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In Texas, a man who didn’t kill anybody is about to be executed for murder
Washington Post ^ | August 12 2016 | Kristine Guerra

Posted on 08/12/2016 9:55:23 AM PDT by CorporateStepsister

Terri Been’s voice shook as she read a long text message from her niece.

“I had a nightmare about my dad last night,” Paige Rowan told her aunt in the text.

Rowan described a dream in which she watched helplessly as the execution needle pierced her father’s skin.

She woke up screaming, panicking and feeling hopeless, she told Been.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: capitalpunishment; clemency; deathpenalty; defenseattorney; execution; executionneedle; forensicpsychiatrist; jeffreyleewood; murder; needle; prosecutor; psychiatrist; robbery; texas; timcole
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1 posted on 08/12/2016 9:55:23 AM PDT by CorporateStepsister
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To: CorporateStepsister

There should be no death penalty. Conservatives on principal should not support it.


2 posted on 08/12/2016 9:57:31 AM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: gunsequalfreedom

As a Christian, I absolutely support the death penalty, as I believe in the sanctity of life, and anyone who takes an innocent life should be punished.


3 posted on 08/12/2016 9:59:34 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

The death penalty, administered in a timely manner when there is no reasonable doubt of guilt, deters other potential murderers.

The properly-administered death penalty saves lives.


4 posted on 08/12/2016 10:00:19 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: gunsequalfreedom
John Allen Muhammad will never again drive a blue Chevy around the Washinton beltway, while his accomplice shoots people.

I absolutely guarantee it.

5 posted on 08/12/2016 10:01:35 AM PDT by NorthMountain (Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
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To: CorporateStepsister

I know you have to excerpt it, but could you at least put in the part of what he actually did?


6 posted on 08/12/2016 10:02:09 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: CorporateStepsister

It is “Party Law.”
If your with someone who commits a crime you are guilty.

I was being questioned for a jury back in the 90’s.
It was about a guy that was driving a car where the other guy broke into a house.

The Judge asked if anyone had any questions, so I asked about “what if it is a bus full of Nuns and the bus driver robs a 7-11?

The Judge dismissed me and I have never been asked to be on a jury again.


7 posted on 08/12/2016 10:03:30 AM PDT by hadaclueonce (This time it is serious.)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

You’re a conservative with no Biblical knowledge? How does that work?


8 posted on 08/12/2016 10:04:41 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: CorporateStepsister

So he was an accomplice in a robbery that resulted in murder. He has accomplice liability.


9 posted on 08/12/2016 10:04:44 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: CorporateStepsister

If the law and society allowed I would prefer that hard labor be enacted in place of the death penalty.

I’m guessing I’m in the minority on that though.


10 posted on 08/12/2016 10:04:49 AM PDT by Honcho
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To: Honcho

For people who did the deed, execute; for those who were party to it, hard labor for a very long time.


11 posted on 08/12/2016 10:06:00 AM PDT by CorporateStepsister (I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

There should definitely be death penalty; however it should be only for instances of absolute no doubt


12 posted on 08/12/2016 10:06:13 AM PDT by PaleoCon Libertarian Hybrid
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To: gunsequalfreedom

Try losing a loved one to murder (I haven’t) and see how you react. Ted Bundy deserved it, Gacy deserved it.


13 posted on 08/12/2016 10:06:39 AM PDT by CorporateStepsister (I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
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To: DuncanWaring

The death penalty in our nation is NOT a deterrent for one reason: there is no prompt justice.

Hang ‘em within a year of their crime, and you’ll see a deterent.....


14 posted on 08/12/2016 10:06:44 AM PDT by Arlis
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To: hadaclueonce

LOL; I wish I had been there to see that happen!


15 posted on 08/12/2016 10:07:27 AM PDT by CorporateStepsister (I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

One of the reasons I am not a conservative.


16 posted on 08/12/2016 10:07:52 AM PDT by fireforeffect (A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
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To: Honcho
I would prefer that hard labor be enacted in place of the death penalty.

No problem with a sentence of hard labor where it's appropriate ... but some people need to hang.

17 posted on 08/12/2016 10:08:22 AM PDT by NorthMountain (Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

Did you read the article?
He willingly took part in a crime, being the getaway driver of a robbery, that resulted in a murder. In Texas, everyone involved in that crime is charged with murder. I agree. Criminals are not an endangered species, they are not protected, they are not special, they are not worth more than an innocent. They are a plague on the human race.
I will personally pay for that shot, voluntarily and without regret. Kill the vermin and send a clear message. Commit a crime and kill an innocent in the commission of that crime; and everyone involved has their life forfeited.
That is justice.


18 posted on 08/12/2016 10:08:29 AM PDT by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: Arlis

Swift and sure punishment truly is a deterrent.


19 posted on 08/12/2016 10:09:22 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: gunsequalfreedom

You are not a Conservative if you want to ban the death penalty. Your card has been revoked.


20 posted on 08/12/2016 10:09:27 AM PDT by Glad2bnuts ( Screech and the Squawks, or Hillary and her band of fairy misfits)
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