov of Fl that does not believe in Photo Ops

[wakeme2008]

how refreshing.. :)

Mod this is only a three paragraph article....

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/02/26/State/Rod_Smith_pulls_the_s.shtml

Rod Smith pulls the switch on photo opportunity
By Times staff writers
Published February 26, 2006

As state attorney in Gainesville, Rod Smith's highest profile prosecution was Danny Rolling, convicted of killing five Gainesville college students in 1990. People introducing Smith, now a state senator running for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, invariably mention Smith as Rolling's prosecutor (he once had to gently correct the lady who introduced him as the man who promoted Rolling). Now it looks like the case might gain more attention.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta earlier this month denied Rolling's latest appeal, leaving him with with precious few avenues left to stave off execution. Though the U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing issues that could effect executions in Florida, it's plausible that Gov. Jeb Bush could sign Rolling's death warrant in the midst of Smith's campaign.

Should it happen, would he attend Rolling's execution? Smith, who has put three people on death row and never attended an execution, paused only a moment: "I think if I went it would probably politicize it. I don't really want to give Danny Rolling more attention than he deserves."

.....that rest of article is about other Fl. Politics ...