Rick Perry Executed Innocent Dad After Prosecutor Hid Exculpatory Evidence

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The David Pakman Show

[FiveGoodMen]

1. An eye for an eye, then

[proudsenior]

2. Obstruction

Why isn't the prosecutor guilty of obstruction of justice and murder in the 1st degree? He knowingly suppressed evidence, which in most states is illegal and caused the death of an innocent man, which is murder.

[Jon82]

6. More should be done for what he did

When the complaint runs its course, more needs to happen to the then ADA and now judge. How can a state that so proudly backs up its part of the justice system not do anything less?

[whathehell]

10. Absolutely. This prosecutor, via his actions, allowed the killing of an innocent man

I believe that's murder, or something very close to it.

[Hulk]

3. And this clown couldn't care less...

Does anyone honestly think this buffoon gives a rat's ass! Not a chance. He is the corrupt politician's politician, equipped with a pea for a brain.

What a pathetic clown. A disgrace, even for Texas.

[GoneFishin]

8. Many Republicans behave like sociopaths.

[gregcrawford]

11. BEHAVE like?

No, Mr. Fishin, they ARE textbook sociopaths, devoid of conscience or empathy. Otherwise, they would even BE Republicans in the first place.

[GoneFishin]

13. I was being generous. Thanks for the LOL.

Yeah. I remember Dimson mocking the woman he was executing in Texas.

[KansDem]

4. Remember how the crowd cheered Perry's number of executions?

This was years after Perry executed Cameron Willingham.

[Thespian2]

16. Thanks for the video

Perry and Bush are both blood-letting POS. Excellent RePukicans. The crowd applause tells the story of that excuse for a political party.

[0nirevets]

20. We need to have our facts straight.

Texas Governors have no role in executions, commutations, clemency, or whatever, except by recommendation of the State Board of Pardons. Period. The Texas Gov is irrelevant in Texas criminal justice. That's the law. Perry is a dip shit, as was/is Bush, and they liked to grandstand when people were executed during their term of office, but they had no power to do anything at all.

[mercuryblues]

5. he also fired

3 members of replaced three members of the Texas Forensic Science Commission, which was set to hold a public hearing Friday to review a report on arson evidence in the 2004 execution of Cameron Todd Willingham. As a result of the changes, Friday’s hearing has been cancelled. IOW he helped cover up the killing of an innocent man to protect his political career.


See more at: http://www.innocenceproject.org/news-events-exonerations/texas-governor-replaces-forensic-examiners#sthash.gu9fRi2m.dpuf

[Dustlawyer]

14. This prosecutor wanted to run for DA and later to the bench. He wanted this case to be

his springboard, and it was. Thereafter, he looked out for the crimminal witness with promises of getting out early. He had a very pro law and order rich guy put money in the guy's commissary account in prison and supported him for awhile after he got out. The Judge wrote favorable letters to the Parole board, you name it. The convict/witness kept threatening to recant, each time the Judge and the rich guy paid him to shut up. He finally recanted anyway because of the guilt of what he had done.
Perry, in his own election refused to pardon the guy so as to not appear weak. All of this was known before he was executed.
The innocent man was a victim of two heartless, psychopathic politicians and it cost him his life!

[captainarizona]

7. don't let murder perry get away with it.

Rick perry should be confronted at every campaign stop with his murder. Also if other candidates are their they should be ask if someone puts someone to death is fit to run for higher office.

[whathehell]

9. Yes, same for the prosecutor who withheld evidence. n/t

[edhopper]

12. This was a wrong case from the beginning.

Remember that GWB sat on this the whole time he was Governor, even though there was ample evidence to review it.

[Thespian2]

15. Story from my days in Houston

Probably not true, but who knows. Woman said she wanted a divorce from her husband and talked to one of Texas's high-priced defense attorneys. His response was something to the effect of I don't do divorces, but if you kill the son of a bitch, I'll get you off.

Of course, we all remember how proud George W was that he denigrated a woman whose appeal he refused to read and let her die.

What a great place, Texas.

[0nirevets]

19. It helps to know the law.

See my post below, but the Texas Governor has no power of clemency except by recommendation by the State Board of Pardons. Texas Governors get some press from time to time about this, like in the Carla Tucker case you've mentioned, but without a majority vote by the Board of Pardons recommending clemency the Governor is irrelevant in Texas criminal justice. It's just the law.

[Thespian2]

21. Thanks.

My problem is that W was so harsh in his attitude.

[blkmusclmachine]

17. "Christian love"

[0nirevets]

18. Texas Gov's have no power of clemency, except by recommendation

I'm a Liberal Texan and no Perry fan, but we need to voice the truth in our analyses. According to the Texas Constitution, the Governor has no power of clemency or commutation without prior recommendation by the State Board of Pardons. No exceptions. Unless the Board of Pardons recommended some form of sentence reduction there would have been nothing Perry could legally do to stop an execution. This happened when Bush was Gov of Texas when a woman was executed who had petitioned for clemency, but the Board of Pardons had not recommended clemency, so there was nothing he could do anyway.