And you all thought Texas was die hard on the death penalty...

[FromTexas]

California puts to death oldest death row inmate (His 76th birthday was Monday - he was put death that night at about 12:30 AM, he was wheelchair bound, and he was blind).

They should have just connected a ground wire to his chair and said, "Guess what?! The Governor pardoned you! Here, hold this streamer for a second!" (as they hand him the live wire... )

 

[rack'm]

 

[FromTexas]

Well, that does it. Now Austria is going to take his name off the Schwarznegger Memorial Port-a-Potty, too.

 

[rack'm]

Well, that does it. Now Austria is going to take his name off the Schwarznegger Memorial Port-a-Potty, too.

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After all those years in jail, you'd think he would have died of an impacted colon long before now.

 

[FromTexas]

After all those years in jail, you'd think he would have died of an impacted colon long before now.

I hope they took the wheelchair off first. :wheelburns:

 

[rack'm]

I hope they took the wheelchair off first. :wheelburns:

:shrug: maybe they just reclined it.......

 

[FromTexas]

:shrug: maybe they just reclined it.......

Despite where I carry my ass on the forums, you should not forget the ass is in back.

 

[aps45819]

Heard this on the news this morning. Protesters were requesting he be spared because he was old, blind, wheelchair bound and diabetic.
If he was a dog, they'd be saying it was the humane thing to do

 

[itsbob]

Damn shame it took 25 years to zap him.. should have been done about 24.5 years ago ans saved us from paying all of his medical bills..

BG told me she heard he had a massive Heart Attack and they REVIVED him.. now wouldn't it make sense for someone on death row to have a DNR??

How much does it cost a DAY to imprison a death row inmate, muliply that by 365, then 25.. then add in his mediacl bills.. how much money did we spend on this waste of life?

 

[FromTexas]

I wonder if he was a member of the Crips.

 

[Hawk]

Damn shame it took 25 years to zap him.. should have been done about 24.5 years ago ans saved us from paying all of his medical bills..

BG told me she heard he had a massive Heart Attack and they REVIVED him.. now wouldn't it make sense for someone on death row to have a DNR??

How much does it cost a DAY to imprison a death row inmate, muliply that by 365, then 25.. then add in his mediacl bills.. how much money did we spend on this waste of life?

I couldnt agree more with you there, why should the tax payer have to pay for these scum bags to sit in prison for 25 years before killing them, i hear these dam human rights groups are shouting what about there rights bla bla bla, what about the rights of the people they murdered, raped etc etc these people that go on DeathRow should not be allowed to appeal and should not be left for 25 years to die. Save the money for something better.

 

[2ndAmendment]

I couldnt agree more with you there, why should the tax payer have to pay for these scum bags to sit in prison for 25 years before killing them, i hear these dam human rights groups are shouting what about there rights bla bla bla, what about the rights of the people they murdered, raped etc etc these people that go on DeathRow should not be allowed to appeal and should not be left for 25 years to die. Save the money for something better.

Got to disagree with you about not allowing appeals. There have been some innocent people put on death row. On the other hand, waiting long enough for an inmate to get a jurisprudence degree and file their own appeal is just . People on death row should have books but not a college education at tax payers expense. Twenty three years is too long an appeal process.

 

[CableChick]

Got to disagree with you about not allowing appeals. There have been some innocent people put on death row. On the other hand, waiting long enough for an inmate to get a jurisprudence degree and file their own appeal is just . People on death row should have books but not a college education at tax payers expense. Twenty three years is too long an appeal process.

 

[Pete]

Interesting point. He had a heart attack and was revived so he could be killed.

SPOSE THIS......

A death row prisoner has a stroke and is basically retarded from the effects of the stroke. Do you still execute them? They are basically not the same person.

 

[2ndAmendment]

Interesting point. He had a heart attack and was revived so he could be killed.

SPOSE THIS......

A death row prisoner has a stroke and is basically retarded from the effects of the stroke. Do you still execute them? They are basically not the same person.

I think a sentence to death row should result in a manditory DNR. Then if the person has a stroke, heart attack, hit by a laundry truck, knifed by another inmate, it saves the tax payers the time, effort, and money and they are let die.