This is an opinion cartoon with a dose of satire and stuff

When Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison last week, she knew it would put a strain on her relationship with Attorney General Steve Marshall.

Known as Grim and Grimmer for their role-playing activities in the Grim Reapers Of Alabama Nationalist ExecutioneRs Society (GROANERS), the two have always been tight on the death penalty.

“I had some ‘splainin’ to do with Steve,” Ivey said out loud to herself. “He gets so excited about executions, especially the botched ones. I just didn’t know he would take it this hard.”

“I don’t even know who the Grim Guv is anymore,” whispered Marshall to himself. “Is this the same governor who vowed to never cheat death? I think not. I am deeply saddened. Hurt. And despondent.”

“You can’t just up and commute a death sentence in Alabama. That’s like canceling Christmas, or Robert E. Lee Day.”

“It’s such a waste,” said Marshall, gathering himself. “Luckily, I’ve got other things to cheer me up: Harassing trans kids and children with disabilities, punishing women, releasing white cops convicted of murder, frivolous mean-spirited lawsuits, and I’m all in on the fight for DOGE to have full access to our Social Security data and everything else President Musk wants to destroy.“

You go, Grimmer!

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JD Crowe is the cartoonist for AL.com. He won the RFK Human Rights Award for Editorial Cartoons in 2020. In 2018, he was awarded the Rex Babin Memorial Award by the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Follow JD on Facebook, Twitter @Crowejam and Instagram @JDCrowepix. Give him a holler at [email protected].