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編按:羅德島州州長拒絕將囚犯交給聯邦政府。被告在羅德島州已判無期徒刑,但是聯邦政府也想提告。囚犯如果被聯邦政府審判的話,有判死刑的危險。羅德島州很早已經廢除死刑了,現在拒絕聯邦政府的訴求,變成全美國第一次發生州政府拒絕將囚犯交給聯邦檢察官的狀況。以下是紐約時報社論。

December 29, 2011|The New York Times

Gov. Chafee Declines

Gov. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island took a principled position when he refused an order from a federal court to transfer a prisoner to federal custody for prosecution because that would expose the prisoner to the death penalty. As Mr. Chafee said in a statement, that is “a penalty consciously rejected by the State of Rhode Island, even for those guilty of the most heinous crimes.”

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