Waking Up Before I Get to Sleep
Seems Hillsborough County Circuit Judge Barbara Fleischer won't sentence Bolin until sometime next year - possibly February.
Doesn't seem fair to give him so much time to appeal, delay, and fight to see another tomorrow. And is he making money off a confession from 1991?
So not fair. Twenty years ago yesterday, people. Twenty years.
posted by kate @ 8:49 PM
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This may be one area where you differ from your party. The protections in the death penalty process that result in these kinds of delays are often supported by Democrats. Republicans have always felt that justice delayed is justice denied.
Moreover, Sen. Victor Crist has been a big proponent of seeing guilty people like this dirtbag receive proper punishment. Heck, he was even quoted (an offhand remark) about bringing back the guillotine in the 1990's (when there was some question about the propriety of Florida's electric chair).
Hi, Catherine.
This comment is gonna be a little off-topic from your entry, and it'll be old news for you since you already voted, but I still feel the need to speak up on this.
I've spent the last several hours going through information on voting. I like to consider myself an informed voter, because I take it on myself to go through as much information as possible before deciding. That's how I found your blog.
For the most part, I agree with your recommendations in your 10/31, 5:50AM post. However, I was surprised at just how staunch you were about your recommendation for a "yes" vote on Amendment 7.
Here's the thing about Amendment 7: it's entirely too restrictive on who recieves the tax break. First off, you have to be at least 65 years old, which means that Iraq and Gulf war vets, as well as many Vietnam vets, aren't included in this Amendment. Secondly, you have to have already been a resident of the State of Florida BEFORE you signed up for the army. So if you're a WWII, Korea, or Vietnam vet who moved down here after you became disabled, you won't see a nickel from this amendment.
I agree 100% that our troops need far more support from the government than they are recieving, but this amendment will only give a small tax break to a very limited number of veterans. That's why I'm voting "no" on Amendment 7.
But here's the real problem I had with your post: I'm not voting "no" because I'm some kind of Bush apologist or pro-war guy. I'm just about as liberal, anti-war, and anti-Bush as they come. The suggestion that anyone who votes "no" on this amendment is a Bush supporter is really not that much better than those neo-cons saying that people who don't support Bush are the ones "letting the terrorists win."
I'm voting "no" because this is nothing more than an amendment that looks pretty on paper, and won't provide our troops the support they really need. And Bush can still go you-know-what himself.
As for me not rocking because I'm voting "no"... I think if you saw me at one of my gigs, you'd find that statement up for debate as well. :D
Peace.
-Tim
Okay, I'm somewhere between the liberals who are worried about a death penalty execution "mistake" and offing the assholes by chopping off their heads. Let's just put them to sleep and be done with it. Something has to separate us from the bad guys.
Tim: As far as Amendment 7 not going far enough, I agree with you. And I don't think this should be the end of the discussion. However, I could not vote against helping out even the small group this amendment would assist. Couldn't do it. They deserve the help. And I stand corrected about one thing obviously, it's our reasoning that "rocks". ;-)
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