Re: No Clemency from Arnold

[Leigh Meyers <leighcmeyers@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday, December 12, 2005 11:51 PM [PDT],
Stephen E Philion <philion@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Can anyone come up with a rational explanation
> of Schwartzanager's conduct (or US courts' behaviour) that can explain
> such inexplicible behaviour except some primeval hate/revenge syndrom?
> 
> Paul P
> 
> --political calculation in terms of votes in future elections. 
> Police unions have been angry at Ahnold for attacking their pensions
> and other unions in general.  Others think I'm right on that, or are
> there other factors as well?  Steve   


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Schwarzenegger also said that the dedication of a Williams book entitled "Life in Prison" mentions convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal and the one-time "Soledad Brother" prison activist George Jackson, the accused killer of a San Quentin correctional officer who was killed trying during an escape attempt from the prison in which three officers and three other inmates also died. 

"(T)he inclusion of George Jackson on this list defies reason and is a significant indicator that Williams is not reformed and that he still sees violence and lawlessness as a legitimate means to address societal problems," Schwarzenegger said. 
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http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/13970837p-14804839c.html



Not to mention... Cointelpro, GIUs, Comandante (Barbe)Cinque of the SLA, a "revolutionary" 
group consisting of dupes and police agents, a police operation in it's entirety. More currently 
any one who would claim the mantle of Crip or Blood would most likely be a police or federal agent, 
and since it is mentioned in a number of news pieces that the Crips are still active, I read that 
as meaning the police and feds are still selling drugs in impoverished communities around America 
and the world.

That's what Tookie figured out, and it's why there was no clemency... He finally became 
a REAL threat to the state, instead of thinking that the gang he had helped create threatened 
the power structure that itself causes the formation of social/criminal structures like the crips, 
bloods, Blackstone Rangers(Chicago '60s).

He figured out that he was working for the "man".


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Jonathan Harris, one of Williams attorneys, argued that Williams was transformed and took strong exception to the governor's decision. "I read this statement to be that the governor believes that an innocent man, a man who said he is innocent, has to confess to get clemency," 
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Note: generally speaking "Clemency" does not need to take into account such
issues of guilt, innocence, evidence et al, but is SOLELY at the discretion of
the power that grants it, and so, perhaps our Buff Bufoon in the governor's office
is, in reality, a powerless little man.


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A pardon is the forgiveness of a crime and the penalty associated with it. It is granted by a sovereign power, such as a monarch. Clemency is an associated term which is the lessening of the penalty of the crime without forgiving the crime itself. The act of clemency is a reprieve.
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http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=define%3Aclemency&btnG=Search



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