Terri
01-14-2003, 03:02 PM
By Brian D. Crecente,
Rocky Mountain News
January 14, 2003
Gov. Bill Owens has the power to commute the sentence of all five of Colorado's death row inmates, but it's not going to happen.
In an often contentious debate on ABC-TV's Nightline Monday, Owens told outgoing Illinois Gov. George Ryan that his decision to commute the sentences of all of his state's death row inmates was an abuse of power and a miscarriage of justice.
"You have the ability to do it, but should you have?" Owens asked Ryan during the show. "I don't think so. I have the same power, George . . . but I think it's an abuse of power."
Owens, a passionate supporter of the death penalty, was contacted Monday afternoon by Nightline producers to debate Ryan, said Dan Hopkins, Owens' spokesman.
Full Story (http://www.rockymountainnew s.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_16726 19,00.html)
http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/twothumbsup.gif I may just have to join the Owens for President crowd.
Rocky Mountain News
January 14, 2003
Gov. Bill Owens has the power to commute the sentence of all five of Colorado's death row inmates, but it's not going to happen.
In an often contentious debate on ABC-TV's Nightline Monday, Owens told outgoing Illinois Gov. George Ryan that his decision to commute the sentences of all of his state's death row inmates was an abuse of power and a miscarriage of justice.
"You have the ability to do it, but should you have?" Owens asked Ryan during the show. "I don't think so. I have the same power, George . . . but I think it's an abuse of power."
Owens, a passionate supporter of the death penalty, was contacted Monday afternoon by Nightline producers to debate Ryan, said Dan Hopkins, Owens' spokesman.
Full Story (http://www.rockymountainnew s.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_16726 19,00.html)
http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/twothumbsup.gif I may just have to join the Owens for President crowd.