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Utah Attorney General Tweets Execution Order
Kilrah_il writes "In an all-time low for Internet use, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff used Twitter to announce to the public his approval of the execution of convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner. 'I just gave the go ahead to Corrections Director to proceed with Gardner's execution. May God grant him the mercy he denied his victims,' the attorney general wrote. The AG's 7,000 followers retweeted the message further on and soon many replied concerning the awfulness of tweeting the execution of a human being. 'Mr. Shurtleff was doing nothing unusual; politicians and news organizations now routinely send out tweets to alert people to the latest developments. But as Twitter users digested endless breaking news flashes alerting them to the death of a man by firing squad in the United States, for some Mr. Shurtleff's remarks stood out from the rest.'"
... he was just spreading the news as it happened.
And concurrently giving the world a fine example of why people in his state are routinely referred to as Utahrds.
He's in Utah. His constituents won't do anything but reward him for it.
If there is any justice in this world.
With an 8ft rope and an oak tree? Ronnie Lee Gardner was a worthless piece of shit and the world is a better place without him. Frankly, I think he should have been strung up publicly at noon.......with free ice cold Coca-Colas.
"The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old......They literally know nothing." - Ben Rhodes
Obvious question. Why would people grant him mercy when they've shown none to their victims? RoI vs RoS thanks. I prefer it being on the RoS.
Om, nomnomnom...
I'd expect he'll have an hour show this fall on Fox News
Marveling over the firing squad style execution
Even better, he can have Sarah Palin as co-host where they can air footage of her shooting wolf pups in their dens
What a great sport!
"Suppose you were an idiot...and suppose you were a member of Congress...but I repeat myself." Mark Twain
"May God grant him the mercy he denied his victims,' the attorney general wrote" People who believe in fairies shouldn't be given such control over other peoples' lives, or in this case deaths.
And Americans wonder why the rest of the civilized world looks at them and shakes their head in disbelief.
No, actually we don't. We just think they're dumb.
Widely held to be a mistranslation by whom? People who want to be able to kill people for their own reasons and still be able to tell the masses its not OK to kill? Either the bible is the literal word of God or its not... sort your faith out, its out of control.
mediocrity rules, man
You can't have your cake and eat it too. Apologists such as yourself do nobody any good. :(
mediocrity rules, man
The reason they don't want to face their constituency is that they know it consists largely of idiots such as yourself.
The word you are looking for is constituency. Not that I'd expect proper spelling from someone that's probably a tea bagger anyway.
"When the president does it, that means it's not illegal." - Richard M. Nixon