Canadians MPs should respect Texas
law
May 26,1999
OTTAWA-Today Jay Hill, MP for
Prince George-Peace River called on the government to
stop wasting Canadian taxpayer dollars trying to overturn
the execution of convicted murderer Stanley Faulder scheduled
for June 17th.
"Faulder knew the penalty
for murder in the State of Texas is death, and he was
tried, convicted and sentenced. Unfortunately, we no longer
execute cold-blooded killers in Canada, but in Texas it’s
the law and it must be respected," Hill said in a
statement in the House of Commons.
Access to Information documents
reveal that the department of Foreign Affairs has spent
nearly 50,000 taxpayers dollars trying to get Governor
George Bush to commute the death sentence to life imprisonment.
And this amount doesn’t include money spent by the
Justice department or the recent trip three MPs took to
seek clemency.
"I don’t believe that
our justice system is such a shining example that we should
be telling the Americans what’s wrong with theirs.
The fact is a 75 yr. old Texas woman was killed by a Canadian
and in Texas the penalty is death…end of story,"
concluded Hill.
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