Texas Carries Out 12th Execution Of 2005

KWTX ^ | August 23, 2005 | KWTX

[COEXERJ145]

Robert Alan Shields, 30, was executed by lethal injection just after 6 p.m. Tuesday for the 1994 slaying of a woman who lived next door to his parents.

Paula Stiner, 27, was stabbed and beaten to death in her home in the Houston suburb of Friendswood.

Police said she was robbed and her car was stolen.

Shields’ attorneys were seeking a stay of execution Tuesday, contending that the inmate was trying to defend himself from Stiner, who was stabbed and cut more than two-dozen times.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused late Tuesday afternoon to block the execution.

[PaulaB]

God Bless Texas!!!!

[zendari]

They need to use the death penalty MUCH more often. Rapists, murders, child abusers? Off em quickly.

[nhoward14]

The forgot to include the statement from the executioner...

"NEXT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[Dog Gone]

I don't know why the courts didn't believe him. I generally rob people, stab them a couple dozen times, and then take their car in self-defense.

[Izzy Dunne]

I suppose it would be too brutal to use stabbing and beating as an official method of execution, wouldn't it?

[Boazo]

Another one bites the dust!

[Theresawithanh]

"...was trying to defend himself from Stiner, who was stabbed and cut more than two-dozen times."

Uh-huh. Nice. The only person who could dispute that is dead.

God bless Texas, indeed!

[ncountylee]

So long scum!

[Past Your Eyes]

Last one to be hung here in NH was in 1938. Pretty hard to believe that there hasn't been at least one in that time that deserved execution.

[359Henrie]

I think I'll light a candle...and pray for Texas justice here in California.

[SamAdams76]

And there's still four months left!

[COEXERJ145]

And there's still four months left!

7 more scheduled so far for this year including one woman.

[digger48]

Maybe if he'd have used the "I was just trying to give her an abortion" defense

[COEXERJ145]

[76834]

Personally, I think they should go back to the old way:
An oak tree and a noose.
Perhaps a guillotine, get the hear the thunk as the head falls into the basket.

But the "Magic Needle" works too.

[umgud]

12 in 8 months? That's only 1.5 executions per month.

[Drew68]

Shields’ attorneys were seeking a stay of execution Tuesday, contending that the inmate was trying to defend himself from Stiner

I really want to hear this argument purely for entertainment's sake.

[TexGuy]

12 in 8 months? That's only 1.5 executions per month.

I agree ... We need to step on and pick up the pace ....

[COEXERJ145]

Just depends on when the district courts set the executions. Some years there are 25-35 while other years only have 15-20.