Hillary: Administration to Sue Arizona: An AP story by Amanda Lee Myers reports that in an Ecuadorian media interview last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, referring to Arizona's recently enacted immigration law, announced that the Obama Administration would be "bringing a lawsuit against the act." As those who have read the law know, it requires police to investigate the immigration status of persons lawfully stopped for an offense who cannot produce valid identification. The story found it "unclear why Clinton made the comment since it is not her area." She could not be reached yesterday for comment. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer was somewhat ticked off by Clinton's comment, "If our own government intends to sue our state to prevent illegal immigration enforcement, the least it can do is inform us before it informs the citizens of another nation."
Utah Executes Double Murderer: Ronnie Lee Gardner died by firing squad in Utah yesterday for the 1985 murder of his lawyer during a failed attempted to escape the courthouse, where he was facing trial for an earlier murder. Associated press writer Jennifer Dobner reports that after choosing the firing squad as his method of execution last April, Gardner and his attorneys worked furiously to prevent it with petitions to the state and federal courts, the parole board and Utah's Governor. Gardner's choice of a firing squad drew national attention and united anti-death penalty groups for a vigil in Salt Lake City. The ACLU decried the execution as an example of America's "barbaric, arbitrary and bankrupted practice of capital punishment." On his last day, Gardner watched the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Two days earlier he enjoyed a steak and lobster dinner as his last meal. The daughter of a bailiff, George Kirk, who was shot in the abdomen and permanently injured by Gardner during his escape attempt, said that she believed the execution would bring her family some closure. "I think at that moment, he will feel that fear that his victims felt," she said.
Utah Executes Double Murderer: Ronnie Lee Gardner died by firing squad in Utah yesterday for the 1985 murder of his lawyer during a failed attempted to escape the courthouse, where he was facing trial for an earlier murder. Associated press writer Jennifer Dobner reports that after choosing the firing squad as his method of execution last April, Gardner and his attorneys worked furiously to prevent it with petitions to the state and federal courts, the parole board and Utah's Governor. Gardner's choice of a firing squad drew national attention and united anti-death penalty groups for a vigil in Salt Lake City. The ACLU decried the execution as an example of America's "barbaric, arbitrary and bankrupted practice of capital punishment." On his last day, Gardner watched the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Two days earlier he enjoyed a steak and lobster dinner as his last meal. The daughter of a bailiff, George Kirk, who was shot in the abdomen and permanently injured by Gardner during his escape attempt, said that she believed the execution would bring her family some closure. "I think at that moment, he will feel that fear that his victims felt," she said.
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