Texas death row inmate tears out own eye, eats it

Reuters ^ | Fri Jan 9, 2009

[nickcarraway]

A death row inmate in Texas tore out his eyeball with his fingers and ate it, leaving him blind after he gouged out his other eye several years ago, the state's department of criminal justice said on Friday.

"We don't know how it happened," said Jason Clark, a spokesman for the department. "There are no indications that he used anything other than his hands."

Andre Thomas, 25, was now in a secure psychiatric facility after he pulled out his left eye last month at the death row unit in Livingston in eastern Texas, Clark said.

Thomas was condemned for killing his wife, son and infant stepdaughter in 2004, according to the department's brief account of the case. Local media reports said he had ripped out the hearts of his victims.

Thomas was on death row since March 2005 but did not have an execution date. There are 373 inmates on death row in Texas, the Washington-based Death Penalty Information Center says.

[BallyBill]

See No Evil

[JTHomes]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[csvset]

Just a ploy. Kill the bastard.

[LukeL]

Listening to Howie Carr?

[library user]

Now he will get a new trial, be declared insane, not put to death and released from prison in 36 months.

[cups]

And we are supposed to feel sorry because????

[Doomonyou]

He might have some issues.

[A Cyrenian]

Do you think it tasted like chicken?

Why did the blind inmate cross the road?

To get something to eat! BWAHAHAHAHAHA

[TheWasteLand]

Maybe this criminal is a pirate and just wants an eyepatch for credibility.

[dead]

They should have kept an eye on this guy.

[alloysteel]

Just go ahead with the execution and put him out of his misery. We would not let a crazed dog continue to live that suffered this much trauma.

[Sopater]

Probably just a ploy to make it look like he’s too insane to be executed. Don’t fall for it.

[Troll_House_Cookies]

Are they sure his name wasn’t Bear Grylls?

[Operation_Shock_N_Awe]

An eye for an eye. He killed 3 people.... even if he rips out his other eye.... there is still one victim unaccounted for.....hang him.

[TornadoAlley3]

He was forced to watch Shep during Blago’s presser?

[cups]

Street cred is important in prison.

RRRRRRRRRR!

[Cementjungle]

I’m impressed! Give the man an extra half hour in the yard next week.

[MaxMax]

Eye’ll bet they didn’t see this coming.