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Updated: 5:44 PM Apr 3, 2008
Victim's Father Angry About Stay
WINCHESTER, Va. (AP) The father of a Winchester police officer shot to death while chasing a suspect is criticizing Governor Tim Kaine for delaying the killer's execution. Posted: 7:30 PM Apr 3, 2008 |
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The father of a Winchester police officer shot to death while chasing a suspect is criticizing Governor Tim Kaine for delaying the killer's execution.
Richard Timbrook says he left a message at the governor's office Wednesday to tell Kaine he had the right to oppose the death penalty but "he didn't have the right to push his views on me."
Kaine said during his 2005 campaign for governor that he personally opposes the death penalty, but is committed to upholding Virginia's law.
Gordon Hickey, a spokesman for Kaine, said Thursday the governor has no further comment on the stay.
Forty-two-year-old Edward Nathaniel Bell was sentenced to death for the murder of Winchester Police Sgt. Rick Timbrook.
Timbrook, who was 32, was shot in the head during a foot chase in 1999. Bell was scheduled to be executed April 8, but Kaine announced this week that he decided to stay Bell's execution until July 24.
Kaine granted the reprieve to Bell and temporarily suspended all other executions in Virginia until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a case that claims lethal injection is unconstitutional.
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How would Kaine feel if this were his son shot down? I think he'd change his tune! What good is keeping this maniac around and wasting tax dollars on him?
I understand that the Timbrook family is in pain however, not once have we heard about the Bell family pain. He has a mother and father, children. I just have never heard how they are dealing with this. They can see and talk to Mr. Bell for now and I bet the Timbrooks would love for that but for them to think that the Bell family is not hurting just doesnt set well. I could not nor would i ever want to have to lose a child and my heart goes out to them and the other family who did not commit the crime but will too have to lose a child, a father, a brother.
I agree! What about the constitutional rights of the victim? Not one person has stood up to talk about that. I think we have bigger problems to worry about before we start thinking about the constitutional rights of someone who cares nothing about anyone else's rights.
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