Posted on 08/19/2025 11:05:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A grieving husband witnessed the Tuesday execution of the man who abducted and killed his wife from a Florida insurance office over four decades ago — stating he “made a promise” to see her tragic case through.
Randy White, 70, lost his wife, Janet Renee White, after she was abducted, raped, and stabbed to death by Kayle Bates in 1982 — just minutes after he last said goodbye to her, USA Today reported. Bates, 67, died by lethal injection at 6:17 p.m. Tuesday at Florida State Prison under a death warrant signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. It was the state’s 10th death sentence carried out in 2025.
The execution gave the widower long-awaited relief that he had finally reached the end of a nearly 43-year battle for justice in his wife’s killing.
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Why that would be “good” eludes me. Death sentence ought to mean death tomorrow morning.
100% agreed!
Your post reminds me of Murder on the Orient Express.
the judicial system should be severely reprimanded for such a delay - unconscionable!!!!
I thought it was bad when it took 20 years to execute the murderer of my sister. I can’t imagine waiting 43 years for justice.
Discrimination against thieving, murdering, rapists, maybe. A case like this makes all the things people say about lawyers being scumbags seem justifiable. How dare they waste the People’s money this way! And VETERANS begged for his life? Disgraceful.
Justice and revenge are not mutually exclusive. Revenge has strong survival value. If someone knows they can attack you without consequences, what is to deter the vicious?
It is hardly justice. Justice would require restoring the lost wife to life. Justice is elusive, unobtainable.
One enormous injustice is that with people who are reckless enough to commit murder, the chances are they will not survive 43 years. For most convicted murderers, being sentenced to death is likely to extend their lives. God knows how much additional harm they would cause on the outside.
Where da’ white women at?
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