James Pietragallo

The federal judge granted a stay of execution for Simmons.

The prosecutor said it is this type of action routinely granted without giving the state a chance to be heard that has caused the disillusionment of the public with the judicial system.

I think it is time for the federal judiciary to start executing some responsibility and not just its authority.

State juries opinions and state Supreme court opinion should not be lightly dismissed as it seems to be the rule for the past several years.

That's because you're in fucking Arkansas.

And we proved over time that you fucking people in certain States weren't fair to a lot of people.

That's why we have to do that.

And if you didn't do that,

You're the ones did it to yourself is what I'm saying, just like you said about him, the murder.

You made it, so it has to be that way.

It has to be.

I can't trust 50 individual states to all be fair at the same time.

Can't trust that.

Got to have a standard.

So Simmons' request for a stay was denied by the Arkansas Supreme Court, but then –

you know, uh, granted here.

Um, so, uh, there's a guy named Ron Heller who's his new lawyer.

He said he'd be just become Simmons lawyer like a week ago and hadn't been Simmons lawyer long enough to prepare anything.

He argued that the penalty was too severe and that it demonstrated passion and prejudice, and the state Supreme Court said it knew of no other case involving multiple murders so cold-blooded, brutal, or lacking any trace of humanity.

That's the Supreme Court, the state Supreme Court.