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Death row inmate who killed daughters smiles at ex-wife at execution: 'Well, hi Mary Jean'
AP ^ | Feb. 2, 2018 | Michael Graczyk

Posted on 02/02/2018 10:28:27 AM PST by bgill

A former Dallas accountant condemned for fatally shooting his two young daughters while their mother listened helplessly on the phone was put to death Thursday night in Texas. John David Battaglia was executed for the May 2001 killings of his 9-year-old daughter, Faith, and her 6-year-old sister, Liberty. Battaglia and his wife had separated, and he shot the girls at his Dallas apartment during a scheduled visit... Asked by the warden if he had a final statement, the inmate replied: "No," then changed his mind. "Well, hi, Mary Jean," he said, looking and smiling at his ex-wife. "I'll see y'all later. Bye."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: battaglia; deathpenalty; domesticviolence; execution
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Sick monster deserved the needle.
1 posted on 02/02/2018 10:28:28 AM PST by bgill
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He deserved a rope.

L


2 posted on 02/02/2018 10:29:43 AM PST by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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Tortured to death. Over many weeks


3 posted on 02/02/2018 10:31:15 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: bgill

Another reminder that evil exists in this world.


4 posted on 02/02/2018 10:34:47 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism us truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Vaquero

I still think a good dose of LSD in the first part of
the mix would do him good. Then the executioners can
all appear wearing lifelike masks of his victims and
poke him with hot irons as the last thing he sees.


5 posted on 02/02/2018 10:37:54 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: bgill

It would be interesting, to say the least, ow fast his sh!t eating grin disappears when he got up close and personal with the HIGHER AUTHORIY.


6 posted on 02/02/2018 10:38:48 AM PST by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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To: bgill

Burning in hell now.


7 posted on 02/02/2018 10:39:35 AM PST by American Quilter (When does the wall start going up?)
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To: bgill

Unrepentant to the very end. That’s where I think that the injection option of a high dose of meth should be used, along with LSD. Make it painful, make his heart explode.


8 posted on 02/02/2018 10:41:29 AM PST by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: bgill

I hope she used both hands to give him the finger.


9 posted on 02/02/2018 10:42:26 AM PST by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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To: bgill

It took 17 years to complete his sentence. And how many millions of tax dollars arguing and re-arguing it, plus giving him all the luxuries of a nice prison? Typical.


10 posted on 02/02/2018 10:46:13 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Impala64ssa

Yes, and I bet the Higher Authority was in even more of a bad mood after this evil person’s final cruel act.


11 posted on 02/02/2018 10:50:39 AM PST by livius
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To: American Quilter

Sigh.

When you rely on that you take the punishment out of earthly crimes. For all you know he made his peace with God just before the needle pumped the drug into his vein.


12 posted on 02/02/2018 10:52:38 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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Burning in hell now.

Without a doubt.

13 posted on 02/02/2018 10:52:49 AM PST by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: Vaquero

Oh boy, change the commandments into suggestions?

Souls should pay for their sins, not place their confidence in a spiritual defense attorney.


14 posted on 02/02/2018 10:56:02 AM PST by Loud Mime (Liberalism: Intolerance masquerading as tolerance, Ignorance masquerading as Intelligence)
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To: bgill

They put him to sleep.
You put your old dog and your much-loved pets to sleep.

Monsters like this should be hung. Slowly.


15 posted on 02/02/2018 10:59:11 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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I was taught that if I was truly contrite upon death I would go up not down.

What I actually believe is another thing … but I don’t share it in open forum


16 posted on 02/02/2018 11:08:29 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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Maybe, but it’s not the way to bet.


17 posted on 02/02/2018 11:15:05 AM PST by Romulus
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For all you know he made his peace with God just before the needle pumped the drug into his vein.

Had he done so I expect that he would have expressed his sorrow and repentance to his ex-wife instead of 'Well, hi Mary Jean', and the implied see you in Hell.

18 posted on 02/02/2018 11:34:32 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Vaquero

You have to confess your sins, ask for forgiveness, believe in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus and accept Him as your Lord and Savior.


19 posted on 02/02/2018 11:35:02 AM PST by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: bgill

Well hello, Mary Jean, goodbye heart!


20 posted on 02/02/2018 11:35:53 AM PST by Panzerlied ("We shall never surrender!")
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