[Cincinatus' Wife]

The Impending Execution of Milton Mathis

Milton Mathis executed for Houston double slaying -- HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Condemned Texas inmate Milton Mathis has been put to death for a double slaying more than 12 years ago in Houston.

The execution is the sixth this year in Huntsville. It was carried out Tuesday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected arguments the 32-year-old Mathis was mentally impaired and ineligible for the death penalty....."

[ConservaTexan]

If it were up to me, executions would be hangings from the goal posts at half time of the Texas/OU football game. How’s that for medieval populism?

[VRWCmember]

New York: A state with brains or balls.

[Little Ray]

I don’t care how stupid the perp is (was), fry him. We put down dangerous animals don’t we? He’s a dangerous animal.

[ArrogantBustard]

If you live in one a state such as New York or Massachussetts, where they outlaw the death penalty, or in New Jersey where it has not been used since 1976, or even in Pennsylvania, which has resorted to it only three times since 1976, and if you are tempted to back Perry for President, remember Milton Mathis.

Yes, indeed: Remember that in Texas (and Virginia) murderers don't get a chance to repeat their crimes.

[T-Bird45]

The article writer is as wrong as a football bat.

By his estimation, legitimizing homosexual marriage makes NY civilization superior to TX civilization where murder has consequences. Absolutely flies in the face of the rules of human civilization since time immemorial.

[Abathar]

"Mathis should have been detained for a very long time in a secure mental hospital, and he should have received treatment or therapy for his disability before, if and when it was deemed fit and proper, he was released into the community."

I would love to see Tony put his money where his mouth is. The next state that gets a multiple murderer released out of the system after only spending time in a mental institution until some doctor deems him fit to be free, Tony should rent him one of his rooms.

These people are all about abstracts and grandiose ideas, but when its their *sses on the line their story changes faster than you can blink.

[Sherman Logan]

How can one state prepare to take a massive step into the 21st century, while not 1,000 miles away another part of the same country travels back in time to the dark ages?

So where did all the angst about "pushing your values on others" go?

[Bockscar]

I respectfully submit that Texas is a state with conscience and compassion for the victims of crime instead of the criminals.
I, for one, am sick and tired of hearing how 'society failed' the 'criminals' when, in fact, it is just the opposite. It is the 'criminal' who failed society.
It is the responsibility of each individual to adjust to the norms of acceptable civilized behavior not the other way around.
Go Texas!

[Liberty Valance]

What's that New York? Speak up, I can barely hear you ...

WASHINGTON — New York will lose 2 of its 29 seats in the House, while New Jersey will lose 1 of its 13 seats, both as a result of population shifts recorded in this year’s census.

The losses will leave New York with the smallest Congressional delegation it has had in 200 years.

The largest gainer is Texas, which has been gaining seats in the House of Representatives since 1950, and this time, with 4 seats, it gained the most from one Census in over 100 years.

[presidio9]

Although the issue is controversial, it's a sign that the state is civilized and considerate, understanding that people should be allowed to love each other whatever their sexual orientation.

I stopped having a problem with so-called "gay marriage" here in NY when I realized that all non-religious weddings are actually just "civil unions" and nothing more.

That being said, how, exactly does the legal status of so-called "gay marriage" who or what a person chooses to love. That most recent episode of "Taboo" on National Geographic featured a guy who makes love to his VW bug. Last I heard, the FBI was not (repeat, NOT) on his case.

[Venturer]

How is allowing butt bandits to get married taking us into the 21st. Century. God Forbid.

As for this murdering sack of dog crap, I don’t care if his IQ is 27, if he is bright enouth to kill he is bright enough to die for it. AMF Milton , may the devil have fun frying you.

[Pollster1]

From other articles: "On December 15, 1998, Mathis shot three victims in the head with a .45 caliber pistol at a known drug house in Ft. Bend County, Texas. One of the victims, a 15-year-old girl survived the shooting, paralyzed from the chest down . . . In 2005, however, a Texas court rejected his claims of mental impairment, siding with prosecutors who characterized Mathis as a "street smart" criminal whose behavior indicated near-normal intelligence . . . a stay of execution and a review of his case was rejected without comment by the Supreme Court late Tuesday afternoon . . . "Mathis has suffered from obvious mental disabilities since childhood," wrote White. "He failed the first, fifth and eight grades and dropped out of high school in ninth grade." . . . Steven Rocket Rosen, who defended Mathis in his original trial, said there was "no excuse" for the actions of his client. But he said Mathis's mental problems were severe and had been aggravated by heavy drug use from a young age. According to court records, Mathis began smoking PCP and marijuana soaked in formaldehyde, known as "fry," as early as age 12."

It looks to me like this predator is a loser who damaged his own brain and then murdered two people before permanently crippling a teenager. He's lucid enough for this:

Turning to Melanie Almaguer, who has been paralyzed from the neck down since the shooting, and witnessed the execution, he said he "never meant" to hurt her, according to Clark. "You were just in the wrong place at the wrong time," Mathis said.

Good riddance.

[Salgak]

Civilized people shoot their own mad dogs. Barbarians just store them away for time of need. . .

And it’s obvious which state is civilized, and which is rapidly screaming headlong into a Dark Age. . .

[freespirited]

But he had an IQ of 62.

I find that nearly impossible to believe. People with an IQ that low don't utter sentences like the one he said to the woman he injured. Those are the words of someone with considerably higher mental capacity.

Reminds me of the creep who murdered Jessica Lunsford. His lawyers insisted he had an IQ in the same range. When I heard him talk I knew it was total BS.

[al_c]

How can one country produce such wildly differing moral landscapes?

Puh-leeze! What a self-righteous idiot this author is! So it's morally good to promote gay marriage but morally bad to execute someone proven guilty in a court of law of a double murder and leaving another maimed for life?

I'm not a proponent of captial punishment, but this is ridiculous.

[Austin Vet]

New York: A state that should mind its own damn business.

[SkyDancer]

After reading what his final words were he sure knew what he was doing.

[smokingfrog]

Milton Mathis was sentenced to death for the murder of Travis Brown III, 24, and Daniel Hibbard, 31. The two men were shot to death in their home in Houston, Texas. Mathis was 19 at the time. The victims were shot in the head with a .45 calibre pistol. Police believed the motive for the shootings was robbery.

On December 15, 1998, at approximately 8:00 or 8:30 a.m., a woman and her 15-year old daughter went to the home of a man named Chris. Chris rented rooms in his home to Brown and Hibbard. Travis Brown and Milton Mathis were in Travis’s room. While the woman, her daughter and Hibbard sat in Chris’s room, Chris went into the kitchen. Shortly thereafter, Chris heard gunshots from Travis’s room and turned to see Mathis exiting the room with a gun in his hand. Mathis claimed that Travis had just shot himself. Chris told Mathis to put the gun down, however Mathis ordered Chris and the other three back into Chris’s room where he walked up to the girl and shot her in the head, leaving her alive but paralyzed from the neck down. Mathis then shot Daniel Hibbard in the head, killing him.

Mathis was subsequently tried by a jury and convicted of capital murder. The jury then returned answers to special issues submitted under the Texas Criminal Code, which required imposition of the death penalty. On September 21, 1999, the trial court entered the judgment and sentence of death. On February 13, 2002, the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction.

[Ro_Thunder]

In a civilized society, he wouldn’t have murdered two people.

The people Mathis murdered in cold blood didn’t get free food, housing, clothing, or healthcare. They’re dead.

God judges, we don’t. We just arrange the meeting.

[Ro_Thunder]

http://blog.chron.com/thepeacepastor/2011/06/where-was-jesus-in-huntsville/

The “peace pastor” wonders where Jesus was during the execution.

My answer was simple - Jesus was busy taking care of the people Mathis murdered.