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Mississippi Execution Raises Clemency Questions

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Today's Jackson Clarion-Ledger has the editorial, "Death penalty: Bishop case raises questions."Mississippians have over the years largely supported capital punishment but the actions of two individuals may have cracked that support: Dale Leo Bishop, who was executed Wednesday; Gov. Haley Barbour, who may have inadvertently undermined the system. Bishop, 34, convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and slaying of Marcus Gentry of Fulton on Dec. 10, 1998, was killed by lethal injection at 6:14 p.m. after Barbour refused to commute his sentence to life in prison. Barbour was being consistent with his previous stance in state executions, allowing the court system to do its work and not interfering. But here's where it gets dicey...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 25, 2008 (boomark / email).