Andrew Brannan clemency denied

[Probie]

I searched for a thread here but only found one on the old board

http://www.dfwstangs.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-417619.html

http://www.11alive.com/story/news/lo...ring/21663901/

ATLANTA (WXIA) -- The State Board of Pardons and Paroles voted to deny clemency to a Vietnam veteran convicted of killing a Laurens County deputy.

Andrew Brannan is*scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening in Georgia.

Brannan was convicted of shooting and killing Laurens County Deputy Kyle Dinkheller during a 1998 traffic stop. Supporters of the veteran say his life should be spared because he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Georgia State Parole Board listened to both sides in the case on Monday.

The five members of the parole and pardons board began deliberating after they heard the case. They had the authority to commute or lessen the sentence against Brannan. Attorneys for Brannan spent 3.5 hours laying out their case for clemency, asking that their client's sentence be commuted to life without parole instead of the death penalty.

In the 1998 dashcam, the veteran can be seen unloading his rifle at the deputy, shooting the husband and father nine times, killing him.

The lawyers say Brannan was 100 percent disabled from PTSD – and that the veteran was off of his bi-polar medication. Yet, 11Alive asked, what exactly they would say to the family of Deputy Dinkheller – who very much wants Brannan to die for his crime.

"The loss to me – I can't put it in words," said Brannan's attorney, Joe Loveland. "But I would say is that I don't believe that the execution of Andrew Brannan, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, with no prior criminal history, whatsoever, who is unquestionably suffering from both bi-polar disorder and ptsd – that execution can't solve anything, and that it can't in any way fill the void I know they must feel."

Monday evening, Loveland released a statement regarding the parole board's decision:

"On behalf of Andrew Brannan and his family, we are profoundly disappointed in the decision of the Board of Pardons and Paroles to deny clemency. The death of Deputy Sheriff Kyle Dinkheller was a terrible tragedy. Executing a 66-year-old decorated Vietnam veteran with no prior criminal record who was seriously ill at the time of the crime only compounds the tragedy."

The original prosecutor and others against clemency spent about the same amount of time making their case. No one from that side wanted to speak with 11Alive News after the hearing.

Late Monday, the board issued a release stating it had voted to deny clemency.

There are five members of the board – each appointed by the governor. In order to commute or reduce a sentence, three of the five board members must agree. Since 2002, the parole board has commuted five death sentences.

Brannan's attorneys have also filed for a writ of habeas corpus and a motion for a stay of execution in Butts County, where he is presently incarcerated. That would simply buy them time to have the case re-examined.

Brannan is scheduled to die by lethal injectiong at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Ga.

TL: DR The guy who killed Deputy Kyle Dinkheller is getting the needle tonight

[GeorgeG.]

Damn that got my blood boiling. I hope the cocktail ratio's are off and he suffers a horrible death.

[YALE]

Damn that got my blood boiling. I hope the cocktail ratio's are off and he suffers a horrible death.

Nah. He was PTSD as shit. It's a sad end to a sad life.

EDIT: The deputy also got himself killed, letting things go that far. Either work to diffuse the situation, or close the gap and handle business. Don't hide behind your car and shout at someone louder and louder, and expect things to resolve themselves. Crazy is crazy. It doesn't respond to authority.

[Sean88gt]

Seems pretty cold blooded.

[Binky]

Someone should shout "What Now fucker" at him

[LS1Goat]

Damn that got my blood boiling.

Yes. A brutal and systematic execution. Shot in all his extremities and then a kill shot through the eye.

Read through some of the comments on the video. There are a lot of sick people out there.

[ELVIS]

kill him.

god bless.

[Cobraman]

kill him.

god bless.

X2

[diablo rojo]

No mercy

[War Machine]

damn that's fucked up, glad that guy is off the streets

[Rreemo]

This statement form the attorney is pure horse shit....

"The loss to me – I can't put it in words," said Brannan's attorney, Joe Loveland. "But I would say is that I don't believe that the execution of Andrew Brannan, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, with no prior criminal history, whatsoever, who is unquestionably suffering from both bi-polar disorder and ptsd – that execution can't solve anything, and that it can't in any way fill the void I know they must feel."

Uh...yes...it can (and will) ensure that this crazy piece of shit never has the chance to do something like this again, and maybe in some way set an example for others who are nearing this level of crazy. It will also relieve taxpayers from the burden of housing, feeding and medicating his worthless ass for the rest of a "natural" life. I say kill the motherfucker, burn his body, and spread his ashes in a pig farm.

On the other hand...that cop chose the wrong profession. Unfortunately too afraid to use his weapon when he really needed to the most...he had a huge window of opportunity to end this deal before it escalated to that level, and flat out made unfortunate and bad decisions.

A cop friend of mine told me that this video is actually used in training now...as an example of what not to do in that type of situation.

[Roscoe]

After watching that video, fucking fry him.

[Strychnine]

After watching that video, fucking fry him.

[Sean88gt]

So much gold.

[David]

Later!