ThatOwlWoman (04-24-2019)
John William King, 44, convicted two decades ago for killing James Byrd Jr. in an act of unfathomable racist brutality in the small town of Jasper, was put to death by the State of Texas on Wednesday night with a dose of pentobarbital.
The execution, carried out at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville, came after the United States Supreme Court turned down Mr. King’s last petition for a stay. He was pronounced dead at 7:08 p.m., said Jeremy Desel, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Mr. King kept his eyes closed as witnesses arrived to the execution chamber on Wednesday, The Associated Press reported. When the prison warden, Bill Lewis, asked him if he had any final words, Mr. King said, “No.”
Mr. King made a final statement issued in writing, Mr. Desel said. “Capital Punishment: Them without the capital get the punishment,” it said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/u...liam-king.html
ThatOwlWoman (04-24-2019)
Doesn't sound as if he was very repentant. Horrible crime.
Abortion rights dogma can obscure human reason & harden the human heart so much that the same person who feels
empathy for animal suffering can lack compassion for unborn children who experience lethal violence and excruciating
pain in abortion.
Unborn animals are protected in their nesting places, humans are not. To abort something is to end something
which has begun. To abort life is to end it.
ThatOwlWoman (04-24-2019)
Well, that didn't take very long.
"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
-(Midcan5)
"Allow me to masturbate my patriotism furiously and publicly at this opportunity."
-(Ib1yysguy)
"There is no 'equal opportunity' today unless the government makes it so."
-(apple0154 )
"abortion is not killing Its birth control"
-(Desh)
It's ridiculous it took 20 years!
AM I, I AM's,AM I.
What day is Michaelmas on?
JPF (04-24-2019), ThatOwlWoman (04-24-2019)
JPF (04-24-2019)
I'm VERY anti-death penalty--this case is an example of the idiocy in which we have this penalty.
But if we're going to have one, this is the sort of person we need to break it out for.
What I would recommend is that states with the death penalty get to have a 3 judge panel that hears death penalties from those states. The judges have 90 days from sentencing to review the case. If they can find no reason to overturn the sentence, at 90 days, you're eligible to be executed by the State. They can do it at the 90:00:00:01 mark or they can wait until it's convenient for the warden, witnesses, families, etc...
There are no appeals. The reviews are automatic (just like a scoring play in football)...3 judges, 90 days. A 3-0 or 2-1 vote and that's that.
It is ridiculous that some people spend longer on death row than they did prior to murdering someone.
Agreed.
If you really want to see something shocking in terms of delusion...you should read some of his writings from Prison and the justifications he offers for what they did.
I believe the guy driving actually got a life sentence while the other two got the needle. Tell me that's not F'd up.
JPF (04-24-2019)
As to the death penalty, I view it on a case-by-case basis, rather than a general "kill 'em all" screech. For example, when New York State's death penalty was active in the late 90's, Erie County had its first case before Erie County Court Judge Michael D'Amico. Basically, Buffalo Police Officer Charles "Skip" McDougald was gunned down by a frequent flyer with a rap sheet that would make the Encyclopaedia Britannica envious. The jury came back with a life without parole decision during the penalty phase. Now, do I think the scumbag should have had a visit with Nellie the Needle? Yes, but I also respected the jury's decision.
kudzu (04-25-2019)
Thought libs were anti death penalty?
Keep changing the names. It doesn't change the meaning.
Abortion
Pro-Choice
Women's rights
Women's Health
It's the damned appeals process and attorneys getting fat off of the legal fees. This needs to be streamlined and just for the record? I believe the DP should be applied equitably and justly. With the advent of new DNA and surveillance technology, this should be utilized more in capital murder cases to remove any possible doubt. Reasonable or not.
"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
-(Midcan5)
"Allow me to masturbate my patriotism furiously and publicly at this opportunity."
-(Ib1yysguy)
"There is no 'equal opportunity' today unless the government makes it so."
-(apple0154 )
"abortion is not killing Its birth control"
-(Desh)
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