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Convicted Killer of Two Houston (Texas) Girls Executed
AP via KTRK ^
| July 11, 2006
| AP
Posted on 07/11/2006 4:33:57 PM PDT by COEXERJ145
(7/11/06 - HUNTSVILLE, TX) - Condemned murderer Derrick Sean O'Brien has been executed for the torture, rape and strangling of two teenage girls.
O'Brien is one of six gang members convicted in the 1993 slayings of 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman and 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena in Houston.
The US Supreme Court had been asked to block tonight's execution. O'Brien's defense argued there's no legal procedure for condemned Texas prisoners to challenge whether the drugs used in lethal injections could cause unconstitutional pain.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Front Page News; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: deathpenalty; execution; houston; pos; smf; texas
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To: GW and Twins Pawpaw; Dubya
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posted on
07/11/2006 4:34:35 PM PDT
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COEXERJ145
(Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
To: COEXERJ145
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posted on
07/11/2006 4:34:42 PM PDT
by
evad
To: COEXERJ145
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posted on
07/11/2006 4:34:51 PM PDT
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spanalot
To: COEXERJ145
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posted on
07/11/2006 4:35:42 PM PDT
by
socal_parrot
(I thought I was dancing until somebody stepped on my hands.)
To: COEXERJ145
Forgot to say this.
I'm going to be creating a ping list for Texas executions. Anyone who wants to be on it, let me know.
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07/11/2006 4:36:44 PM PDT
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COEXERJ145
(Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
To: COEXERJ145
May you and your gang burn in purgatory.
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07/11/2006 4:38:11 PM PDT
by
grapeape
("If your attack is going too well, you're probably walking into an ambush.")
To: COEXERJ145
God bless Texas, once again. Any word on what happened to his four co-defendants?
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07/11/2006 4:38:27 PM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(NYT Headline: 'Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake But Accurate, Experts Say.')
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
They're still on death row.
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07/11/2006 4:39:36 PM PDT
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COEXERJ145
(Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
To: COEXERJ145
A black and white gang? What is the name of this gang?
To: COEXERJ145
Sure enough, he's toast.
Just watched it on the local news.
Later, Playa. Word.
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posted on
07/11/2006 4:40:12 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
To: COEXERJ145; MeekOneGOP
If he had committed this crime just ten weeks earlier, he wouldn't have been eligible for the death penalty.
To: humblegunner
"Man, why ya'll Freepas be trippin?"
To: COEXERJ145
na na na na
na na na na
hey hey hey
goodbye
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posted on
07/11/2006 4:43:01 PM PDT
by
RDTF
("We love death. The US loves life. That is the big difference between us two.” Osama Bin laden)
To: COEXERJ145
I am going to go light a nice Helix cigar and crack a Fosters in celebration of the demise of that piece of turd.
May you rot in hell, and may the devil strip you of that honorable Gealic surname and call you Castro or Amin.
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07/11/2006 4:44:07 PM PDT
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ExpatGator
(Extending logic since 1961.)
To: COEXERJ145; Perdogg
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posted on
07/11/2006 4:44:15 PM PDT
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shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc. 10:2)
To: COEXERJ145
What is "unconstitutional pain"?
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07/11/2006 4:45:01 PM PDT
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Graybeard58
(Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: COEXERJ145; All
I have a question about something. I would really appreciate an explanation from anyone, and I thank you in advance.
"O'Brien's defense argued there's no legal procedure for condemned Texas prisoners to challenge whether the drugs used in lethal injections could cause unconstitutional pain."
Q: Is 'pain' defined in the constitution? Is there 'constitutional pain' vs. 'unconstitutional pain'? If I go to a dentist and experience pain, which might it be? Menstrual cramps? Labor?
Thank you.
To: COEXERJ145
Not all of them...their sentence due to age was changed to life in prison. Thanks to the stinkin' USSC....ruling...
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07/11/2006 4:46:37 PM PDT
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc. 10:2)
To: Graybeard58
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