Ya ' know ..... Perhaps I've got it all wrong but it seems to me that if you are the " Supreme Authority " for a State .. ie Governor or, for that matter SCOTUS ..then its your job to enforce the will of the people of that particular State. And if " the people " decide that a particular defendant is guilty of a crime that is deserving of the death penalty and " the people " vote to have such penalty enforced then there should be absolutely no question regarding clemency There is none.
The only question might be surrounding the 8th amendment is which case the answer is really simple.... " Mr. Convicted ..would you prefer lethal injection, hanging, electrocution or the firing squad ? "
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