Quote Originally Posted by GGT View Post
Let's say.....

a state Governor, presiding in a state where the Death Penalty is not only legal...but required under certain circumstances....decides to use their veto or pardoning powers for a Death Row inmate, because they personally believe capital punishment is immoral or unethical. Is that Governor acting immorally, or unethically, by refusing to enact court-ordered punishment that s/he feels comes from immoral or unethical legislation?

How would a Governor like Haley Barbour fit into this legal-moral dilemma? Was he acting ethically and morally, by giving executive pardons to convicted murderers/rapists/felons before he left office? Even though it was perfectly "legal" to do so, was it the right thing to do?
I think that's a pretty damn good example. Though I'm getting hung-up on the governor's veto being itself part of the legal system, and thus he's not breaking the law. Still, I'm gonna mull over this...