Eliot Spitzer Giving Murderers Get Out Of Jail Free Cards

This horrible governor of New York is now giving second chances to violent felons:

The state is reportedly paroling far more violent convicts under Governor Eliot Spitzer than his predecessor. According to the Daily News, ten percent of A-1 felons were granted parole this year, compared to a three to five percent parole rate between 2000 and 2005.

A parole board spokesman tells the paper that despite the large increase, parole commissioners haven't been directed to release more inmates. And a source close to the governor tells the News that commissioners may just be feeling freer to use their discretion.

The report comes a day after some Republican lawmakers spoke out against Spitzer's plan to offer parole hearings to about one thousand violent felons. The governor is reportedly looking to settle a lawsuit filed by convicts, who say they've been denied hearings because commissioners have only focused on the nature of their crimes.

This is what happens when you elect a liberal to govern your state. Criminals rights become more important than victims. Liberals will coddle the criminal element, focusing their efforts on liberal feel-good initiatives trying to “understand” the reasons they kill instead of enacting tough-on-crime legislation. I don't believe in the death penalty, but I certainly believe in life without the possibility of parole and the idea that murderers being let out early on parole is a slap in the face to victims as well as their families. The very idea stinks (think: Willie Horton) and it's yet another reason why Eliot Spitzer needs to go.