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Arizona executes killer who showed no remorse
Reuters (via Yahoo) ^
| 4/25/2012
| David Schwartz
Posted on 04/25/2012 1:37:04 PM PDT by South40
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posted on
04/25/2012 1:37:12 PM PDT
by
South40
To: South40
"I regret nothing." Well... OK. Step to Hell, please.
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posted on
04/25/2012 1:43:09 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
To: South40
Thomas Kemp, 63, was pronounced dead at 10:08 a.m.—His last words were: “I regret nothing.”
And then at 10:08 a.m. and 5 seconds his next words were, “Holy SH!T”.
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posted on
04/25/2012 1:45:24 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(***YOU GAVE it to Obama. I would have voted for NEWT.~Just livin' life, my way~)
To: South40
I’ve never understood why remorse is supposed to make a difference. When seeking release from prison, okay. Because in the old days it was a “penitentiary,” and you’re supposed to be penitent, and nowadays it’s all about rehabilitation, and regret is part of rehab. But for crimes that justify the death penalty, there’s no penitence, nor is there rehab. Because dead men can’t regret.
If the argument is that the deciding factor between going to prison or going to the grave is whether they’re sorry, I’m sorry, but that’s sorry. That should never, ever decide the issue, to my mind. Base the punishment on the crime, not how they feel afterwards.
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posted on
04/25/2012 1:45:57 PM PDT
by
Tublecane
To: South40
Why does it matter if he regrets it? Why should his “feelings” matter? Punish him for what he did, not how he feels. ....
Libtards, they have child-like minds; but they never grow up.
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posted on
04/25/2012 1:49:11 PM PDT
by
Hodar
( Who needs laws; when this FEELS so right?)
To: South40
The Texas Department of Corrections has lots of interesting stuff on their website...including the last statements of those executed there.It's surprising,to me at least,how many of them express remorse for their acts.Yes,some claim innocence to the very end but many do pretty much the opposite.
Good riddance to *this* punk.
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posted on
04/25/2012 1:51:22 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(Unlike Mrs Obama,I've Been Proud Of This Country My *Entire* Life!)
To: South40
Another piece of trash properly disposed of.
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posted on
04/25/2012 1:55:47 PM PDT
by
ZULU
(Non Nobis Domine Non Nobis Sed Nomini Tuo Da Gloriam.)
To: Tublecane
I think it is because we are looking for evidence that they are still human in some way.
Sadly a lot of them are simply demons in human form.
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posted on
04/25/2012 1:56:31 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(In most cases, revenge is not a good thing. In other cases, it's the only thing.)
To: South40
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posted on
04/25/2012 1:58:18 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
To: South40
Kemp, who acted with an accomplice, was sentenced to death in 1993 for snatching Hector Soto Juarez from outside his Tucson apartment, taking him to a mine northwest of the city and forcing him to disrobe. Juarez was shot fatally in the head.
At his 1993 sentencing, Kemp said his only regret was not killing an accomplice and unleashed a tirade against Mexican immigrants and the legal system, saying his victim was "beneath my contempt."
"If more of them wound up dead, the rest of them would soon learn to stay in Mexico, where they belong," Kemp said at his sentencing, according to court documents. "I spit on the law and all those who serve it." I have seen this sort of rhetoric more than once right here on FR.
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posted on
04/25/2012 2:00:44 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: dfwgator
Next!
I am with you, this guy was convicted a long time ago; put in the express lane and empty out death row. Then start advertising vacancy and the express lane!
To: South40
I guess the race of the victim was important now that the perp was white. Note how AP and Reuters leave that part out in the reverse. Agitation by design.
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posted on
04/25/2012 2:04:14 PM PDT
by
wac3rd
(Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers.....)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
“I think it is because we are looking for evidence that they are still human in some way.”
Who says it’s “human” to feel regret? Plenty of humans do evil things all the time without showing remorse. What’s so great about being “human,” anyway? it’s better than being a dog, yes. But there are billions of humans, and presumably any number of them are evil. I want to be better than merely human. I want to be a good human.
To: South40
Sheeeesh. Leave it to journalists to look for remorse.
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posted on
04/25/2012 2:26:27 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: South40
Why is it necessary to mention the victim was Hispanic?
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posted on
04/25/2012 2:28:37 PM PDT
by
manic4organic
(We won. Get over it.)
To: Hodar
Hey, if he doesn’t have any regrets why should we
at putting him down. Some dogs NEED killing.
“Next!”
When I was ten, my father was getting in the farm jeep
and there was a dog in the back that wouldn’t move,
first he growled at my dad, then he bit him.
My father didn’t hesitate a second , he had a mattock
in his hand and he planted it right in the top of
that dogs head. I had to take him down to the low
grounds and dump him out but later my mom pitched
a fit so had to go back and cut off his head to take
to pathology.
That dog had it coming, he CROSSED THE LINE in the
social compact between dog and man, just like this
guy.
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posted on
04/25/2012 2:36:00 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: manic4organic
Was he white hispanic or some other kind?
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posted on
04/25/2012 2:36:52 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: South40
19 years to execute this worthless pos?
Last week a murderer in Florida was executed after nearly 30 years.
Too damn long. Should take about 18 months including appeals.
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posted on
04/25/2012 2:38:54 PM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
((FUBO) Hey Mitt, F-you too pal)
To: Joe Boucher
three weeks is plenty of time. justice delayed is justice denied.
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posted on
04/25/2012 2:41:50 PM PDT
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: South40
His last words were: “I regret nothing.”
Last words here.
His first words at his next location were “Oh crap, I really screwed up!”
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posted on
04/25/2012 2:43:35 PM PDT
by
SECURE AMERICA
(Where can I sign up for the New American Revolution and the Crusades 2012?)
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