Posted on 11/25/2009 10:07:42 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
Shortly after a jury sentenced John "Jordan" Lewis to death yesterday for killing Philadelphia Police Officer Chuck Cassidy, Lewis' attorney made a prediction. "I told John at the end of the case that he's not going to be executed," said Michael Coard. "He looked at me like I was crazy."
If history is any guide, Coard is probably right.
Lewis became the 222d resident of Pennsylvania's death row and the seventh man sent there for killing a Philadelphia police officer.
But since the death penalty was reinstated in the state in 1978, Pennsylvania has executed just three inmates, all of whom dropped their appeals and essentially volunteered to die.
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
“I told John at the end of the case that he’s not going to be executed
Just freakin wonderful. Maybe its a early April fool joke.
Only in America does being convicted of a capital crime increase your longevity and standard of living.
What’s the half life of a jamoke like this on the street? A lot less than on death row, I’ll betcha.
What a cruel joke! Only in America.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
Let’s see a pic of the Amish guy who did this!
Here is a hypothetical question:
Let’s say the family decided to (loudly and publicly) offer care to the family of a fellow prisoner that were to introduce the piece of zhit killer to sudden death. What would the legal repercussions be?
And Gov. Fast Eddy Rendell has no intention of executing justice.
In most jurisdictions solicting murder for hire is a felony and if such a murder occurs as a result, whether or not payment is made, the offerer is guilty of first degree murder.
As long as he rots the rest of his life in jail, knowing he will never be free, let him rot.
Ah, he’s wearing a seat belt.
Otherwise, the driver could be ticketed. :-)
You raise an interesting point. Imagine if a fellow-prisoner off’d this guy. The prisoner who murdered him would be executed long before the cop killer would have been executed by the state. And, he wouldn’t have Ed Asner and the Hollywood left pulling for him
On Dec. 9, 1981, Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested for the murder of police officer, Daniel Faulkner.
Only in America does getting convicted of a capital crime increase your standard of living, social status and longevity.
What are the chances that Abu-Jamal would be alive today if he hadn’t been convicted of murder? Almost zero.
What are the chances celebrities would return his calls if he wasn’t convicted of cop-murder?
What are the chances he would have spent most of the past three decades sleeping under a bridge, if he hadn’t been convicted of cop-murder?
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