this is comforting

NOT

Gonzales to Get Power In Death Penalty Cases
Rules Would Expand Fast-Track Authority


By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, under political siege for his handling of the U.S. attorney firings and other issues, is to get expanded powers to hasten death penalty cases under regulations being developed by the Justice Department.
The rules would give Gonzales the authority to approve "fast-track" procedures by states in death penalty cases, enabling them to carry out sentences more speedily and with fewer opportunities for appeal if those states provide adequate representation for capital defendants.
Such powers were previously held by federal judges, but a provision of the USA Patriot Act reauthorization bill approved by Congress last year hands the authority to the attorney general........

talk about balls, or stones, or nerve. this to me is absolutely SHOCKING. although with what king george and his court are getting away with, i should no longer be surprised at anything. wtf? why does gonzo need THIS power? next thing you know, he's going to be lining us ALL up at the gallows (and i'm not even kidding)