Missouri Gov. Blunt Calls on Missouri Supreme Court to Issue Execution Orders for All Pending Death Penalty Cases
By admin - Posted on April 17th, 2008
April 16, 2008 -- JEFFERSON CITY - Following a U.S. Supreme Court decision rejecting a challenge to lethal injection, Missouri Governor Matt Blunt, a strong supporter of the death penalty, today issued the following statement calling on the Missouri Supreme Court to immediately issue execution orders for all pending death penalty cases:
Lethal injection: Photo by Jessica Stacey (CC)
“The U.S. Supreme Court decision affirms our state’s right to impose the death penalty by lethal injection when the judicial process deems it an appropriate and just punishment for the crime. I strongly support our state’s capital punishment laws, believe the laws are an effective deterrent to crime and ask the Missouri Supreme Court to immediately issue execution orders for all pending cases.
“The heinous crimes punishable by death in our state leave an array of victims, from a person whose life is needlessly cut short to family members left burdened with grief and devastation. I urge the Missouri Supreme Court to take immediate action so that we might help bring closure to those victims who have already suffered enough.”
Source: Missouri Governor
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