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Woman executed in Texas for 1998 torture killing
Associated Press ^ | February 5, 2014 | Michael Graczyk

Posted on 02/05/2014 8:48:14 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A woman convicted of torturing and killing a mentally impaired man she lured to Texas with the promise of marriage was put to death Wednesday evening in a rare executionof a female prisoner.

The lethal injection of Suzanne Basso, 59, made the New York native only the 14th woman executed in the U.S. since the Supreme Court in 1976 allowed capital punishment to resume. Almost 1,400 men have been put to death during that time.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: basso; execution; texas
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To: Freelance Warrior

Thank you, and God bless yours as well. I’m doing my best to raise God fearing, freedom loving kids.

I think we have our work cut out for us against the public machine.


41 posted on 02/06/2014 4:34:52 AM PST by Bulwyf
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To: ConservativeStatement
As the lethal dose of pentobarbital took effect, Basso, dressed in a white prison uniform, began to snore.
I can’t blame her, I wouldn’t want to be awake either.
42 posted on 02/06/2014 4:44:12 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Well... BYE!


43 posted on 02/06/2014 5:46:38 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th (and 17th))
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To: Snickering Hound; ConservativeStatement
I guess I should have looked at the comments before I posted.
44 posted on 02/06/2014 5:49:53 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th (and 17th))
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To: ConservativeStatement
As the lethal dose of pentobarbital took effect, Basso, dressed in a white prison uniform, began to snore. Her deep snoring became less audible and eventually stopped.

She was pronounced dead at 6:26 p.m. CST, 11 minutes after the drug was administered.

It sounds like they got the mixture right.

45 posted on 02/06/2014 5:57:05 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th (and 17th))
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To: Elsiejay
he did not have direct authority under state law to prevent it.

Yes he does...John Connally pardoned every death row inmate in 1962!!!

46 posted on 02/06/2014 7:01:17 AM PST by ontap
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To: ConservativeStatement
"We can do what a man can do...ony better."

BS. I know for a fact that even a small man is physically stronger than I am. I CANNOT do many of the jobs men do, nor am I afflicted with an inferiority complex which makes me think I must, or I'm somehow inferior to males.

Every time the TV show "Cops" has a female officer arresting a man, there's a male cop present to assist them with the handling and cuffing. Simple fact is, the chick isn't up to doing it on her own.

47 posted on 02/06/2014 7:04:50 AM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: ontap

Excuse please...he commuted their sentences to life not pardoned!!


48 posted on 02/06/2014 7:10:37 AM PST by ontap
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To: CatherineofAragon

Be careful...telling the truth can be hazardous!!!


49 posted on 02/06/2014 7:15:53 AM PST by ontap
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To: ontap

LOL, yeah, a feminist might get offended. Too bad.


50 posted on 02/06/2014 7:48:14 AM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: ConservativeStatement

Where was John “F’n” Kerry?


51 posted on 02/06/2014 7:54:21 AM PST by Big Mack (I didn't claw my way to the top of the food chain to eat VEGETABLES!)
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To: CatherineofAragon

Thank you. Liberals excel in pitting groups against each other. I recall seeing a bumper sticker on cars in Massachusetts not too long ago that read “Equality to a man? Why lower myself.” Now, how is that being progressive or liberal or whatever term these freaks try to emphasize? That mentality exudes hatred.


52 posted on 02/06/2014 8:15:53 AM PST by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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To: Marcella

In our express line.


53 posted on 02/06/2014 8:51:45 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: ConservativeStatement

Yes. Liberals in general are consumed with hatred. Feminists despise men, and attempt to portray their hate as a kind of contempt for a lower life form. But I believe it’s nothing but deep-seated resentment because men passed them over in favor of real females.


54 posted on 02/06/2014 9:15:55 AM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: ConservativeStatement

Why’d it take so long? Doesn’t Texas normally go through the appeals much more quickly?


55 posted on 02/06/2014 9:21:40 AM PST by old and tired
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To: monocle

That’s kind of a red herring. Most actual killings don’t come from serial killers. They are one-off, two-off.


56 posted on 02/06/2014 11:07:08 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar for you if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

That sounds like a conservative slogan... and really, a man could say the same thing. And they’d both be telling the truth. God doesn’t want distorted, dumbed down people.


57 posted on 02/06/2014 11:08:33 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar for you if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

It is no more of a red herring than your conclusions about southerners and rednecks. I lived the majority of my life in the northeast and about a third of my life in the south. While the south has its problems, the urban centers in the north are far more dangerous and amoral than in the south.


58 posted on 02/07/2014 2:39:57 AM PST by monocle
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To: monocle

I likes rednecks.

I don’t likes bums.

And the overall killings in the South are more colorful, making up for the serial killers of the North. The South can’t go without boasting SOMETHING can it?


59 posted on 02/07/2014 6:11:48 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar for you if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: monocle

(OK, OK, just being silly. But there is something trying about the North that does make people who insist on living there, more serious. Even the killers are more industrious.)


60 posted on 02/07/2014 6:25:43 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar for you if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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