Posted on 05/18/2004 6:29:44 PM PDT by new cruelty
Seems the criminals in Texas haven't noticed.
Did you know there were per capita, nearly TWICE as many burglaries in Houston than Los Angeles?
There are twice as many Larcenies in Houston than Los Angeles
And almost twice as many auto thefts in Houston than Los Angeles.
There are more forcible rapes in Houston than Los Angeles.
There are more robberies in Houston than Los Angeles.
And Houston is WAY above the national average for Murders.
Other cities in Texas, like Fort Worth are about the same.
Gee, and the Judicial branch of the State of Florida is still trying their damndest to execute Terri Schiavo, even though the legislative branch of the state passed a law fobidding it, and the Governor signed the law.
Poor Terri, if only she had committed some heineous crime, she might be spared execution!
Her crime against humanity? Well, she is a disabled, useless eater!
I often wonder why some people will fight tooth and nail to save a deranged convicted murderor, and yet think an innocent woman must be executed by the state ASAP, for being disabled.
And...? Did he kill them or not? That is the only relevant question. If so, than society did what it had to do.
We have a low repeat rate for murder.
W only commuted HLL sentence because he claimed to have killed dozens and gave specific details on several unsolved crimes. Plus he was terminally ill. BTW, you should have this dude. One eye always straying to the side, never looking at the subject at hand. F'ing POS. rot
Good point.
Why commute this one? I saw a documentary on Henry Lee Lucas once; the guy was very creepy to listen to. He had no conscience, no soul.
No argument from me there. But, he does make himself politically vulnerable when the Parole Board says "spare him" and he gives him the needle anyway.
If Perry someday tried to follow Bush to the White House, you know the ACLU, NAACP, Operation PUSH, the Congressional Bigot Caucus, the Nation of Islam and the rest of the race-baiting civil rights crowd would turn this murderer into James Byrd Jr. as fast as you can say Jesse Jackson.
Another murdeerous Palestinian bites the dust!
Then 'when' part of my inquiry is answered
correctly by... May 16, 2003,
when the board went from 18 to 6.
http://www.ncadp.org/html/texas-parole.html
Well if you kill someone in Texas we kill you back. If you don't like it stay out of Texas.
Sources?
Glad at least someone here sees this through the lens of reason.
You might want to also point out what the definition of mentally ill is.
Of course the concept of personal responsibility for one's decisions is deeply ingrained in the Texan psyche. Unless of course you are the Secretary of Defense.
I never knew that. Maybe I should move from Houston to Los Angeles, lol. Only thing is, the illegals are just as bad in both places.
What most non-Texans fail to understand is that Texas is not only a state but "A way of Life".
"In 1980 in Dallas and in 1983 in Palestine, Patterson was ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial on charges related to nonfatal shootings."
What I want to know is why he was ever allowed back on the street after this. What ACLU lawyer needs to be tarred-and-feathered because of this?
Ain't got the eggs to do what's right?
"You make me laugh, boy, I tell you what."
That was the intent, glad someone got it.
"Well if you kill someone in Texas we kill you back"
Unless of course you happen to be a mother that beats her kids to death with a rock (God told her to). Very consistent there in the'Lame Star State'.
TexMex street slang for balls. Sorry, I forget there are two kinds of people in the world, Texans.... and those who wish they were.
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