Texas death row inmate commits suicide on execution day.

[FelixDeCat]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_on_re_us/death_row_suicide_6

LIVINGSTON, Texas - A convicted killer facing lethal injection beat the executioner to it Thursday, committing suicide by slitting his throat and arm with a blade in his Texas death row cell 15 hours before he was supposed to die.

Michael Dewayne Johnson, 29, was found in a pool of blood by officers making routine checks on him every 15 minutes, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

 

[txrandom]

Kind of ironic.

 

[waggy]

heh to bad he didnt do a while ago...

any bets his family sues for not keeping an eye on him?

 

[paulney]

I wonder how he got a blade. But seriously, too bad he hadn't done it a long time ago.

 

[OrganizedChaos]

Originally posted by: txrandom
Kind of ironic.

if the guards were coming by to announce his pardon then it would be ironic.

 

[crystal]

Weak. He should have wait until after his last meal.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos

Originally posted by: txrandom
Kind of ironic.

if the guards were coming by to announce his pardon then it would be ironic.

hahahah i would laugh my ass off for that.

 

[Corporate Thug]

saved the state of TX some time and hassle. nice

 

[z42]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
saved the state of TX some time and hassle. nice

Sadly this turn of events will probably cost more time and hassle than had the execution gone through.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: z42

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
saved the state of TX some time and hassle. nice

Sadly this turn of events will probably cost more time and hassle than had the execution gone through.

yeap. i bet the family is going to sue for not keeping him safe etc.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
saved the state of TX some time and hassle. nice

Just imagine the amount of money it took to get to that point.

 

[CptObvious]

His companion in the murder is now free...nice. He should be doing life for felony murder.

 

[Sukhoi]

I think that qualifies as the ultimate fvck you. "So you wanna kill me? NOPE, gonna do it myself first!" :laugh:

 

[FelixDeCat]

Johnson, who as 18 at the time of the slaying, insisted it was a companion, David Vest, who had gunned down Wetterman as the pair, driving a stolen car, fled the convenience store because they did not have the $24 to pay for their gas.

They should have called Joe Pesci aka "Cousin Vinny"

 

[Jeeebus]

when you gotta go, you gotta go?

 

[randay]

he beat the system.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: txrandom
Kind of ironic.

how?

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos

Originally posted by: txrandom
Kind of ironic.

if the guards were coming by to announce his pardon then it would be ironic.

how?

 

[Toastedlightly]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos

Originally posted by: txrandom
Kind of ironic.

if the guards were coming by to announce his pardon then it would be ironic.

how?

situational irony?

 

[eleison]

Originally posted by: Sukhoi
I think that qualifies as the ultimate fvck you. "So you wanna kill me? NOPE, gonna do it myself first!" :laugh:

The ultimate would have been finding a way to escape or leave on a technicality.. this is more like being rejected by a girl and going home to masturbate while yelling: " so you don't like me... Too bad, I'm going to masturbate here while thinking about you... Hahha.. take that!!!"

-Eleison

 

[SmoochyTX]

Too bad he didn't do it sooner.

 

[mercanucaribe]

This should highlight why the death penalty doesn't make sense. Death is not a punishment, or else no one would commit suicide as an ESCAPE.

 

[TheNinja]

Hey, give the guy a break, it was his last day alive and he just wanted to cut loose

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: waggy
heh to bad he didnt do a while ago...

any bets his family sues for not keeping an eye on him?

thats what i was thinking, save some tax money

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
This should highlight why the death penalty doesn't make sense. Death is not a punishment, or else no one would commit suicide as an ESCAPE.

Uh, hello? He commited suicide to avoid being executed. He didnt commit suicide to avoid dying, also that makes no sense since you die anyway when you commit suicide. He probably did it so that his family or whoever wouldnt get to watch him be killed.