Carly's Killer

Foxnews online ^ | February 14, 2006 | Associated Press

[knightshadow]

Carlie Brucia's Killer Pleads for His Life Tuesday, February 14, 2006 SARASOTA, Fla. — A weeping Joseph Smith apologized Tuesday for the abduction, rape and murder of 11-year-old Carlie Brucia two years ago, telling a judge he had taken large amounts of cocaine and heroin that day in hopes of killing himself. Carlie's February 2004 abduction drew worldwide attention because it was caught on a car wash surveillance tape. Smith, 39, was convicted in November. Friends and even Smith's brother said they recognized him as the burly mechanic grabbing the young girl's wrist as she walked home from a friend's house. Jurors recommended by a 10-2 vote that he be executed.

[knightshadow]

Hmmm. He apparently wasn't too drugged up to abduct, rape and murder Carlie. And let's not send the message that being on drugs absolves one of criminal responsibility. I say let him plead his case directly to his Maker.

[Bigg Red]

Long, painful death for this monster.

[lovecraft]

I wonder if little Carlie begged and pleaded for her life...the judge should give him the same mercy that animal showed her.

[knightshadow]

Ping.

[mtbopfuyn]

Did you see him on tv. It was disgusting. Boohoo, I want to turn my life around. Boohoo, I want the chance to improve. Boohoo, I didn't know what I was doing. BULL! He knew exactly what he was doing and did NOT give Carly a second chance at life. He should fry - long and slow.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Seconded.

[dead]

I just wish they would have killed him right on the spot when he started crying.

[knightshadow]

Agreeed. They're all very boo-hoo when it's time to pay the piper.

[tx_eggman]

telling a judge he had taken large amounts of cocaine and heroin that day in hopes of killing himself

Wish granted ... give him his dirt nap

[Homer1]

but drugs are a victimless crime...

[The Great RJ]

Given the likely irrefutble evidence including not only the video tape of the abduction but likely his DNA from the rape, there should be no reason to drag out his appeals for two decades. A quick appeal and strap him down to the gurney. We can hope lethal injection is as painful as the liberals maintain.

[Homer1]

If he was truly remorseful, he'd kill himself.

[Wolfie]

The DEA agent who shot his partner to death tried the same argument vis-a-vis his alcoholism. Didn't work for him either.

[jazusamo]

I saw it. He was a sniveling puke. The judge should send him to his maker.

[MarineBrat]

[domenad]

What else is there to say except:

Die die die die die die just freakin' die you bastard.

[stylecouncilor]

Boo-friggin'-hoo. Die, loser!

[dinoparty]

reality is...more like long painful appeals process for the victim's family and the taxpayers

[OldFriend]

The defenders of these animals don't understand the effect on the entire society when such crimes are committed.

It makes everyone afraid, taking away a trusting part of our nature.

Death is the only fitting punishment for this crime.

[theDentist]

When does the judge hand down the sentence?

[Beckwith]

No mercy for any animal that rapes and kills a child.

[Maceman]

but drugs are a victimless crime...

Absolutely drug use is a victimless crime.

Rape, murder and abduction, on the other hand, are something else again.

Blaming the heroin for this crime is like blaming the 2nd amendment for the Kennedy assassination.

[headsonpikes]

To be merciful to the cruel is to be cruel to the merciful.

In this case, justice calls for a one-way gurney ride for this loser.

[mel]

You have got to be kidding, turn his life around, what about punishment for making a little girl's last hours on earth pure hell?

[knightshadow]

I don't know.

[knightshadow]

"Blaming the heroin for this crime is like blaming the 2nd amendment for the Kennedy assassination."

Put nothing past liberals. The Gun Control Act of 1968 was the direct, anti-2nd Amendment, response to the JFK, MLK and RFK assassinations - and did nothing to prevent assassinations, or protect anyone, public figure or average citizen alike.

[Itzlzha]

Did you see him on tv. It was disgusting. Boohoo, I want to turn my life around. Boohoo, I want the chance to improve. Boohoo, I didn't know what I was doing. BULL! He knew exactly what he was doing and did NOT give Carly a second chance at life. He should fry - long and slow.

Hey, Joseph Smith! Come on down; here's your seat...all ready and waiting for you!

I love when the most BRUTAL scumbags want/DEMAND a "second chance" to "turn their lives around!"

I guess it took slaughtering a beautiful young girl to make one take stock in their "life".

Maybe the time to think about that change was BEFORE you took the drugs, and raped and murdered the girl!!!

Can we hook a Rheostat to the switch...we could pay to be able to "up the voltage", and the money would go to a victim's fund!

[wolfcreek]

He asked the judge to spare him so HIS children wouldn't have to go though any more pain. What a POS!

[knightshadow]

"He asked the judge to spare him so HIS children wouldn't have to go though any more pain. What a POS!"

The typical convoluted logic of a scumbag squiriming now that it's his butt on the line.

[PistolPaknMama]

but drugs are a victimless crime...

Worth repeating.

The sooner the planet is rid of this guy, the better. Have fun in hell, you sorry sack of .....

[mass55th]

This guy's been in trouble with the law for at least 10 years with weapons, assault & battery, drugs, and kidnapping charges. He was out on probation when he murdered Carly. He's been a piece of $hit for quite a while and I hope the judge accepts the recommendation of the court to put him to death. The sad part is that if sentenced to death, his appeals will probably keep him alive for more years than poor Carly had on this earth. Most of these creeps become cry babies when it's their life that's being threatened. I heard him weeping on the radio as I was driving home. It's amazing that he expects consideration of his pleas for life when he never bothered to give the same consideration to an 11-year old girl. And this guy has three daughters? Just for that reason, he should be put to death. No daughter of his should ever have to look him in the face again.

[4everontheRight]

I can speak from experience on this one.....my mother was murdered when I was 15 years old by a guy who only served 12 years in prison for her murder. He shot her during a robbery. She was in a back room and when she heard the shots that almost killed my dad, she came running out. He knocked her to the ground with the butt of a rifle and looked her straight in her face and shot her right in the head...he served 12 years for this. At the time ('77) there was no death penalty and it took me years just to get over the fact there was no death penalty!!! I would have pulled that switch myself. They should give this child's family the satisfaction. I will never know if it would have given me any but I sure would have liked to have had the chance to find out for myself.

I have faith that I will see my mom again and that she will be beautiful like she was earlier in the day...the last day I ever saw her alive. Luckily...I guess luckily... she died quickly. I doubt this child had the same luxury. Sad, isn't it? That a quick death at the hands of a murderer is a luxury.

Oh, P.S. The man who killed her now lives in Atlanta.

[Erasmus]

Can we hook a Rheostat to the switch...we could pay to be able to "up the voltage", and the money would go to a victim's fund!

A new form of PPV for Showtime...

Pay Per Volt.

[knightshadow]

I'm very sorry you speak from personal experience. God be with you. As far as proper punishment, the Apostle Paul wrote, in Romans Chapter 13:

"Rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you, for he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for HE DOES NOT BEAR THE SWORD FOR NOTHING. He is God's servant - an agent of WRATH TO BRING PUNISHMENT ON THE WRONGDOER. (Cap Emphasis mine).

Capital punishment is both Biblical, and just. A society - like ours has become - that does not punish appropriately for evil, invites personal destruction.

[4everontheRight]

Knightshadow .....

I deeply appreciate your words.

Many times people hear my story and shake their heads feeling both sorrow and fright. People like me that are victims of crimes (and yes, although it was my mom who died...I consider myself and my whole family victims as well) make the anti death penalty believers nervous. I have just cause for my beliefs and feel deeply about it. I have feelings about it...not just an opinion and that makes me different from those who oppose just and appropriate punishment for crimes but have never suffered the wrath of a criminal.

Every time I see a story like this...about anyone who is an innocent person who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time...I remember. I will always remember and sometimes I can just imagine what my mom must have thought for her last moments. It is a hell that I know I share with others. The fear she must have felt, fleeting as it was...those seconds must have been a lifetime to her. And for her, it was only seconds. Children who are abducted are not so lucky I am afraid. They are tortured but the unspeakable torture the parents go through...imagining as I do, what those last moments, hours must have been like. It is pure hell and anyone who puts a parent into that hell should burn in hell for the rest of their lives and the quicker, the better!

Sorry for the rant.

[Bigg Red]

reality is...more like long painful appeals process for the victim's family and the taxpayers

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Sadly, you are so right.

[Brytani]

"telling a judge he had taken large amounts of cocaine and heroin that day in hopes of killing himself

Yep, drug use and suicidal thoughts is reason to rape, torture and kill a little girl. I guess he needs Al Gore's School of Anger Management instead of punishment. Fry the SOB.

[Brytani]

In 1992, my brother-in-law (Eric) was driving a taxi to earn extra money while his wife went back to school. He picked up a guy who, when time came to pay the fare, pulled out a gun and shot my BIL at point blank range. Eric didn't make it to the hospital. He was pronounced at the scene.

This was in Virginia Beach, VA - at state that does have the DP and a state that is usually tough on crime. However, the animal received a 15 to 30 year sentence.

There is something wrong in this country when you can murder someone in cold blood and have a chance to get out of prison.

[4everontheRight]

Sorry to hear that about your brother. I wish you peace. I think that is the only thing I can say. Justice eludes these people. I have no sympathy for the "whys" and the "how comes" a person who commits murder in cold blood has. There is not an excuse.

[demkicker]

There is something wrong in this country when you can murder someone in cold blood and have a chance to get out of prison

Amen, brother! So sorry for your loss.

[shield]

This guy gets what he deserves....