being re-elected than even the governor. that s nathan dunlap. despite running on a pro-death penalty platform in 2010, governor hickenlooper recently stated publicly for the first time he is now against the death penalty. meanwhile, bob bopray who won the republican gubernatorial nomination has said unequivocally that if elected, he will put dunlap to death. whether that will provide justice is still an open question. is executing someone 20 years later really the kind of retribution that is making us as a society a better society? i got a daughter murdered. i should be going, kill him, kill him, kill him. but you know how i feel? nathan rotting where he s rotting is actually worse than the death penalty. i think that he deserves to stay exactly in the hole that he s in and suffer and suffer and think about what he did.
our family was the family that was more against the death penalty than anybody else. what i said to the governor was, most of these years i haven t thought about nathan dunlap. what i ve been doing is i ve been trying to heal. and i said to him, governor, i wouldn t want to be in your shoes for anything, because i couldn t say yes. the governor has a lot of power here. to sign a death warrant or to commute a sentence. and so you re really presented with, i think, one of the more difficult things a human being can be presented with. is that final decision that comes down to just you. on may 22nd, 2013, governor hickenlooper called the families to inform them of his decision. he then stepped in front of the cameras. well, we decided to grant a temporary reprieve. the point of having a temporary
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august of 2013. now, dunlap s last effort to save his life is in asking the governor of the state of colorado for clemency. in 2010, governor john hickenlooper jr., the popular former mayor of denver, had won the governor s seat in commanding fashion. this clemency appeal arrives on john hickenlooper s desk as the last hope for nathan dunlap s life. with eyes across the nation watching colorado, governor hickenlooper would be forced to decide whether nathan dunlap should live or die. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. isn t it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection, or a cream. it s a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. some people who took otezla saw 75% clearer skin after 4 months. and otezla s prescribing information has
differently. our family was the family that was more against the death penalty than anybody else. what i said to the governor was, most of these years i haven t thought about nathan dunlap. what i ve been doing is i ve been trying to heal. and i said to him, governor, i wouldn t want to be in your shoes for anything, because i couldn t say yes. the governor has a lot of power here. to sign a death warrant or to commute a sentence. and so you re really presented with, i think, one of the more difficult things a human being can be presented with. is that final decision that comes down to just you. on may 22nd, 2013, governor hickenlooper called the families to inform them of his decision. he then stepped in front of the cameras. well, we decided to grant a temporary reprieve.