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Old 08-14-2010, 02:14 PM
 
Location: The Greater Houston Metro Area
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Houston girls' killer loses bid to spare his life | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

HOUSTON — The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has refused a clemency petition from condemned killer Peter Cantu, who is set to die next week in Huntsville for a notorious 1993 double rape-slaying in Houston.
Maria Ramirez, clemency director for the parole board, said on Friday the panel voted 7-0 to reject Cantu's request that his death sentence be commuted to life.
Cantu, 35, was one of five young gang members condemned for killing Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pena, 16, A sixth gang member, 14 at the time, got a 40-year prison term.
Cantu is set to die Tuesday evening. Two from the gang he led already have been executed and two had their death sentences reduced to life when the U.S. Supreme Court banned execution of people under 18.

We have waited to execute him for 17 years, 3 years longer than Jennifer got to live - and 1 year longer than Elizabeth did. I do have mixed feelings about the death penalty, but not on this one.
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Old 08-14-2010, 02:22 PM
 
Location: Spring, TX
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... I do have mixed feelings about the death penalty, but not on this one...
I do not and have never understood anyone having "mixed feelings" about the death penalty. We are far, far, far too lenient with people convicted of violent crimes against children.

If either of these children had been your biological offspring, you probably woudn't have "mixed feelings".
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Old 08-14-2010, 02:27 PM
 
Location: The Greater Houston Metro Area
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I do not and have never understood anyone having "mixed feelings" about the death penalty. We are far, far, far too lenient with people convicted of violent crimes against children.

If either of these children had been your biological offspring, you probably woudn't have "mixed feelings".
I would consider real life to be worse on the criminal (not the abbreviated version - but solitary confinement with no priviledges, until the day they died). If it were my offspring, I may want the killer to be caged like an animal for forever.

This seems almost a kindness to kill this guy, in comparison. What I have mixed feelings about is that it seems more like an extermination rather than an execution. He's not human.
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Old 08-14-2010, 02:57 PM
 
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He should have been taken to the nearest tree and strung up the day after his trial. 17 years of tax payers dollars going to supporting this man's life is ridiculous.
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Old 08-14-2010, 03:30 PM
 
Location: The Greater Houston Metro Area
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He should have been taken to the nearest tree and strung up the day after his trial. 17 years of tax payers dollars going to supporting this man's life is ridiculous.
On the other hand, this site states we should repeal the death sentence due to economic reasons, that each death sentence costs the taxpayers 2.3 million dollars, roughly the same cost as it would be to keep them in a single cell in high security for 120 years. Each year that they do not use up to 120 years, we save money. We just need to ensure there are absolutely no priviledges - no tv, no reading materials, no mail, no access to exercise equipment, no visitors, no endless appeals, etc. Just sit in the cage. Sitting in the cage, without being allowed out to exercise would also reduce security costs.
http://deathpenaltyinfo.org/costs-death-penalty
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Old 08-14-2010, 03:37 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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Everyone has different reasons for their thoughts on the death penalty. Some people who are strongly religious often believe that it isn't their place to take a life, that only God has that right. Others feel and eye for an eye kind of thing in favor of it. Human emotion on the death penalty is a very mixed bag. I've even seen stories where people show the ultimate in compassion and forgive and try and help their child's killer.
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Old 08-14-2010, 04:25 PM
 
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I do not and have never understood anyone having "mixed feelings" about the death penalty. We are far, far, far too lenient with people convicted of violent crimes against children.

If either of these children had been your biological offspring, you probably woudn't have "mixed feelings".
You dont understand why some people dont want the State to behave just as badly as a killer? Yeah way to take the moral high ground Texas strap someone to a chair and murder them.
Real things that deter crime, doing something about poverty, education, health, etc. These cost money and take will power to implement. Just in the mean time strap'em down and kill'em yeehaw and everyone can pat themselves on the back like they're doing something meaningful about crime.

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Old 08-14-2010, 04:39 PM
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Houston girls' killer loses bid to spare his life | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

HOUSTON — The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has refused a clemency petition from condemned killer Peter Cantu, who is set to die next week in Huntsville for a notorious 1993 double rape-slaying in Houston.
Maria Ramirez, clemency director for the parole board, said on Friday the panel voted 7-0 to reject Cantu's request that his death sentence be commuted to life.
Cantu, 35, was one of five young gang members condemned for killing Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pena, 16, A sixth gang member, 14 at the time, got a 40-year prison term.
Cantu is set to die Tuesday evening. Two from the gang he led already have been executed and two had their death sentences reduced to life when the U.S. Supreme Court banned execution of people under 18.

We have waited to execute him for 17 years, 3 years longer than Jennifer got to live - and 1 year longer than Elizabeth did. I do have mixed feelings about the death penalty, but not on this one.
He had no remorse and a smirk on his face is what i remember about him. He wasn't human.
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Old 08-14-2010, 05:05 PM
 
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He should have been taken to the nearest tree and strung up the day after his trial. 17 years of tax payers dollars going to supporting this man's life is ridiculous.
I Agree. Too much money is being spent housing criminals instead of educating youth
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Old 08-14-2010, 07:38 PM
 
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On the other hand, this site states we should repeal the death sentence due to economic reasons, that each death sentence costs the taxpayers 2.3 million dollars, roughly the same cost as it would be to keep them in a single cell in high security for 120 years. Each year that they do not use up to 120 years, we save money. We just need to ensure there are absolutely no priviledges - no tv, no reading materials, no mail, no access to exercise equipment, no visitors, no endless appeals, etc. Just sit in the cage. Sitting in the cage, without being allowed out to exercise would also reduce security costs.
Costs of the Death Penalty | Death Penalty Information Center
That's a problem with our legal system - not the penalty. Last I checked I can buy 6 feet of rope at Lowe's for under $5.00.

You've had your trial, now sit with the preacher, eat some hamburger helper, and get it on.
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