Obama Commuted Dozens of Firearm Offenders: In an appalling display of irony, President Obama commuted the sentences of 33 criminals convicted of firearm-related offenses while also pushing for gun control. Barbara Hollingsworth of CNS News reports that Obama recently commuted the sentences of 61 federal inmates, bringing the total of commutations to 248, more than the last six presidents combined. Among the criminals whose sentences were commuted, nine had convictions of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and four were convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The recent commutations come just months after Obama proposed executive actions restricting firearms.
Executions Dates Set for Two Cop Killers: Murderers from Texas and Alabama have received execution dates for killing police officers in the 1980s. Brian Rodgers of the Houston Chronicle reports that 58-year-old Robert Mitchell Jennings will be executed on Sept. 14 for the 1988 murder of Houston vice officer Elston Howard at an adult bookstore. Jennings went into the bookstore with the intent of robbing it, and shot Howard dead when he saw him there arresting the owner. Kent Fault of AL reports that Alabama death row inmate Vernon Madison is set to die on May 12 for killing Officer Julius Schulte in 1985 when he responded to a domestic disturbance call. Madison was on parole at the time. Two other death row inmates in the state, Robert Bryant Melson and Ronald Bert Smith, have pending execution motions.
Thousands of Criminals Released from Detention Centers: People with criminal convictions are routinely released from immigration detention centers in Georgia and across the country because their home countries refuse to take them back. Jeremy Redmon of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that between Oct. 2011 and Dec. 2014, federal immigration authorities released 105,632 illegal immigrants with criminal convictions. Many had convictions for driving under the influence, while others served time for violent offenses such as assault, rape and homicide. A list provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows 23 countries that have been uncooperative in repatriating its citizens, including Afghanistan, China, Cuba, India, Iran, Iraq, Libya and South Sudan.
Executions Dates Set for Two Cop Killers: Murderers from Texas and Alabama have received execution dates for killing police officers in the 1980s. Brian Rodgers of the Houston Chronicle reports that 58-year-old Robert Mitchell Jennings will be executed on Sept. 14 for the 1988 murder of Houston vice officer Elston Howard at an adult bookstore. Jennings went into the bookstore with the intent of robbing it, and shot Howard dead when he saw him there arresting the owner. Kent Fault of AL reports that Alabama death row inmate Vernon Madison is set to die on May 12 for killing Officer Julius Schulte in 1985 when he responded to a domestic disturbance call. Madison was on parole at the time. Two other death row inmates in the state, Robert Bryant Melson and Ronald Bert Smith, have pending execution motions.
Thousands of Criminals Released from Detention Centers: People with criminal convictions are routinely released from immigration detention centers in Georgia and across the country because their home countries refuse to take them back. Jeremy Redmon of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that between Oct. 2011 and Dec. 2014, federal immigration authorities released 105,632 illegal immigrants with criminal convictions. Many had convictions for driving under the influence, while others served time for violent offenses such as assault, rape and homicide. A list provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows 23 countries that have been uncooperative in repatriating its citizens, including Afghanistan, China, Cuba, India, Iran, Iraq, Libya and South Sudan.
"Many had convictions for driving under the influence, while others served time for violent offenses such as assault, rape and homicide. A list provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows 23 countries that have been uncooperative in repatriating its citizens, including Afghanistan, China, Cuba, India, Iran, Iraq, Libya and South Sudan."
And who deserves the blame for this state of affairs: Breyer and Ginsburg--two Democrat judges, who apparently think that people who don't have the right to walk our streets somehow have that right. How much victimization has happened because of these jurists? Seems someone should ask the Obama Administration whether it agrees with this interpretation of the law.