Posted on 01/20/2019 4:06:20 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
Executed Offenders
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Name Bible, Danny Paul
Yes. We execute many convicted murderers in Texas.
“In Texas, if you kill us, we kill you back.”
-—Ron White
I was on the jury panel for #541, Rolando Ruiz, in 1994. He was a hired murderer, paid $2,000 to kill a man’s wife for the insurance money. I was dismissed from the potential jury after telling the DA that I didn’t believe either he or the defense attorney wanted an impartial jury. “I’m not stupid. You want a jury that’s on your side, and he wants a jury that’s on his side.”
“I’m not stupid. You want a jury that’s on your side, and he wants a jury that’s on his side.”
Isn’t that normal?
It is. I even had an acquaintance at the time who was a juror-choice consultant for a law practice.
However, I guess I was supposed to pretend I believed they were seeking “objectivity.” I didn’t want to be on the jury, anyway. I had two preschool children and needed to be at work.
A great example of why the jury system is broken in the era of trials that take weeks. It’s just way too much to expect the average citizen to be able to serve essentially without recompense in a trail of that length.
In San Antonio, jurors were given free parking at the courthouse’s garage and a small amount, maybe $5, toward lunch cost. That’s it.
I served as a juror on a 1st degree murder trial that lasted three weeks. It was not a capital case, but most of us found it to be somewhat stressful and emotional. The perp shot his ex girlfriend in the head while their little boy was sitting in her lap. We convicted him on three of four charges including murder 1. The judge gave him 55 years to life.
The defense attorney in the Ruiz case was trying to seat jurors who were anti-death penalty. I told the court that I would prefer to execute the guys who had paid Ruiz: the Rodriguez brothers, dumb and dumber. They cut a deal for life sentences.
When the judge told me I was “dismissed for cause,” he also said, “but it’s been fun having you in my courtroom.”
Years ago, I looked at the site which then included their last meal. I spent at least a week reading their meal selection, their offense and their last words. I noticed that the vast majority of the executed had no remorse for their actions.
We still have some who’ve been wasting air for 40 years waiting on the needle.
Went to the SunRise Theater in Fort Pierce, Florida to see Ron 3 weeks ago.
He did a real good job as everyone went home happy.
Must be hard to show up every night and make a few thousand folk who paid their good money to see you all pleased to have seen you.
>> The judge gave him 55 years to life.<<
You’ve just described a perfect example of what people have come to expect in an uncivilized society. Because in any truly civilized society the savage who perpetrated that crime would have been tried, convicted, sentenced to death, and publicly hanged within 10 days of his apprehension.
>>We still have some who’ve been wasting air for 40 years waiting on the needle.<<
That exemplifies why I contend that America, and most western countries, are truly uncivilized societies. Because in a truly civilized society, from the day of apprehension to the public hanging of the convicted should be about 10 days.
I was selected for one jury in a civil case. An elderly lady slipped on some heating oil outside her building and broke her hip.
We were waiting to enter the room to hear the case when they said it was settled and dismissed us.
She waited seven years. Lawyers.
What is surprising...to me at least...is the number of guys who acknowledge guilt and express remorse for the suffering he caused. Seeing these statements I'm reminded of the "good" thief who was crucified along with Christ.
It’s kind of like Roberts rant when DJT pointed out that SC justices are political. They absolutely deny it, but anyone with half a brain knows it’s true.
Great quote!
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