The statement from the ca-ca-cowardly King Combover:

“Last week I received a request from attorneys for death row inmate Sedley Alley for a reprieve from his execution scheduled [Wednesday]. Mr. Alley seeks a reprieve in order to pursue DNA testing on evidence from the trial in 1987 at which he was convicted of brutally kidnapping, raping and murdering Suzanne Collins.

“As has been my policy, and the policy of previous governors, I referred Mr. Alley’s clemency request to the Board of Probation and Parole to hold a hearing and make a recommendation. After a five-hour hearing, the Board returned a 4-3 recommendation for a brief reprieve to allow Mr. Alley to seek further testing.

“This horrific murder occurred in 1985, and Mr. Alley’s conviction has been litigated continuously in state and federal courts since that time.

“Based on the overwhelming weight of the evidence against him, I believe Mr. Alley to be guilty of this heinous crime. However, I am acutely aware that in capital cases mistakes cannot be corrected, and so out of respect for the Board’s recommendation, I am reluctantly issuing a reprieve for 15 days.
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“The efficacy and appropriateness of DNA tests is not an issue that the Governor’s Office can or should resolve. These matters are properly the province of the court system, and we have in this state a judicial process by which such requests can be made and claims tested. This brief reprieve will allow this process to run to completion.”

The Courts already ruled in the appeal. That’s why Bredesen/Clinton appointee Judge Aleta Trauger jumped in!

This is “reluctant” grandstanding. As if the “process” hasn’t run it’s course in 21 years. All of Collins’ peers are readying themselves for retirement while she spent the 80s and 90s in a grave at Arlington Cemetery.

So, you think he’s guilty. You just want to waste some more of the state’s money and prolong the agony of the family until the next time you send some more of your flunkies out to do the dirty work. A feeble attempt to preserve your national viability because you are a soft-on-crime Pander Bear seeking to placate his leftwing base.

Makes sense to me.

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