Posted on 02/23/2013 1:50:05 PM PST by zeestephen
A man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend by dousing her with gasoline and setting her on fire was executed in Texas on Thursday.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.msn.com ...
Texas’s draconian reputation for executions is all sizzle and no steak.
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You are correct that the number of exections don’t equal the number of murders. That said not ever murderer in Texas qualifies for execution. In fact murder with Capital punishment by execution is limited to the following:
A capital felony is one in which an individual “intentionally or knowingly causes the death of an individual,” under special circumstances. In particular, the:
murder of a public safety officer or firefighter in the line of duty
murder during the commission of specified felonies (kidnapping, burglary, robbery, aggravated rape, arson)
murder for remuneration
multiple murders
murder during prison escape
murder of a correctional officer
murder of a judge
murder by a state prison inmate who is serving a life sentence for any of five offenses; [or]
murder of an individual under six years of age.
In Texas, a person must be of at least 18 years of age at the time of the crime to have the death penalty imposed upon him or her.
With the above said Texas has executed 493 murderers since Dec. 12, 1982. If you could ask anyone of the executed 493 I bet they’d say Texas was serious.
Isn’t murder involving torture on the list as well?
Not serious enough as far as this native Texan is concerned. Install a conveyor belt to the death chamber and empty out Texas’ Death Row. Then I would be ready to say Texas would have earned it’s reputation of being tough on murderers.
Hands and feet can be deadly weapons. Ban “Assault” feet/s/
Do I understand this right.... In Texas if a fellow was to walkup and just shoot you dead, no robber, kidnapping, rape etc., just shoot you dead, and only shoot you not multiple people I’m only looking at life..... But if you are a government person then its death.
I appreciate those who keep the peace and all but it just don’t see right to say that a fellow’s life is worth a bit less than govt employees.
The needle?
The constitution forbids cruel and unusual punishment. It does not guarantee a painless execution.
Plenty of fire where he is now
If you load the needles with liquid plumber we are approaching justice.
I knew there would be two sides to this story. It seems that she was also nine years older than him, so . . .
Race | Female | Male | Total |
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White | 5 | 80 | 85 |
50.0% | 28.8% | 29.5% | |
Black | 4 | 110 | 114 |
40.0% | 39.6% | 39.6% | |
Hispanic | 1 | 84 | 85 |
10.0% | 30.2% | 29.5% | |
Other | 0 | 4 | 4 |
0.0% | 1.4% | 1.4% | |
TOTAL | 10 | 278 | 288 |
100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Last updated February 22, 2013
I’m wondering what Brian Williams thinks about this.
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(b) A person commits an offense if he:
(1) intentionally or knowingly causes the death of an individual;
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Capital murder under the Texas Penal Code starts at 19.03
http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/PE/htm/PE.19.htm#19.03
Texas has a reputation because it does execute more than the other states but Capital Murder is very limited as you can see if you go read the penal code link I posted above.
Our society is drowning in technicalities.
women would account for a lot more than 50% of death row inmates.
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LOL ... alcoholics ?
Most jurors will try to be fair.
Why don't we just change our state motto to "Killer's welcome here."
"You will face no armed opposition when committing a crime and if you get caught killing someone in Maryland ... you'll get a slap on the wrist, clean sheets and three squares a day."
Thanks zeestephen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D2A32KUTq0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is8ZtFGTHmo
Texas: Well kill you back....
Texas’s draconian reputation for executions is all sizzle and no steak. 1126 murders in 2011, compared to a mere 13 executions.
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I would be in favor of executing all for murder,rape, child molesters,...but I guess we can’t have everything now can we.
Why don't we just change our state motto to "Killer's welcome here."
"You will face no armed opposition when committing a crime and if you get caught killing someone in Maryland ... you'll get a slap on the wrist, clean sheets and three squares a day."
The entire problem in this country boils down to the fact that the politicians don't fear the electorate, in fact, they disdain us.
I don’t care about the gender or racial makeup of the convicted murderers on Death Row. What I do care about is that even in Texas, it still takes decades for the families of murder victims to see justice dispensed. It’s still not adequate justice because these brutal criminals simply drift off before they are put down. Where is the justice in that when the last moments of their victims lives on this earth are ones of agony and terror? Judge Roy Bean was right: hunt ‘em, hear ‘em, and hang ‘em.
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