NEW: Chafee Will Appeal Jason Pleau Decision
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Governor Chafee plans to appeal the 1st Circuit Court’s decision to force the state to turn over accused murderer Jason Pleau to the feds to the Supreme Court, the Governor said Wednesday.
Chafee issued the following statement:
“After reviewing the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals en banc opinion, and weighing the state’s considerable interests, I have decided to appeal the 1st Circuit’s decision. Given the close vote of the full court, which demonstrates a genuine split in the interpretation of the law, the State of Rhode Island must seek to protect both the strong states’ rights issues at stake and the legitimacy of its longstanding public policy against the death penalty. My in-house legal staff has been handling this case and will continue to do so as part of their routine duties at no additional cost to the taxpayers of Rhode Island.
“The National Governors Association, which represents the Governors of all 50 states, the Federal Public Defender’s Office, and the American Civil Liberties Union all stood with Rhode Island in the appeal before the 1st Circuit, and their support is indicative of the state’s strong position.
“As I have said throughout this long process, I regret that each time this case appears in the news it causes further pain for the Main family. I extend once again my most sincere condolences to them for their terrible loss, which resulted from such a senseless crime.”
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pearl fanch
7:48am on Thursday, May 10, 2012
Just one more reason why this idiot shouldn't be the leader of his own household, never mind the entire state. Truly an idiot.
You people who voted for him, should be proud of yourselves.
David Allen
9:45am on Thursday, May 10, 2012
The claim is that Chafee will use his normal full time legal counsel to appeal the first circuit decision at "no cost to the taxpayer". The statement is seriously flawed as the average preparation dollars to prepare for such an argument is in the $200k to $300k range. In man hours this is several weeks. Now, taking his legal counsels away from normal state business for several weeks to handle this matter is a gross misuse of state resources and "malfeasance" in the recall sense.
watching providence
3:23pm on Thursday, May 10, 2012
I guess he can do whatever he wants, since he must know there is no way in hell he will ever get re-elected. dope!
Michael Trenn
10:25pm on Thursday, May 10, 2012
Chafee regrets the pain that the news causes the Main family? He could have dropped the appeal, and the story would die, along with the alleged perpetrator.That statement is just another example of the hypocrisy that exudes from this man.