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Texas Executes Man Who Lit Ex-Girlfriend On Fire
msn.NEWS ^ | 22 February 2013 | Michael Graczyk

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.

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To: Zhang Fei

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.


21 posted on 02/23/2013 2:51:01 PM PST by deport
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To: deport

Isn’t murder involving torture on the list as well?


22 posted on 02/23/2013 3:07:13 PM PST by Carbonsteel
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To: deport

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.


23 posted on 02/23/2013 3:14:49 PM PST by bigredkitty1 (March 5,2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: Jeff Winston

Hands and feet can be deadly weapons. Ban “Assault” feet/s/


24 posted on 02/23/2013 3:23:02 PM PST by k4gypsyrose
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To: deport

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.


25 posted on 02/23/2013 3:30:43 PM PST by wonkowasright (Wonko from outside the asylum)
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To: zeestephen

The needle?

The constitution forbids cruel and unusual punishment. It does not guarantee a painless execution.


26 posted on 02/23/2013 3:31:26 PM PST by umgud
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen

Plenty of fire where he is now


27 posted on 02/23/2013 3:36:58 PM PST by bigbob
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To: umgud

If you load the needles with liquid plumber we are approaching justice.


28 posted on 02/23/2013 3:41:43 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: Conserev1
"He had only one true love in his life ... and here she was with another guy,"

I knew there would be two sides to this story. It seems that she was also nine years older than him, so . . .

29 posted on 02/23/2013 3:44:00 PM PST by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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To: bigredkitty1

Gender and Racial Statistics of Death Row Offenders

Race Female Male Total
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

30 posted on 02/23/2013 3:45:45 PM PST by deport
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I’m wondering what Brian Williams thinks about this.


31 posted on 02/23/2013 3:58:26 PM PST by GreatMan
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To: wonkowasright
One other caveat that goes with what I posted up thread.

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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.

32 posted on 02/23/2013 3:59:04 PM PST by deport
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To: deport
In a just world (if death row didn't require conviction of a crime), women would account for a lot more than 50% of death row inmates.

Our society is drowning in technicalities.

33 posted on 02/23/2013 3:59:31 PM PST by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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To: Tau Food

women would account for a lot more than 50% of death row inmates.

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LOL ... alcoholics ?


34 posted on 02/23/2013 4:03:03 PM PST by deport
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To: deport
Well, in the case of women, I still think there should be a requirement of a unanimous jury, but there shouldn't be any need to prove a specific statutory crime.

Most jurors will try to be fair.

35 posted on 02/23/2013 4:09:13 PM PST by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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To: Conserev1
In other news, last Thursday night the Maryland State Senate voted to repeal the state death penalty and enact severe gun control measures against law-abiding citizens of the state.

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."

36 posted on 02/23/2013 4:24:27 PM PST by dartuser (My firearm is not illegal ... its undocumented.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks zeestephen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D2A32KUTq0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is8ZtFGTHmo


37 posted on 02/23/2013 4:39:27 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: Zhang Fei

Texas: We’ll 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.


38 posted on 02/23/2013 5:37:24 PM PST by JohnD9207 (Isn't freedom worth fighting for?)
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To: dartuser
In other news, last Thursday night the Maryland State Senate voted to repeal the state death penalty and enact severe gun control measures against law-abiding citizens of the state.

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.

39 posted on 02/23/2013 5:40:11 PM PST by IncPen (Read the Constitution!)
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To: deport

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.


40 posted on 02/23/2013 5:41:05 PM PST by bigredkitty1 (March 5,2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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