Texas Executed the 400th Prisoner
The leading state for death penalties in the US, Texas, has executed the 400th person since 1982, the year when Texas resumed capital punishment.
The 32-year old prisoner by the name of Johnny Ray Conner was convicted for murdering, in 1998, the owner of a convenience store, located in Houston. Conner was the 21st man in the state this year, who was executed using the lethal injection.
Eight years he waited on death row. It is worth reminding that Texas resumed the death penalty after the Supreme Court lifted a moratorium on it, which took place back in 1976.
According to the Death Penalty Information Centre, after lifting the moratorium on death penalty 1092 have been in the row for the execution in the United States.
The execution of Conner took place in Huntsville, which is north of Houston. It was sharply criticized by the opponents of the practice, who stated that death penalty is inhumane and it cannot serve a way to make criminals fear.
It's a pretty sad day for the progression - or lack thereof - for human rights in this state, outlined Rick Halperin, the president of the Texas Coalition To Abolish the Death Penalty, which represents a non-profit organization the members of which are human rights activists, death row prisoners and their families; crime victims and their families, as well as persons who work within the criminal justice system and persons who argue against capital punishment on both religious and moral grounds.
Rick Halperin named executions barbaric and outdated. The European Union asked the state's governor to stop all executions before it carried out the death sentence of the executed prisoner Johnny Ray Conner. "Texans long ago decided that the death penalty is a just and appropriate punishment for the most horrible crimes committed against our citizens." stated the Texas Governor's spokesman, Rick Perry, in defense.
The prosecutors stated that Conner robbed the store at gunpoint. The prisoner shot a customer twice when the witness tried to escape. Then he deadly shot twice in the head the owner of the store, a 49-year-old woman.
Before the execution Conner asked for forgiveness and said that he loves his family. In addition he also said that his death penalty was wrong.
What is happening to me now is unjust and the system is broken, he outlined. It was the second out of five executions that are planned to take place this month. There are 10 more executions scheduled this year.
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//20 Feb 01, 2010 11:38 AM | posted by:
D.J. - uhh
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//19 Oct 20, 2009 09:46 PM | posted by: AM - //16, You are well intentioned, but naive - while we are waiting for the Judge of this World to exact vengeance on a murderer’s soul we have to protect ourselves and our fellowmen (and women and children). If you have a rabid dog do you put it sleep or do you do nothing and wait for it to die knowing in the meantime it might hurt other people?
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//18 Oct 09, 2009 09:35 AM | posted by: swine - youre all gonna die
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//17 Jun 17, 2009 11:20 AM | posted by: Unknown - How can he say what they did to him was unjust, when he took another person's life? Also, how can people say that it was wrong to execute him, even though he took another person's life, when women are killing innocient babies everyday! Now that is messed up.
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//16 Apr 04, 2009 07:14 PM | posted by: His Daughter - If people would seek the Lord God with all their hearts these kind of things wouldn't be happening.......let the judge of this world decide what kind of punishment these kind of people deserve if they dont turn from their wicked ways.
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//15 Feb 27, 2009 07:44 PM | posted by: GIRL & BOY - HHHHHHHIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!
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//14 Oct 01, 2008 05:28 PM | posted by: lulu - hi guys
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//13 Sep 25, 2008 08:36 AM | posted by: Unknown - I think that he dersevered it!
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//12 Sep 02, 2008 08:31 AM | posted by: chase gallops - the death penalty can only be as affective as thoughts dishing it out, but if a man takes the life of another man intentionally (for there are case such as self-defense.) then he is not deserving of is own life there for the death penalty is much for effective then letting prisoner rot in some hell hole. Because, if they did it once, they'll most likely do it again.
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//11 Jun 26, 2008 11:37 PM | posted by: jl - If they are believed to be scum of the earth for what they did then what does that make us for doing the same?
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//10 Mar 11, 2008 12:54 AM | posted by: Humane - Death penalty is wrong. How can you be sure itis the right thing? What about the people who are wrongly convicted? Two wrongs dont make a right and the justice system isnt always right. Ultimately we are saying murder is illegal unless your in the justice system with the power to make that call. What are we... in the 1800s?
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//9 Jan 14, 2008 11:30 AM | posted by: army strong - the death penalty is the way to go. much cheaper and it is quiet effective. Bring it back to NYS please!!!!!!!!
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//8 Nov 30, 2007 09:06 PM | posted by: Unknown - What is the current status of
WHAT IS THE CURRET SATUS OF DONALD DUTTO?
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//7 Aug 27, 2007 02:10 AM | posted by:
Maxriter [InfoMANIAC]
- Isolating is quite effective, accused people can sometimes be not guilty and mistakenly found so. Thus is death penalty really effective? Doubt so.
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//6 Aug 26, 2007 06:07 PM | posted by: Unknown - I wish calif. would do the same.
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//5 Aug 23, 2007 08:20 PM | posted by: i love texas - the death penalty is 100% effective at preventing the death row inmate from killing again. i say we execute child molesters too
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//4 Aug 23, 2007 06:28 PM | posted by: DG - If the death penalty is not putting fear in to criminal hearts, then please, tell us what would be more effective.
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//3 Aug 23, 2007 06:32 AM | posted by: kill them - i think a nuclear rocket shoved up there ass will stop people from doing bad things
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//2 Aug 23, 2007 06:29 AM | posted by: Unknown - im all in favour of public executions, bring back hanging and chopping blocks.. hang heads on metal spikes on landmarked buildings as a warning to all.
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//1 Aug 23, 2007 12:00 AM | posted by:
grumbler [InfoBIG]
- Death penalty is indeed inhumane, and it doesn't stop criminals, and it doesn't provoke fear.
