Score One For The Death Penalty Crowd

The kind of stuff that will put a hop in your step.

Comments

[Aaron]

Was bound to happen at some point. When you execute as many people as Texas has, it's really just a numbers game. As anyone who works in a courtroom will tell you, juries don't always get it right. In my experience, I had 2 cases where both myself (as the defense attorney) and the prosecutor actually agreed after the trial that the jury probably got it wrong (one was an acquittal, the other was a conviction). I've had a couple more cases on top of that that I thought the jury missed it. It's just not a perfect system. One dominant personality in a jury room can change everything. A particularly charming lawyer, the political climate at the time, the demeanor of the accused or alleged victim... any number of things can sway the way a jury comes back. Which is why killing someone based on a jury decision is particularly scary. Yes, extra effort goes into the preparation and trial of a death penalty case, but it doesn't render the system flawless. This won't be the last case we hear like this either.

Dude's last words while strapped to the gurney were that he was innocent. Chilling.

[Jackie]

After time I read you write about your work, I think some higher power was really shining down on you in the Summer of 2000 or whenever.

I am envious.

[Art Vandelay]

This won't be the last case we hear like this either.

Nor was it the first.

Hey if Texas likes frying people so much they should put the idiot fire marshall in the chair. I bet that guy sleeps just fine at night.

[Jack Klompus]

"Hey if Texas likes frying people so much they should put the idiot fire marshall in the chair."

This was lethal injection.

[Mr. Kruger]

No reasonable motive, hair caught fire, testimony from a drug addled criminal and they still convict. Tell me capital punishment isn't an addiction. It's become entertainment again like 120 years ago.

[Kenny Bania]

Which is EXACTLY the reason we need The Running Man television show.

"Killian, here's your Subzero, now plain zero."

[H.E. Pennypacker]

Everyone should watch the movie "12 Angry Men" (the original 1957 version) -- especially people who are on juries for cases which could end in the death penalty (where it exists).

[Dr. Whatley]

Which is EXACTLY the reason we need The Running Man television show.

Hey Bania, who would host it today? Richard Dawson is too old and Drew Carey is one Michigan State baseball cap away from looking like Michael Moore, so he's out.

[Jack Klompus]

"Hey Bania, who would host it today? Richard Dawson is too old and Drew Carey is one Michigan State baseball cap away from looking like Michael Moore, so he's out."

Regis and Howie Mandel seem to be the most popular annoying-game-show-host types.

[Bookman]

Ted Nugent.

[Dr. Whatley]

Regis and Howie Mandel seem to be the most popular annoying-game-show-host types.

I volunteer the city of Flint as the host of the show. No set prep needed. Just let 'em loose.

[Kenny Bania]

I would want Jesse "The Body" Ventura to host it, but I doubt he'd be up to it. I can't really think of anyone that really meets my criteria for hosting a death game, aside from Dickie boy in his prime. Who really is that big of an asshole, but has so much charisma and confidence that you still like them? Vince Vaughn maybe?

[Jack Klompus]

"Who really is that big of an asshole, but has so much charisma and confidence that you still like them?"

Bill Clinton.

[jackie]

"Who really is that big of an asshole, but has so much charisma and confidence that you still like them?"

Jack Klompus.