Obama Nominee Regrets Helping Sexual Sadist

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A contrite Robert Chatigny apologized dozens of times to Senate Republicans at a brutal hearing Wednesday for his conduct relating to the conviction of a notorious serial killer. But his face – lips puckered, brow furrowed – may have said more than any of his answers.

The questions were so painful that Chatigny’s Republican tormentors repeatedly apologized for broaching them.

“You probably want to be off that subject and so do I,” Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, said in transitioning from whether Chatigny believes sexual sadism is a “mitigating factor” in killing sprees to whether he flagrantly disregarded judicial precedent in a decision the Supreme Court later slapped down 9 to 0.

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