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02-29-2012, 02:49 AM
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Yes. Because, amongst other effects, the death penalty creates an atmosphere of brutality and archaic hate. No. They would just kill the witnesses too, which results in a second and third murder. Also they feel their life being messed up anyway, so they stick to being a threat, even in prison. Death penalty does not ask for remorse, only for punishment, so they will never regret what they did - apart from paying lip service at the execution itself. |
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02-29-2012, 03:20 PM
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Somehow, I think very few families of victims care much for a "remorseful" convict - don't forget, words are incredibly cheap and easy. Personally, if someone murdered one of my family members i'd much prefer them dead, than for a show of remorse; whatever that is - I'm sorry  Great, I don't give a shit...
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03-01-2012, 10:05 PM
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Oh I completely agree! One Polish bloke recently said that "British prison is like a spa"  |
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03-04-2012, 01:29 PM
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Holy moly, what happened here while I was on earned snowboarding vacation?:D Pages of discussion, how refreshing. Back to business: Edwin Hart Turner Executed February 8, 2012 at 6:21 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Mississippi  Victim: Eddie Brooks, 37 Everett Curry, 38 Crime: Turner and Paul Stewart had been drinking beer and smoking marijuana while joy riding in Stewart's car when they decided to rob some Carroll County convenience stores. They first drove to Mims Truck Stop, but left it after finding it was too crowded. Their next stop was Mims Turkey Village Truck Stop, about four miles down the road. The two entered the store carrying rifles and wearing masks. Turner shot the store clerk, Eddie Brooks, in the chest. Turner and Stewart tried to open the cash register by force and by shooting it. Then Turner shot Brooks in the head from only inches away. The two then went back to Mims Truck Stop, and while Stewart went inside the store, Turner robbed Curry, who was pumping gas outside. He shot Curry in the head. Stewart proceeded to rob the store, and Turner came in, pointing his gun at the people in the store. Stewart testified he told Turner since he had the money, there was no need to kill anyone else. The next day, police found the weapons used in the murders inside Turner's home, and the masks used during the robberies in the back of Turner's car. Stewart confessed to police, pleaded guilty to two counts of capital murder, and later testified against Turner. Turner tried to commit suicide when he was 18 by putting a rifle in his mouth and pulling the trigger. His face was left severely disfigured. Citations: Turner v. State, 732 So.2d 937 (Miss. 1999). (Direct Appeal) Turner v. State, 953 So.2d 1063 (Miss. 2007). (PCR) Turner v. Epps, Slip Copy, 2010 WL 653880. (N.D. Miss. 2010) (Habeas) Final/Special Meal: Porterhouse steak-medium rare, fried shrimp with cocktail sauce, Texas toast-2 slices, side salad with Russian dressing, 1 pack of red Twizzlers candy, and sweet tea. Final Words: None. |
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03-04-2012, 01:32 PM
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Re: 2012 Executions in the USA
Robert Brian Waterhouse Executed February 15, 2012 08:22 p.m. EST by Lethal Injection in Florida  Victim: Deborah Kammerer, 29 Crime: On the morning of 01/03/80, St. Petersburg police responded to a call that the nude body of an unidentified woman had been found in the mud flats of Tampa Bay. There was evidence that the woman had been dragged from a grassy area on shore into the water at high tide. An examination of the body revealed severe lacerations on the head and rectum, and bruising on the throat. Medical examiners determined that drowning was ultimately the cause of death. Additionally, there was an adequate amount of acid phosphotase found in the woman’s rectum to suggest the presence of semen. The lacerations in her rectum were determined to be cause by the insertion of a large object. Unable to identify the body of the woman, St. Petersburg police turned to the public for help. An anonymous caller gave police of the license plate number of Robert Waterhouse and suggested that they should investigate him. The body of the woman was identified as Deborah Kammerer by her neighbors, Yohan Wenz and Carol Byers. Wenz and Byers reported that on the evening of 01/02/80 they accompanied Kammerer to the ABC Lounge. They later left the lounge, while Kammerer stayed behind. Kyoe Ginn, a bartender at the ABC Lounge, testified that he saw Kammerer talking to Robert Waterhouse and that the two left the lounge together around 1:00 a.m. The two of them left together from the old ABC Lounge on Fourth Street N, a witness said, the night of Jan. 2, 1980. Her body was found the next morning by a man walking his dog. She was face down and naked in the Lassing Park surf in southeast St. Pete. The autopsy took seven hours because of the severity of what had been done. She had been battered so badly she was unrecognizable. Teeth broken. Nose broken. Eyes swollen. She had been sexually mutilated with a bottle. She had a bloody tampon jammed down her throat. Wounds on her fingers suggested she tried to fight back. She didn't die until she drowned. Police found dried blood in his 1973 Plymouth. They found hair that matched hers and fibers that came from her clothes. He knew her, he told them. He'd smoked marijuana with her. He'd had sex with her. He never confessed to killing her and insisted until the end that he was innocent, but he did tell detectives he was a rageful drunk with "a real strong sex drive." Sometimes, he said, "it feels like something snaps," like "flipping a lever," and all of a sudden he was doing bad things he could not control. On the evening of 01/07/80, Robert Waterhouse was asked to go to the police station voluntarily for questioning. Waterhouse told the investigators that he did not know the victim and did not leave the bar with a woman. Waterhouse was permitted to leave the police station, but his car was impounded with a search warrant. A search of his car revealed bloodstains and a luminol test showed that more blood had been wiped up. The blood found in the car was consistent with the blood type of Kammerer and inconsistent with the blood type of Waterhouse. Additionally, investigators found strands of hair that were similar in characteristic to the samples taken from Kammerer. There were also fibers in the car that matched fibers from the Kammerer’s coat and pants. Waterhouse was arrested on 01/09/80 for the murder of Deborah Kammerer. During a subsequent interrogation, Waterhouse was shown a picture of Kammerer and admitted that he did, in fact, know her. Additional Information: In 1966, Robert Waterhouse was indicted on charges of First-Degree Murder and Burglary in New York. He was charged with breaking into a home and killing 77-year-old Ella Carter. Waterhouse pled guilty to Second-Degree Murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was on lifetime parole at the time of the Kammerer murder. Citations: can't freaking find any Final / Special Meal: Two pork chop cutlets, two eggs sunny side up, two slices of toast, a slice of cherry pie, a pint of butter pecan ice cream, a pint of orange juice and a pint of milk. Final Words: "You are about to witness the execution of a wrongfully convicted, innocent man. To my wife and family, I want to say I love you all, and that's it." |
