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Show ADA Takes Action On Execution The Americans for Democratic Action is circulating a petition which asks for a stay of execution execu-tion arid a commutation of Oar-rell Oar-rell Poulson's death sentence to life imprisonment. The group hopes to present the P' tition to Gov. Clyde in the early part of this week. THE PETITION states ihut Darrell Poulson, the man who raped and then killed a Spanish Fork 11-year-old "was first judged sane on Dec. 15. 1SK1, and then declared incapable of being rehabilitated . . . Whet -as a person incapable of hemp le habilitated can hardly le de clared sane." Mr. Poulson is scheduled to be shot by a firing squad on Monday. May 18. By Utah law, a man lias the right to i hoose whether he would lather he shot jr hanged; Mr. Poulson chose the former IN AN INTERVIEW Rav l-Vd jersen, chairman of I ho establishment, estab-lishment, said he did not deny Poulsun's guilt, but did uu'v.tion the manner he is to be puieshed. 1 cannot see how a man thai has the mentality of an eight year old can be put lo .Vain he said. But he said "whether :t .s a : I case of a person wnh, the rn n-taliiy n-taliiy of eighl or a person with a full mental capacity, no one has the r if H t lo judge another when it comes a death p nciity." MR. Pl.DDERS I N r ! he thought that a person riei'i..U, incapable w ho has coi'uiv !. .! :i crime and cannot bo lehabiiii.ilei1 should bi conlini d 10 a ci'-et.i institution According Mr I IVddrrson. Darrel I'oulsi. i. i n. of these peopl'v He said p-yi imI o;isis have not agreed w th mi h ' other as to Ins sandy. it Poulson's lawyer has simih- r. u I evidence and hopes Ihi will clear up this problem I The petition has been it to i Bngham Young I'nivei-oiv t t.ih , State and Weber College ell as here for signatures. |
