Holder calls for halt to US executions

[flowers]

http://thehill.com/regulation/administration/232979-holder-calls-for-halt-to-us-executions

Attorney General Eric Holder called Tuesday for a national moratorium on the death penalty until the Supreme Court weighs in on the issue later this year.
 
“Our system of justice is the best in the world. It is comprised of men and women who do the best they can, get it right more often than not, substantially more right than wrong. But there's always the possibility that mistakes will be made,” he said.

“It is one thing to put somebody in jail for an extended period of time, have some new test that you can do and determine that person was, in fact, innocent. There is no ability to correct a mistake where somebody has, in fact, been executed. And that is from my perspective the ultimate nightmare.”

Holder went on to say he disagrees with Justice Antonin Scalia, who has said the U.S. has never executed an innocent person.
 
“It’s inevitable,” he said during a luncheon at the National Press Club.
 
Late last month, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal the from death row inmates in Oklahoma who are challenging the state’s procedures for lethal injections.

"I think a moratorium until the Supreme Court makes that decision would be appropriate," Holder said.
 
They case follows the execution of Oklahoma inmate Clayton Lockett, 38, who died of a heart attack after receiving the first part of the three-drug cocktail.

[Lando Lincoln]

Memo to Eric Holder:  That's a state thing (at least for now).  Not that it matters to you.

[truth_seeker]

It appears that Obama and company will rush to foist each and every extreme liberal policy, practice on the American society before they leave.

They will do so in hopes another democrat will carry on, and reinforce those policies.

So in pragmatic terms, don't merely think about the 2016 election, in terms of your own choice for a candidate, but also in terms of who is best suited to WIN.

Because winning is the only safeguard against Obama's changes being made permanent.

[flowers]

It appears that Obama and company will rush to foist each and every extreme liberal policy, practice on the American society before they leave.

  yep, and get away with it too.

[PzLdr]

Yo! Eric!

The body of the Constitution provides the death penalty for treason. You could look it up [like you ever read the Constitution, aside from the pardoning felons part]]. I can see your concern, however. the clock is ticking down on the Great and Powerful Oz's presidency. And you're looking REAL good for prosecution for Depraved Indifference Murder out of "Fast and Furious".