The Anonymous Widower

Obama Commutes a Death Sentence

I am someone who believes that capital punishment should never be used, no matter what the circumstances.  So I was pleased to see that Barack Obama had used his prerogative to pardon someon under sentence of death.

Obama spares Thanksgiving turkey from the death penalty with a presidential pardon

Following in the Thanksgiving tradition of many U.S. presidents, President Obama issued a presidential pardon sparing Courage from the death penalty.

Courage is a 45 pound turkey from New Jersey.

President Obama commented that some presidents actually ate the turkeys they had pardoned, but that “thanks to the intervention of Malia and Sasha cuz I was ready to eat this sucker  Courage will also be spared this terrible and delicious fate.”

Courage will be flown to California to serve as Grand Marshall in the Disneyland Thanksgiving Day parade. In the event that Courage is unable to perform his duties, a second turkey named Carolina was also pardoned.

Both Courage and Carolina were donated by the National Turkey Federation.

After the Thanksgiving Day parade, both turkeys will reside at Frontierland at Disneyland.

Obama’s mock pardon of the turkey is the 1st pardon he has issued since taking office. He has not used the presidential pardon power to pardon any real offenders nor has he commuted anyone’s sentence at this time.

The article was from the Legal News Examiner.

But isn’t it about time, he did something about the death penalty.

November 26, 2009 - Posted by AnonW | News | Barack Obama, Capital Punishment, Death