US carries out 1,000th execution

BBC ^ | 12/02/2005

[NapkinUser]

The US has carried out the 1,000th execution since capital punishment was reintroduced in 1976. Kenneth Boyd, a convicted killer, was put to death by lethal injection in North Carolina for the murder of his estranged wife and her father in 1988.

He was given three drugs - one to put him to sleep, another to paralyse him, and a third to stop his heart.

Boyd, 57, has said the death penalty is "nothing but revenge". Relatives of his victims say he deserves to die.

Boyd was pronounced dead at 0215 (0715 GMT), state Department of Correction spokeswoman Pam Walker said.

Any hope of a reprieve ended when the Supreme Court rejected Boyd's final appeal and the North Carolina Governor, Mike Easley, said he could find "no compelling reason to grant clemency".

[NapkinUser]

Texas - 355
Virginia - 94
Oklahoma - 79
Missouri - 66
Florida - 60
Georgia - 39
North Carolina - 38
South Carolina, Alabama - 34 each
Louisiana, Arkansas - 27 each
Arizona - 22
Ohio - 19
Indiana - 16
Delaware - 14
Illinois - 12
Nevada, California - 11 each
Mississippi, Utah - 6 each
Maryland, Washington - 4 each
Nebraska, Pennsylvania - 3 each
Kentucky, Montana, Oregon - 2 each
Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, New Mexico, Tennessee, Wyoming - 1 each
US government - 3

[Lurker]

"nothing but revenge"

No Mr. Boyd the proper word is not revenge, it's punishment.

L

[Ultra Sonic 007]

I wonder who spent the time to keep track of this.

[coconutt2000]

QUAGMIRE

[msnimje]

"nothing but revenge"

Isn't revenge the reason he killed his estranged wife and her father?
It is okay for HIM to commit a revenge killing but not be the recipient of one?

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

I'm waiting for Ted Koppel to solemnly read the names of all 1,000 "victims" on live TV.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

US carries out 1,000th execution

NEXT!

[msnimje]

And

FASTER

[Lancey Howard]

Well, this certainly reverses the party hats.

When a milestone of death is reached in Iraq, conservatives pray for the families and somberly acknowledge the courageous sacrifice of our soldiers and Marines, whereas the Democrats jump for joy, shout the number to the rooftops, and calculate their chances for election success.

On the other hand, when a milestone for the death of cold-blooded murderers is reached, conservatives whoop for joy that the victims' families have (finally) received justice and closure, while the Democrats hang their heads and cry for the killers.

Weird world.

[flying Elvis]

And all of the hand wringing by the left fails to take into account the 37,000 kids have been murdered since 1976. I therefore consider 1,000 as not even close to what the number should be.

[Last Exit]

Family members said Boyd stalked his estranged wife after they separated following 13 stormy years of marriage and once sent a son to her house with a bullet and a threatening note.
The poor guy. A few novels shy of getting a dopey celebrity to go to bat for him

[Last Exit]

Bullseye, you hit it right on the head and thats why liberalism is a mental illness

[Tim Long]

[Bullish]

To Mr. Boyd:

Goodbye, turd.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

[LibWhacker]

In a prison interview with the Associated Press, Boyd said he did not want to be connected to the 1000th execution tag: "I'd hate to be remembered as that,"

Anybody going to remember him as that? Don't think I will. I sure don't remember #100 or #500, for instance.

[TeddyCon]

"US carries out 1,000th execution"

B o o H o o

[DryFly]

Other than Tim McVeigh, who else has been executed by the feds? Anyone, anyone...