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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
If you want to see political suicide in action he would give a stay. As it stands right now there's no logical reason for one, I think the appeals have pretty much run their course.
And does the president get involved in executions, or is that up to the state governers office?
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It would be the governor of the state that obtained the conviction, the federal government has absolutely nothing to do with it. If the conviction was in DC the President would be involved, but there's no DC death penalty so it's a moot point.
I'm against the death penalty in all instances simply because of those who have been shown to be innocent after receiving a death sentence. In every instance these individuals were thought to be guilty beyond any reasonable doubt, and yet it was shown to be otherwise. While I don't have any doubts as to the guilt of this particular individual, once the door is open there are always going to be innocent people pushed through it.