Here is some good news as a final follow-up to my post from ten days ago, in which I called on readers to sign a petition asking that Robert Gattis be spared the death penalty:
Delaware Gov. Jack Markell today announced he is sparing the life of condemned killer Robert A. Gattis, who was scheduled to die by lethal injection early Friday morning.
It is the first time in modern memory, and perhaps the first time ever, that a Delaware governor has commuted a death sentence.
As Governor Markell rightly noted in the lengthy statement he released about his decision, “This commutation in no way relieves Mr. Gattis of his moral or legal guilt, and I am mindful of the fact that an innocent victim lost her life on the night of May 9, 1990,” but the mitigating evidence in Gattis’ case warrants executive clemency.
More here (via Abe Bonowitz).
LTMC: another win for Federalist 74.
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LTMC: another win for Federalist 74.
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