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Man executed in taxi driver's fatal shooting (TX)
The Associated Press ^
| Aug. 30, 2007
| MICHAEL GRACZYK
Posted on 08/30/2007 12:55:53 PM PDT by Dubya
HUNTSVILLE -- A man who served prison time in California as a juvenile for his role in the slaying of his stepfather was executed Wednesday night for the robbery and slaying of a San Antonio taxi driver 13 years ago.
Speaking slowly and barely above a whisper, John Joe Amador, 32, said in a brief statement from the gurney: "God forgive me. God forgive them, for they know not what they do. After all these years, our people are still lost in hatred and anger. Give them peace, God, for people seeking revenge toward me."
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posted on
08/30/2007 12:55:54 PM PDT
by
Dubya
To: All
A man who served prison time in California as a juvenile for his role in the slaying of his stepfather was executed Wednesday night for the robbery and slaying of a San Antonio taxi driver 13 years ago. With good moral charter like this he Perry should have let him go.
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posted on
08/30/2007 12:57:50 PM PDT
by
Dubya
(Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
To: Dubya
One thing this gentleman won’t hear is, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant”........
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posted on
08/30/2007 12:58:10 PM PDT
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Fred Thompson for President)
To: All
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posted on
08/30/2007 12:58:43 PM PDT
by
Dubya
(Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
To: Dubya
Give them peace, God, for people seeking revenge toward me"
It's not revenge, it's justice.
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posted on
08/30/2007 12:59:53 PM PDT
by
The Lumster
(USA - where the innocent have nothing to fear!)
To: Dubya
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posted on
08/30/2007 1:00:36 PM PDT
by
Lurker
( Comparing moderate islam to extremist islam is like comparing smallpox and ebola.)
To: Dubya
God forgive them, for they know not what they do. Oh yeah, we know what we're doing. It just should have been done to you a long time ago. It's about 13 years late.
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posted on
08/30/2007 1:02:01 PM PDT
by
Reagan is King
(Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave.)
To: Dubya
“After all these years, our people are still lost in hatred and anger.”
***
The guy still doesn’t get it.
To: Dubya
It’s amazing how the condemned find faith at the last minute.
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posted on
08/30/2007 1:03:08 PM PDT
by
spower
To: Dubya
The State of California should have executed him when he killed his stepfather and it would have saved a life and the taxpayers of Texas a lot of money.
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posted on
08/30/2007 1:03:16 PM PDT
by
HwyChile
To: Dubya
"our people are still lost in hatred and anger"
Can't imagine why "our" people are so lost in hatred and anger just because John Joe felt like blowing away their Dad.
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posted on
08/30/2007 1:03:31 PM PDT
by
Hi Heels
(Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult)
To: Dubya
Sounds like he subscribed to the same brand of “Christianity” that Karla Faye Tucker did.
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posted on
08/30/2007 1:04:15 PM PDT
by
wideawake
(Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
To: Dubya
As opposed to the mercy he had for his fellow man...
Boo Flippin Hoo, I say...
Now, he’s hangin’ with Tookie - writing children’s books in hell.
Justice Served.
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posted on
08/30/2007 1:04:50 PM PDT
by
rock_lobsta
(Doing my part to warm up the planet... Because Bikinis Beat Burkas!)
To: Dubya
Texas: Doing the *necessary* jobs that Californians think are too “icky” to do.
We paid too high a price for California’s squeamishness.
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posted on
08/30/2007 1:06:00 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: wideawake
Yeah he’s right up there with Jesus, all right.
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posted on
08/30/2007 1:06:45 PM PDT
by
TNCMAXQ
To: Dubya
This scum lived about 12 years too long!
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posted on
08/30/2007 1:07:35 PM PDT
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto)
To: Dubya
Did him back up, and hang him for good measure.
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posted on
08/30/2007 1:09:33 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
To: spower
“It’s amazing how the condemned find faith at the last minute.”
***
Some “faith” — more like another excuse for his behavior. “Society” made him do it and “Society” is inflicting revengue upon him.
Whatever this is — it’s definitely not any viable “faith” I know of.
To: spower
And how much you wanna bet, these aren’t his words...someone from one of those anti-execution groups probably wrote it for him? Sounds something like their rhetoric.
To: The Lumster
For all the “Judge not” crowd -
We don’t judge their souls, we punish them for their crimes then we send them up to the Big Guy just as fast as the court system allows so He can judge them.
He has more mercy then they showed their victims.
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posted on
08/30/2007 1:12:47 PM PDT
by
PeteB570
(Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
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