Colorado Gov.: morality trumps death penalty

[Dr. Vincent Quin, Ph.D.]

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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has stayed the execution of a death
row prisoner by citing moral concerns about the death penalty. On
Wednesday, Hickenlooper announced a temporary reprieve for Nathan
Dunlap, Colorado�s longest-serving death row inmate. Dunlap was
scheduled for execution in August for a 1996 quadruple murder. In a
statement, Hickenlooper said: "It is a legitimate question whether
we as a state should be taking lives. Because the question is about
the use of the death penalty itself, and not about [Dunlap], I have
opted to grant a reprieve and not clemency in this case."
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