Condemned Murderer Endorses Obama

AZCONSERVATIVE ^ | 26 July 2008 | John Semmens

[John Semmens]

Mississippi death row inmate Dale Leo Bishop’s final words before being executed included an endorsement of presidential contender Senator Obama.

“Senator Obama offers hope for people like me,” Bishop asserted. “I have feelings, dreams, and aspirations. I don’t want to die.”

Bishop acknowledged that the election of Obama would come too late to save him, but still urged voters “to consider what kind of a world they want for their children. Do we really want a justice system focused on ‘an-eye-for-an-eye?’ Or do we want to ‘forgive-and-forget?’ Think about that when you cast your ballots next November.”

Senator Obama averred that “there is wisdom in what Mr. Bishop said” and vowed to “change our thinking about what constitutes justice.”

“Mr. Bishop is just one of a multitude of victims of an oppressive economic system that forces people into ‘wage slavery,’” Obama contended. “When I am president I will initiate programs to fill the ‘love gap’ that exists for so many of these unfortunates. They can know that they will be nurtured and provided for by an Obama Administration. They will have no need to commit crimes. This is my promise to the American people.”

Bishop was executed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary on July 23 for his role in beating Marcus James Gentry to death with a hammer in 1998.

[Always Right]

for his role in beating Marcus James Gentry to death with a hammer in 1998.

What a brutal way to kill someone.

[reg45]

At least he won’t get a chance to vote for his Beloved.

[mgc1122]

Guess he’s still going to vote come November with a little help from the local rat party ...

[highlander_UW]

“Senator Obama offers hope for people like me,” Bishop asserted. “I have feelings, dreams, and aspirations. I don’t want to die.”

I bet the person you murdered might have said the same thing if you hadn't snuffed it out, pig.

[reg45]

Obama: “If I had a hammer ....”

[usmcobra]

“Senator Obama offers hope for people like me,” Bishop asserted.

I guess the last thoughts he had were of this New Messiah.

Hope for unapologetic murderers....

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Senator Obama averred that “there is wisdom in what Mr. Bishop said” and vowed to “change our thinking about what constitutes justice.”

“Mr. Bishop is just one of a multitude of victims of an oppressive economic system that forces people into ‘wage slavery,’” Obama contended. “When I am president I will initiate programs to fill the ‘love gap’ that exists for so many of these unfortunates. They can know that they will be nurtured and provided for by an Obama Administration. They will have no need to commit crimes. This is my promise to the American people.”

If this site isn't humor, then Obama is a much bigger ass than I ever imagined.

[harwood]

Don’t be so sure....ACORN will register him..

[John123]

Interesting that Obama and “victimization” was the last thing on the condemned mind and not the regret for beating a man to death with a hammer...

[Always Right]

Bishop was executed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary on July 23 for his role in beating Marcus James Gentry to death with a hammer in 1998.

Kind of a nice way to put it. Makes it sound like Bishop only played a small part. Yes there was another fellow involved. However the other guy held Gentry while Bishop took the hammer to him.

[nuconvert]

yes, let’s all “forgive and forget” that he beat a man to death with a hammer.

[Pinkbell]

“Mr. Bishop is just one of a multitude of victims of an oppressive economic system that forces people into ‘wage slavery,’” Obama contended.

Socialist rhetoric...

“When I am president I will initiate programs to fill the ‘love gap’ that exists for so many of these unfortunates.

There's that, "WHEN I am President" again.

They can know that they will be nurtured and provided for by an Obama Administration. They will have no need to commit crimes. This is my promise to the American people.”

Oh for God's sake. The Messiah promises to initiate programs that will end the need to commit crimes; like there is a need to commit crimes now of course.

[Mojave]

Followup story: Executed murderer Dale Leo Bishop votes for Obama on election day.

[kcvl]

his role in the claw hammer killing of Marcus James Gentry on an isolated dirt road near Saltillo in North Mississippi.

According to the trial record, on 10 December 1998, Marcus Gentry, Dale Bishop, Jessie Johnson and Ricky Myhand were in a car in Saltillo, Lee County, Mississippi. Johnson asked Gentry, who was driving, why he had informed on Johnson’s brother to the police about some burglaries. Johnson, who was in the front passenger seat, then picked up a hammer and hit Gentry in the head with it. Bishop, in the rear passenger seat, grabbed Gentry and Johnson hit him in the head again. After Gentry jumped out of the car, Johnson told Bishop to catch him. Bishop did so, and Johnson proceeded to repeatedly strike Gentry with the hammer. Bishop and Johnson dragged Gentry’s body into some bushes, and they themselves hid in the woods until their arrest three days later.

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A younger brother is also incarcerated in Mississippi and is serving time following a manslaughter conviction.

Bishop ate a last meal of pineapple supreme pizza, cherries and ice cream and four root beers.

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"For those who oppose the death penalty and want to see it end, our best bet is to vote for Barack Obama because his supporters have been working behind the scenes to end this practice" said Dale Leo Bishop

[kcvl]

Bishop, 34, would be the youngest person executed in Mississippi since the late 1980s, when the state's method of execution was the gas chamber. His would also be the swiftest death sentence carried out in years, which authorities attribute to his request in 2000 to die — and changes in state and federal laws dealing with appeals.

[kcvl]

The attack began in Gentry's car after a night of drinking and drug use and continued on an isolated road near Saltillo in north Mississippi, court records show. When Gentry tried to run, Bishop chased him down, holding Gentry while Johnson bludgeoned the 22-year-old victim. Prosecutors said Gentry was hit 23 times before the hammer lodged in his throat. The man was left for dead in bushes along the dirt road.

Bishop said he later changed his mind about wanting to die after being prescribed medication for the bipolar disorder that was diagnosed in prison.

[kcvl]

“I ain’t never gonna ask God to forgive me. So you ain’t got to worry about me ever seeing Mark,” Bishop said in the court record. “I ain’t going to heaven; I won’t allow it. For what I did, I deserve to die.”

[wardaddy]

this is a satire piece....it should be clarified.

[kcvl]

declared that he was bound for Hell and asked the court to do what Gentry’s family wanted to do: kill him. The judge said, “Mr. Bishop, I’m going to grant your wish.”

human rights organization Reprieve notes:

Reprieve volunteers assisting on the case gathered documents and witness statements which proved that Bishop suffered from a chronic mental illness (bipolar depressive disorder, formerly known as manic depression) and had undergone horrific trauma when he was young,

Dale Bishops father was an abusive alcoholic who beat his wife and children including Dale Bishop on a weekly basis. The family was incredibly poor. When Dale was an infant, the family had no running water, no indoor bathroom, and no money.

But, the KILLER COULD BUY ALCHOL & DRUGS!

the murder took place after a two-week drug binge and that they had been smoking marijuana, and injecting crystal meth and cocaine prior to the crime,”