Should I have more respect for the soon-to-be dead?
Posted on 09/23/2012 5:19:57 PM PDT by GeronL
(Associated Posers) – LIVINGSTON, Texas - “You can't take your eyes off that door” death row inmate Cleve Foster says about the steel door that death row inmates typically walk through on the way to their executions. Twice though Foster has come within minutes of being escorted through that steel door, but was stopped by US Supreme Court interventions.
On Tuesday, Foster, 48, is scheduled for yet another trip to the death house for participating in the abduction and slaying of a 30-year-old Sudanese woman, Nyaneur Pal, a decade ago near Fort Worth.
Foster, a former Army recruiter known to his death row colleagues as "Sarge," denies his role in the murder. Prosecutors say DNA ties him to the killing and that he gave contradictory stories when questioned about Pal's death.
"I did not do it," he insisted recently from a tiny visiting cage outside death row. I don't want to sound vain, but I have confidence in my attorney and confidence in my God," he said. "I can win either way."
He says that he is getting a little tired of the waiting, “It gets really boring and after a few years you start getting thoughts that it'd be better to end it quickly.”
The place is old but well kept, he's become something of a death row history buff. "Going inside, it's a little spooky. You can tell it's been there a while," he said. "Everything's polished, but still it's real old. You look down the row. History just screams at you.”
He says that in a way he hopes it comes down to the wire once again, not that it matters to him one way or the other, except for that last 'last meal'.
"I've already told the chaplain: Take the phone off the hook before 4 o'clock," he said, anticipating his next trip Tuesday. "I want to get that last meal."
Depends on how bad you have to pee.
Test his words. Leave ten feet of rope in the cell.
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To your point, the government can’t figure out who should vote, why would I trust them to figure out who should die?
I disagree.
People need to understand if you commit certain crimes you can face the ultimate penalty.
As far a trustworthy government is concerned, don't hold your breath. We must revolt to take back what we once had.
“We must revolt to take back what we once had...”
If ‘caught’ in that effort, the death penalty would likely be imposed...
Using the standards by which my nephew was convicted, the killers of Osama are murderers. And if Osama only ordered the attack(s) on 9-11, where does that leave obama????
Isn't he claiming he killed Osama?????
The mandatory minimum in the military for a murder conviction is LIFE IN PRISON.
Would that be preferable to living in obama’s paradise or not?
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Our current crop of government unionists are not competent nor honest enough to make that determination. |
I’m not sure about the mandatory minimum.
I thought the military had the option of capital punishment...although not usually used.
I am not disagreeing with you...just pointing out consequenses...whatever it takes...WIN!
Yep.
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