Posted on 06/07/2005 3:56:35 PM PDT by Dog Gone
My clock says it is done. What a waste of life. I mean, what a totally wasted life not that he shouldn't be killed.
My clock says it is done. What a waste of life. I mean, what a totally wasted life not that he shouldn't be killed.
Sorry for the double post. FR seems to be running slow.
Sad. He thinks it's going to get better now that he's dead?
If you do the crime do the punishment be it live or death.
Notice he's not "volunteering" to have his throat slit.
as to what he's about to 'find' i'd guess he's about to jump from the frying pan into the fire. .
Bye, bye.
Actually the whole process takes about 15 minutes. Final statements and all that stuff, and then the staff takes a few minutes to examine him and declare him really truly dead.
Reading his history, he was bound to take the track that he did. It's sad that somebody or something didn't intervene to turn things around. Yes, he deserved death. As to where he is now, only he and God know.
At least the guy was willing to take the punishment instead of appealing and crying "I'm innocent" for twenty years.
In the immortal words of Curley Bill in "Tombstone": 'Well..., bye...."
Well, that's between him and his maker now.
why dont they just slowly starve inmates.. it would save tax money and be a detterent. let them fight over food and then there will be even less. its only logical . not like they will be good citizens. after all..... after they spend so much time hanging out with each other they will never change.
I agree. It is sad in the sense that he is a total waste -- he had an ugly, senseless life that has now come to its deserved end. That is different from the usual liberal lament that "it's society's fault" and "let's give him a few months of self-esteem counselling and release him."
and so do the rest of us.
Alexander Martinez, 28, who was the ninth Texas killer to be executed this year, made only a brief final statement, assuring his family and friends of his love. His voice trembled and at times was barely audible.
As he looked toward the one-way mirror that concealed the witness chamber from his view, Martinez repeatedly smiled and silently mouthed unintelligible words.
Witnessing the execution were his wife, Alisa Martinez, a British citizen who married him by proxy while he was in prison, and Laura Martinez, his sister-in-law. They wept softly as the lethal drugs began to flow at 6:10 p.m. Martinez was declared dead eight minutes later.
No members of the victim's family asked to watch Martinez die.
Two hours before the execution, Martinez, an eighth-grade dropout, gave a hand-written statement to prison officials. In it, he acknowledged: "I have caused much pain to so many people."
"I especially want to apologize to my victim's family for the life I took," he wrote in a flowing cursive script.
"I am only taking full responsibility for what I have done. I am truly sorry and though some may not believe this. God only knows the truth and for that I know that's all that matters. I am ashamed for what I've done!"
"Really just a waste of my time," Martinez said. "There are guys here who deserve a second chance, a third chance. I accept what's happening."
Cripes. Even a 'Dead Man Walking' thinks Death Row Inmates deserve SECOND and THIRD chances?!? One less Democrat in this world today; though I'm sure he'll still VOTE in upcoming elections. ;)
He made no excuses and took his punishment willingly, almost gratefull, it seems. I suspect there was a shred of humanity left in him after all the horror, and I hope he made his peace with God.
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