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carreauchompeur
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10,647 posts
73 months
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http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/dr_executed_offen...Just stumbled across this. Fascinating, in a slightly mawkish manner. It's interesting to see how they talk about their crimes too... And interesting how much more "open book" the US justice system seems to be. I simply can't agree with the death penalty, much as my Attila The Hun side says I should. This one is interesting: Keith Thurmond said: All I want to say is I'm innocent, I didn't kill my wife. Jack Leary shot my wife then her dope dealer Guy Fernandez. Don't hold it against me, Bill. I swear to God I didn't kill her. Go ahead and finish it off. You can taste it.
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JudgeMental
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102 months
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Pixel Pusher
4,735 posts
28 months
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NO. 42 G.W. GREEN said: Let’s do it, man. Lock and load. Ain’t life a [expletive deleted] ?
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Blue62
1,396 posts
21 months
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where did you 'stumble' across that little lot, mawkish indeed but fascinating nonetheless.
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KrazyIvan
2,520 posts
44 months
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Interesting reading.
There seem to be a lot that are convinced it is wrong to have them put to death, but they forgive those doing it. Shame the didn't think about that before taking the lives of others, and I don't buy that they were all innocent. Also very telling that most of them make little of no reference to the families they have convicted to a life time of suffering.
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Malx
731 posts
73 months
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carreauchompeur said: http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/dr_executed_offen...Just stumbled across this. Fascinating, in a slightly mawkish manner. It's interesting to see how they talk about their crimes too... And interesting how much more "open book" the US justice system seems to be. I simply can't agree with the death penalty, much as my Attila The Hun side says I should. This one is interesting: Keith Thurmond said: All I want to say is I'm innocent, I didn't kill my wife. Jack Leary shot my wife then her dope dealer Guy Fernandez. Don't hold it against me, Bill. I swear to God I didn't kill her. Go ahead and finish it off. You can taste it. Oh I don't know, does the world need people like this: http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/dr_info/esparzagu...I do quite often browse that site. It's quite sad seeing all the people on death row who are very young.
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ikarl
926 posts
68 months
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Just read a dozen of those.
I'm not normally a squeamish person but reading those just felt wrong!
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Galileo
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87 months
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trickywoo
3,414 posts
99 months
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Charles Bass
'I deserve this. Tell everyone I said goodbye.'
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carreauchompeur
Original Poster
10,647 posts
73 months
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trickywoo said: Charles Bass
'I deserve this. Tell everyone I said goodbye.' Fair comment. And I found this via an equally random post on M3cutters!
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mnkiboy
1,637 posts
35 months
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Jack Clark
'There will be also a funeral mass at St. Thomas and I would like to invite all of those from the State and the family to be there if they would like to come'
Inviting people to your own imminent funeral, not many people get to do that!
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Smanks
2,930 posts
56 months
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Interesting how many of them mention they can taste it.
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wiggy001
2,960 posts
140 months
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OP - thankyou for making me miss my deadlines this afternoon!
Fascinating stuff... bookmarked.
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LCR265
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Robb F
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40 months
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Smanks said: Interesting how many of them mention they can taste it. I was thinking that. How are these people being killed? Injection?
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R60EST
2,261 posts
51 months
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Seen this before somewhere a few years ago. Chilling . Reading some, the offences were comitted in the early 90's seems bizarre to keep someone on death row all that time. I don't see the logic . Either lock them up for a long time or execute them , no reason for both.
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Watchman
1,975 posts
114 months
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For those that commit crimes against children, they should be burned at the stake.
Some of the others appear to have learned from their mistakes or express genuine regret (hard to tell from something written down and no other history). I'm on the fence about the death sentence for those not involving children.
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PeanutHead
7,548 posts
39 months
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None seem to have defiance in the statements, maybe spending the time on death row really does get them to come to terms with it.
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Actus Reus
1,446 posts
24 months
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Smanks said: Interesting how many of them mention they can taste it. One says something like 'God, this stings'. And yes, TX uses Lethal Injection. I'm not on the fence when it comes to capital punishment - in fact I've done pro bono work for Amnesty on Death Row cases. Capital punishment achieves nothing whatsoever and is truly gruesome. And in Texas particularly, race plays a huge part.
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P-Jay
3,648 posts
60 months
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Robb F said: Smanks said: Interesting how many of them mention they can taste it. I was thinking that. How are these people being killed? Injection? I was also shocked at how many claimed they could taste / feel the poisons starting to work, I've had a couple of weeks of IV Antibiotics and it's weird when you start to taste them. I guess they don't wait until they've finished before they start killing them, I guess it's best to have a statement ready and get it out quickly then. Read some of the charges and they do seem to have done some dark s  t, but I could never condone capitol punishment, it's barbaric and makes them just as bad as the criminals.
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