Texas Puts Mentally Ill Killer to Death

AP ^ | MICHAEL GRACZYK

[CounterCounterCulture]

And another one down
and another one down
another one bites the dust

[Feckless]

His lethal injection renewed the legal quandary of whether it is proper to execute someone who is mentally ill

Quandry? Is that wimpese for "ain't got the huevos to do what's right"? We ain't got no quandries in Tejas.

[treeclimber]

Didnt he put someone to death first?

[TheBattman]

Exactly -

I just don't understand why a person who is "mentally ill" or "defective" deserves any less than someone who is not "defective". ANYONE who takes the life of another in cold blood is an animal that should be thinned from our ranks - period.

I must be really cold-hearted and un-feeling.....

[Dawgreg]

Yipee!

[76834]

Texas Puts Mentally Ill Killer to Death

Not really, he put himself to death when he decided to go on a killing rampage.
Good Riddence.

[familyofman]

Gotta keep the count up in (if it moves - kill it) Texas. One track minds all lead to dead ends. With all the executions in Texas they MUST have the lowest crime rate in the world by now.

[captain_dave]

I don't like the use of lethal injection as the form of execution. I think we should not use the implements and techniques of healing to cause death. An execution should be done with rope or rifle, in broad daylight, in public, accompanied by ceremony. The names of the murderer's victims and court's sentence read aloud</p>

[steelwheels]

With all the executions in Texas they MUST have the lowest crime rate in the world by now.

Don't know about the crime rate but you can bet the Great Lone Star State is a little safer tonight. GOD BLESS TEXAS

[76834]

You got that right.
Texas is a great place to live and raise a family.
Friendly folks, wonderful climate, fishing and hunting. You name it.
But dont come down here thinking of raping, robbing and killing.
You will be dealt with very harshly

[FreedomCalls]

[Ciexyz]

Sad case all around.

[sandbar]

And the point of keeping him alive would be?

What use is this person for society? Can't trust him to be released in the world again, and no point in keeping him alive in prison forever. Guess I am cold and heartless too.

[Kozak]

They have done a nice job of taking care of the backlog in capital cases. Certainly none of those will ever kill again.

[randog]

Wow, they killed a guy that might have formulated the Super-String Theory.

Then again, maybe he wouldn't have.... Next!!

[weegee]

Incrementalism of the courts. Mental "illness" is not mental retardation. If someone is psychopathic, they are mentally ill. Most serial killers would be inelligible for the death penalty if that were the case. The worst of the worst would get a free pass.

That's not going to fly around these parts.

[weegee]

Washington D.C.has the toughest gun laws in the country and that is just one little ol' town. Certainly they have the lowest gun crime, no?

A- A college degree is better than nothing.
B- Nothing is better than a good command of the English language.

Ergo from A & B, a college degree is better than a good command of the English language.

[Tall_Texan]

No agenda with this write-up, is there?

I may be the only one, but I don't equate mental illness with mentally retarded. There's a difference between being incapable of distinguishing right from wrong and having some emotional problems.

[Pearls Before Swine]

I just don't understand why a person who is "mentally ill" or "defective" deserves any less than someone who is not "defective".

Yup. What are we supposed to do--give him pills and therapy, turn him loose, and cross our fingers hoping he holds together and doesn't blow again?