Texas Set for 300th Execution Since 1982

[BiggieC]

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[Dragnov]

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[Red Dawn]

Yee Haw!!

 

[ElFenix]

woot!

 

[BMdoobieW]

yay

 

[Howard]

Delma is a man's name?

 

[XZeroII]

only 300? That's only about 15/year! There are 365 days per year! And there are 24 hours in a day! Assuming it takes one hour to execute someone, we could execute 8760/year. We could have 183960 less prisoners right now.

 

[Red Dawn]

In the fine Texas Tradition of Judge Roy Bean!

 

[Booster]

Originally posted by: XZeroII
only 300? That's only about 15/year! There are 365 days per year! And there are 24 hours in a day! Assuming it takes one hour to execute someone, we could execute 8760/year. We could have 183960 less prisoners right now.

Please remember, prisoners are the same people as you. They just made a mistake. It easier than many think to end up in jail. Not all prisoners are dangerous maniacs, there are some, of course. But the majority of them are normal people like you and me who made some mistakes.

 

[NFS4]

I wonder how many were innocent

 

[Jzero]

But the majority of them are normal people like you and me who made some mistakes.

For some reason I have trouble buying into the idea that someone could mistakenly commit a capital crime. Assuming they really are guilty, you don't "mistakenly" murder your wife and kids and rape their dead bodies. If you really did accidentally kill someone, you would be charged with manslaugter and not murder.

 

[BiggieC]

Originally posted by: Booster

Originally posted by: XZeroII
only 300? That's only about 15/year! There are 365 days per year! And there are 24 hours in a day! Assuming it takes one hour to execute someone, we could execute 8760/year. We could have 183960 less prisoners right now.

Please remember, prisoners are the same people as you. They just made a mistake. It easier than many think to end up in jail. Not all prisoners are dangerous maniacs, there are some, of course. But the majority of them are normal people like you and me who made some mistakes.

I dont know about you, but i am nothing like the people on death row. Im sure you would only call it a "mistake" if someone brutally murdered your family members. Go sit in a tree and eat a bowl of granola.

 

[althor27]

Originally posted by: BiggieC

Originally posted by: Booster

Originally posted by: XZeroII
only 300? That's only about 15/year! There are 365 days per year! And there are 24 hours in a day! Assuming it takes one hour to execute someone, we could execute 8760/year. We could have 183960 less prisoners right now.

Please remember, prisoners are the same people as you. They just made a mistake. It easier than many think to end up in jail. Not all prisoners are dangerous maniacs, there are some, of course. But the majority of them are normal people like you and me who made some mistakes.

I dont know about you, but i am nothing like the people on death row. Im sure you would only call if a "mistake" if someone brutally murdered your family members. Go sit in a tree and eat a bowl of granola.

LOL

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: NFS4
I wonder how many were innocent

I wonder how many were guilty.

 

[Piano Man]

Originally posted by: NFS4
I wonder how many were innocent

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: NFS4
I wonder how many were innocent

 

[Pliablemoose]

Originally posted by: NFS4
I wonder how many were innocent

<--- live in TX, and look @ the history of the prisoners executed, they've had ~8-15 years & lots & lots of taxpayer's dollars to prove their innocence.

The ones that are killed are pretty miserable humans...

# 300 is:

Banks has been on death row since 1980 for fatally shooting a 16-year-old Texarkana-area youth and stealing his car..

 

[jjones]

Executions are morally wrong; no one should ever be executed for any reason. It's a barbaric practice instituted by a barbaric justice system.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose

Originally posted by: NFS4
I wonder how many were innocent

<--- live in TX, and look @ the history of the prisoners executed, they've had ~8-15 years & lots & lots of taxpayer's dollars to prove their innocence.

The ones that are killed are pretty miserable humans...

# 300 is:

Banks has been on death row since 1980 for fatally shooting a 16-year-old Texarkana-area youth and stealing his car..

So if they didn't have the time and $$$ to prove their innocence then "F&*K THEM" and let them die?:|:|

I don't know how many cases I've seen where innocent men were jailed b/c of poor or inadequate counsel and were then bailed out by law students and new DNA testing.

 

[CrackRabbit]

Originally posted by: jjones
Executions are morally wrong; no one should ever be executed for any reason. It's a barbaric practice instituted by a barbaric justice system.

just curious, would you say the same thing if one of those people had murdered your family or something?

 

[Danman]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Yee Haw!!

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit

Originally posted by: jjones
Executions are morally wrong; no one should ever be executed for any reason. It's a barbaric practice instituted by a barbaric justice system.

just curious, would you say the same thing if one of those people had murdered your family or something?

I'd have to try to find a way to forgive them and hope they can be rehabilitated and brought back into society where they can do good instead of causing more pain. Every effort should be spent on trying to rehabilitate these people instead of killing them.

 

[Renob]

God Bless Texas!



I agree!

 

[Pliablemoose]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose

Originally posted by: NFS4
I wonder how many were innocent

<--- live in TX, and look @ the history of the prisoners executed, they've had ~8-15 years & lots & lots of taxpayer's dollars to prove their innocence.

The ones that are killed are pretty miserable humans...

# 300 is:

Banks has been on death row since 1980 for fatally shooting a 16-year-old Texarkana-area youth and stealing his car..

So if they didn't have the time and $$$ to prove their innocence then "F&*K THEM" and let them die?:|:|

I don't know how many cases I've seen where innocent men were jailed b/c of poor or inadequate counsel and were then bailed out by law students and new DNA testing.

This guy has had 22 years to prove his innocence, he killed another human being, 12 of his peers agreed he was guilty.

We also have executed more than one person convicted of murder that gave up their appellate rights...

 

[CrackRabbit]

Originally posted by: jjones

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit

Originally posted by: jjones
Executions are morally wrong; no one should ever be executed for any reason. It's a barbaric practice instituted by a barbaric justice system.

just curious, would you say the same thing if one of those people had murdered your family or something?

I'd have to try to find a way to forgive them and hope they can be rehabilitated and brought back into society where they can do good instead of causing more pain. Every effort should be spent on trying to rehabilitate these people instead of killing them.

Somehow i doubt that, and though some criminals can be rehabilitated i would say that a geat number cant be, or choose not to be.