"Take This Sabbath Day" is the 14th episode of The West Wing. The episode addresses the death penalty and the United States government's custom of not scheduling executions between sundown Friday and sundown Sunday in order to avoid conducting an execution on either the Jewish Shabbat or Christian Sabbath days. The episode also introduces the recurring character of Joey Lucas.
After a death penalty appeal is rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court, on...
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"Take This Sabbath Day" is the 14th episode of The West Wing. The episode addresses the death penalty and the United States government's custom of not scheduling executions between sundown Friday and sundown Sunday in order to avoid conducting an execution on either the Jewish Shabbat or Christian Sabbath days. The episode also introduces the recurring character of Joey Lucas.
After a death penalty appeal is rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court, one of the defense attorneys (Noah Emmerich) reaches out to Sam for help, he knows him because "I used to beat him up in high school." The case involves a drug dealer who killed two other dealers and is eligible for capital punishment under a new omnibus crime bill. The court renders its judgment on a Friday, and the execution is to take place at midnight on Monday. The convict's only hope is to have his sentence commuted by the President.
Sam makes an effort to persuade Toby to help convince the President to commute the sentence; he gives the...
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