Rick Perry close to a milestone has executed almost 200 more than any Texas gov (crimes, live in)

[Bily Lovec]

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AFTER Gov. Perry executes a few more murderers of course

[usc619]

Originally Posted by kdogg817

It mind boggling that Gov. Rick Perry has executed nearly 200 prisoners even more than George W. Bush. Most the inmates where either black or hispanic. Texas has never executed a rich man. Interesting yet Andrea Yates get charge for Reason of Insanity for killing her children. Do you remember Charles Chatman the man that was wrongly excused of rape and spent 27 years in prison or the other inmates that Dallas has freed due to wrongly being convicted. It took a minority District Attorney Craig Watkins to come in and clean up Dallas crimminal justice system in which 18 cases have already been overtuned due to wrongy convicted. If Dallas has 18 cases imagine how many other people in the state of Texas that have wrongly been accused. Think about the south as a whole I cant imagine. As far as I am concerned Rick Perry has blood all over his hand.

18 Dallas County cases overturned by DNA relied on heavily eyewitness testimony

Against Death Rows - Re: 18 Dallas County cases overturned by DNA relied on ....;

Texas Executions Reach Grim Milestone, 400th Prisoner Scheduled to Die | PEEK | AlterNet (http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/59857/texas_executions_reach_grim_milestone,_400th_priso ner_scheduled_to_die/ - broken link)

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[rd2007]

Originally Posted by kdogg817

Trust me this aint about race and I am not defending murders. This is mainly to bring awareness of our justice system flaws of wrongly convicting innocent people.

no, it's a thread to show your ignorance of facts and to try to incite others with similar aptitudes.

I wish we could execute a lot more a lot faster. I personally don't appreciate a portion of my salary going to feed and house these animals.

[LoveATX]

I would rather go to trial in the US than anyplace else. Sure there are mistakes, I avoid them the same way most people do. Dont break the law.

[kevcrawford]

Originally Posted by majormadmax

i suspect this thread will be short-lived; but some of us are supportive of a legal system that doesn't let convicted murderers spend the rest of their natural lives living at the taxpayer's expense. Let the penalty match the crime.

As ron white says, "texas has the death penalty and we use it! Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty. My state's putting in an express lane!"

god bless texas!

amen

[tourbound129]

Originally Posted by LoveATX

I would rather go to trial in the US than anyplace else. Sure there are mistakes, I avoid them the same way most people do. Dont break the law.

Agreed. Our justice system is flawed; as are all justice systems. But you really do have the best chance at a fair trial in the US as opposed to many places in the world. Are mistakes made? Sure. But how many of these overturns would have happened in other countries? These people wouldn't even be alive to see their freedom in other countries with the death penalty. They would have been executed swiftly. That doesn't happen here. There is nothing swift about death row here.

And lets not forget, guilty people are acquitted and walking the streets. Case in point: OJ Simpson. Well, he isn't walking the streets anymore because he is an idiot but justice was finally served in some manner I suppose.

[usc619]

Kdogg817, thanks for bringing our resident Klan board members to the front.

[Exult.Q36]

I was not trying create stirr by no means. Just to bring awareness about our justice system and it flaws. People are getting the impression I am defending murderers and that not the case.

[ladihawkae]

Originally Posted by kdogg817

It mind boggling that Gov. Rick Perry has executed nearly 200 prisoners even more than George W. Bush. Most the inmates where either black or hispanic. Texas has never executed a rich man. Interesting yet Andrea Yates get charge for Reason of Insanity for killing her children. Do you remember Charles Chatman the man that was wrongly excused of rape and spent 27 years in prison or the other inmates that Dallas has freed due to wrongly being convicted. It took a minority District Attorney Craig Watkins to come in and clean up Dallas crimminal justice system in which 18 cases have already been overtuned due to wrongy convicted. If Dallas has 18 cases imagine how many other people in the state of Texas that have wrongly been accused. Think about the south as a whole I cant imagine. As far as I am concerned Rick Perry has blood all over his hand.

18 Dallas County cases overturned by DNA relied on heavily eyewitness testimony


Against Death Rows - Re: 18 Dallas County cases overturned by DNA relied on ....;

Texas Executions Reach Grim Milestone, 400th Prisoner Scheduled to Die | PEEK | AlterNet (http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/59857/texas_executions_reach_grim_milestone,_400th_priso ner_scheduled_to_die/ - broken link)

Actually, the governor is not the one who condemned these people to death. The Jury did at the recommendation of the Prosecutor. The condemned were given a trial of their peers and had legal representation.
That being said, while I do not like the death penalty, I also don't like not feeling comfortable driving to the store or anywhere else after dark for fear of being robbed, mugged, raped or murdered myself. This week on the news there have been several arrested for various crimes. one was for robbery over $2 and two people were sadly killed. They weren't white and the robber turned killer wasn't white either. there are also those arrested who were white and the victim was white. what is with everyone? we are ALL americans. regardless of what color, religion, ethnic origin. can we all grow up and come up with a solution rather than blast each other?

[majormadmax]

Originally Posted by kdogg817

I was not trying create stirr by no means. Just to bring awareness about our justice system and it flaws. People are getting the impression I am defending murderers and that not the case.

Give me a break, I know our justice system isn't perfect but you are acting like the majority of criminals on death row are innocent; which is far from the case.

Capital punishment is a deterrent to violent crime, and I am glad Texas not only has the law but uses it. Between it and the law-abiding citizen's right to defend themselves, Texas is siding with those the government is suppose to serve and protect. It also gives the criminal something to ponder before they commit a crime...that they can pay with their life either at the hand of their potential victim or by the court system afterward.

I am getting sick and tired of these weak arguments that the justice system is flawed, it usually comes from the same people who think that stricter gun laws will reduce crime. What kind of fantasy world do they live in? All it does is give the advantage to the criminal, and those who support it are more worried about the rights of criminals than the rights of their victims.

I say God bless Rick Perry for having the intestinal fortitude to combat crime through the use of capital punishment. You act like it is his decision alone, but you tend to forget that by the time he is involved with a case it has already been decided on by a jury of twelve Texans with oversight by a judge. I will take my chances with the small percentages of people who are wrongly accused (although in most cases they are usually guilty of other offenses) than to abolish a system that properly addresses the crime and punishment for the vast majority that come before it.

God bless Texas, and if you don't like it, go back to California!