Posted on 05/16/2014 2:12:23 PM PDT by Controlling Legal Authority
A Missouri inmate facing execution next week says he is scared that the lethal drug could cause him to suffer...
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Packs of dogs and flamethrowers.
The mortar, the merrier.
You have the wrong thread.
I hope it burns.
Yup. My bad.
GOOD!
On March 6, Bucklew returned to the trailer he had shared with Ray, found Michael Sanders, the victim in this case, there, concluded that Sanders and Ray were romantically involved, put a knife to Sanders’s throat and threatened to kill Sanders if Sanders ever came back to Ray’s trailer. Later that same evening, Bucklew returned to the trailer, found Ray alone, threatened her with a knife, cut her jaw, and punched her in the face before leaving. Ray reported all of this to the police.
Bucklew called Ray at work the following day, March 7. He threatened her again and promised to kill her, Sanders, and her children if he saw her with Sanders again. Ray moved in with Sanders, fearing to return to her own home.
Sometime during the night of March 20-21, Bucklew stole his nephew’s car, two of his brother’s pistols, two sets of his brother’s handcuffs, and a roll of duct tape. He left a note asking his family not to report his theft to the police. By the afternoon of March 21, Bucklew began surreptitiously following Ray as she left work and ran errands, ultimately discovering where she lived by following her to Sanders trailer. Bucklew waited for some period of time before he knocked on Sander’s trailer door. One of Sander’s children opened the door. Sanders saw Bucklew through the window , escorted the children to a back bedroom and grabbed a shotgun. Bucklew entered the trailer with a pistol in each hand. Sanders came into the hallway carrying a shotgun. Bucklew yelled “get down” and without further warning began shooting at Sanders. Sanders fell, struck by two bullets, one of which entered his chest and tore through his lung. Sanders dropped the shotgun. It went off and blew a hole in the trailer wall.
Bucklew aimed the gun at Sanders’s head but when he saw Sander’s six-year-old son. Bucklew fired at the boy instead. The shot missed.
Ray stepped between Bucklew and Sanders, who was holding his chest as he slumped against the wall. Bucklew invited Ray to drop to her knees. When she delayed, he struck her face with the pistol. He produced handcuffs, handcuffed her hands behind her back and dragged her to the car. The two drove away.
During the journey that followed, Bucklew demanded sex. When all of the acts he demanded were not performed, Bucklew raped Ray in the back seat of the car. Resuming the journey, Bucklew drove north on Interstate 55.
By this time law enforcement authorities had broadcast a description of the Bucklew car. Trooper James Hedrich saw the car, called for assistance, and began following Bucklew. They ultimately apprehended Bucklew after a gunfight in which both a trooper and Bucklew were wounded by gunshot.
Michael Sanders bled to death from his wounds.
It would deter future murderers if he suffered for years on end in the public square. Cruel but effective.
I wonder why no one has proposed using an overdose of heroin as the lethal drug.
It’s available as “seized property” at most police stations at no cost to the taxpayer.
Some murderers might stop “resisting” their final “high”.
And some kids might get the message: “Heroin kills!”
Huh?
I agree.
Bring back the rope.
It’s the best way to administer the death penalty.
Whenever I see a news story about one of these death row inmates being worried about an execution and trying to gin up sympathy for them, I always look for the story about what they did to the victims. One can be for or against the death penalty. But the idea of trying to generate sympathy for the monsters who commit these crimes, like this scumbag Bucklew, is disgusting. The scum deserves to be worried, just like the father he killed was worried for his kids. Just like the woman he raped was worried when he had her handcuffed in his car. Just like the little boy was worried when Bucklew shot at him. The idea that this article could even be written is disgusting to me.
This guy stalked his ex-girlfriend. Shot her new boyfriend to death, attempted to kill the man’s son. Kidnapped, raped, and attempted to kill police officers who apprehended him.
He deserves the death penalty and if there is any justice it will be very painful. But likely will not be painful at all.
Throw him in a coffin full of staving rats.
We can only pray that his deepest fears are realized.
Memories of being wronged can kill you if you don’t let them go.
But be comforted in knowing that it will be very painful for him when he is burning in Hell.
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