In a story about former George W. Bush fund-raiser Richard Dyke, owner of Bushmaster Firearms, Salon News repeated a police reporting error that a Bushmaster rifle was used in the shootings at the North Valley Jewish Community Center. In fact, the Bushmaster rifle was found in accused killer Buford Furrow's van, but was not used in the shootings. Salon regrets the error. I have yet to understand why the mainstream press has avoided the obvious hypocrisy between Bush's religious faith and his decision to allow a born-again Christian like Karla Faye Tucker to be executed when she was clearly a good influence and a huge comfort to many women in prison. People can and do change.
Individuals differ, and the state has the responsibility to examine each case individually.
Gov. Bush is laboring under a dark illusion if he believes that his hands are clean. So Hitchens need not be concerned regarding the governor's ability to properly review cases. Hitchens is but one of a number of intellectual giants to question Karla Faye Tucker's execution. I am no fan of Gov. Bush, but I do not think that your article was fair. The only reason he could be held, according to the test, is that he was human.