Tag: Nathan Dunlap
Posted on Wed May 22, 2013 at 07:41:45 PM EST
Tags: Nathan Dunlap, Death Penalty (all tags)
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper today granted a reprieve from the death penalty to Nathan Dunlap, who is scheduled to be executed in August for killings 15 years ago at a Chuck E. Cheese pizza parlor.
The reprieve is not clemency. A future governor could lift it. But it means Dunlap's execution date is canceled and Hickenlooper says he is unlikely to revisit the decision.
"It is a legitimate question whether we as a state should be taking lives," the order says. "Because the question is about the use of the death penalty itself, and not about Offender No. 89148, I have opted to grant a reprieve and not clemency in this case."
The Governor's press release is here. The Executive Order granting the reprieve is here. [More...]
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