Strib: Sjodin case spurs Pawlenty to push for death penalty

From the Minneapolis Star Tribune: Sjodin case spurs Pawlenty to push for death penalty

I don't have the energy to give this the outraged rant it deserves tonight. So it will have to suffice to say that I hold Gov. Pawlenty's position in utter contempt. To use the tragic case of Dru Sjodin and her family to push a political agenda is sick. (Pawlenty has pushed for the death penalty in Minnesota before... he is spinning this as a result of his outrage over Dru's disappearance, but it's not even remotely a revelation to him.)

I have been proud of Minnesota and its stand against the death penalty. Gov. Pawlenty's announcement is a deeper embarassment to me than anything Gov. Turnbuckle ever managed to do.