DEATH ROW--death penalty in America

[Lady Cop]

all in the family.



executed



execution in Sept.

Rodney Berget lives in a single cell on South Dakota's death row, rarely leaving the tiny room where he awaits execution for bludgeoning a prison guard to death with a pipe during an attempted escape.

For Berget's family, his fate is familiar - he is the second member of the clan to be sentenced to death.

His older brother was convicted in 1987 of killing a man for his car. Roger Berget spent 13 years on Oklahoma's death row until his execution in 2000 aged 39.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...z1wAyCgbJQ

[Jimbone]

this is not clear to me...will they execute those fuckers that killed the Petit family or not?? this is ambiguous.


(CNN) -- Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed a bill into law Wednesday that abolishes the death penalty, making his state the 17^th in the nation to abandon capital punishment and the fifth in five years to usher in a repeal.

The law is effective immediately, though prospective in nature, meaning that it would not apply to those already sentenced to death. It replaces the death penalty with life in prison without the possibility of release as the state's highest form of punishment.

more:

http://courantblogs.com/capitol-watch/wi...h-penalty/

This was quite a political dance they did... they waited to repeal the death penalty until after the Petit trial wrapped up, because the population of CT supports the death penalty - especially in the Petit case. So by waiting they allowed those two scumbags to be sentenced to death, then repealed the death penalty moving forward... in other words, everyone on CT's death row technically still has to be put to death. Everyone after the repeal gets a life sentence with no chance for probation.

So once again, the politicians played the public. They made them believe that the Petit murderers would be put to death, and everyone AFTER them will have life sentences.

However, talk to a death penalty lawyer and they will tell you... once a state bans the death penalty, those awaiting death will win in court to have their sentences converted. They will make an equal protection argument, and that will be that.

The 11 who currently sit on death row will still die in prison. They will just die of old age or natural causes.

[Duchess]

Sumbitch!

[Jimbone]

Aside from the Petit murderers, there are some real winners on CT death row with them. There's the guy who killed the 8 year old who was going to testify against him in another crime... there's the guy who kidnapped, raped, and murdered a 23 year old girl on his delivery route... as you'd expect, real pillars of society who deserve not to die.

[Duchess]

The murders of Dr. Petit's family blew my mind. That was one of the first criminal cases I ever paid attention to, I saw the pix, I read the accounting of what went down and it haunted me. I think about their terror and know that even my excellent imagination doesn't come close to what they felt.

[Jimbone]

It really was horrific... the video of Mrs. Petit from the bank is chilling. She probably thought they would be rescued after that already monstrous ordeal.

[Jimbone]

Well, at least one of them in California decided to save the state some money:

"One of Orange County's most notorious child killers has hanged himself on death row, the California Department of Corrections has reported. James Lee Crummel, 68, was found hanging in his cell Sunday afternoon at San Quentin State Prison.

The former Newport Beach resident made headlines in the late '90s when neighbors found out he was a child molester. But that was only a fraction of what he had been accused of over the years. As neighbors were putting the heat on, police were putting together a case against him in the 1979 kidnapping, sexual abuse and murder of a 13-year-old boy named James Wilfred Trotter.

The Costa Mesa boy disappeared in 1979 while on his way to school."

http://www.ocregister.com/news/crummel-3...olice.html

[Lady Cop]

this fucker gets it at 6 PM.



Two women are asking Mississippi's governor to spare their brother from execution, even though he killed four of their children, paralyzed another and stabbed one of the sisters.

Henry 'Curtis' Jackson Jr, 47, is scheduled to be executed today by lethal injection.
He killed the four children, aged between two and five, during a rampage that started when he went to his mother's home in Leflore County to take money from her safe on November 1, 1990.

His mother was at church that day, but Jackson's adult sister, Regina Jackson, was at the home with her two daughters and four nieces and nephews.

Regina Jackson was stabbed five times. Her two daughters and two nephews were stabbed to death. Another niece was so severely injured that she was paraplegic until her recent death.

Despite her loss and her injuries, Regina said she pleaded for her brother's life when she met with Governor Phil Bryant yesterday.

She wrote Mr Bryant a letter last month asking for a reprieve, saying she didn't want her brother to get out of prison and that she 'just can't take any more killing'.

She wrote: 'As a mother who lost two babies, all I'm asking is that you not make me go through the killing of my brother.'

She said that she had forgiven her brother over the years, adding: 'If they kill him, they're doing the same thing that he did. The dying is going to have to stop somewhere.'

Another sister, Glenda Kuyoro, and her husband Andrew also asked Mr Bryant to spare Jackson in a letter dated May 15.

Jackson's attorney, Robert Davis Jnr, of Tupelo, filed a clemency request with Mr Bryant's office last week.

Cliff Johnson, a Jackson attorney helping the sisters, said yesterday that the case was unusual because the victims were asking for clemency for the attacker.

He said: 'Much is said about the importance of respecting the rights and wishes of victims and their families. This case raises a very important question: Are we committed to honoring the wishes of victims' families when they ask for mercy, or do we hear those voices only when they ask for vengeance?'

Jackson has appealed the case over the years but hasn't been successful. He has said he doesn't remember stabbing the children, but testimony from his trial describes a horrific scene.

He cut the phone line before going in the house, according to the court record. Once inside, he demanded money and attacked his sister. One of the children tried to help, but he stabbed her, too.

At some point, Regina tried to fight him off with an iron rod, but he grabbed one of the children to use as a shield.

Regina testified at trial that she was in and out of consciousness after being tied up and stabbed in the neck, but she could hear her brother dragging a safe down a hall.

The noise woke up five-year-old Dominique, one of her daughters.

Court records state: 'Regina testified that Jackson called Dominique to him, told her that he loved her, stabbed her, and tossed her body to the floor.

'Jackson returned to Regina, stabbing her in the neck and twisting the knife, at which point she pretended to be dead until she heard him leave.'

Jackson turned himself in to police and confessed to some details. He was convicted and sentenced to death on four counts of capital murder after a trial in September 1991.
His mother, Martha Jackson, said yesterday that she had forgiven her son and planned to visit him before the execution.
She said: 'If I don't forgive him, God don't forgive me.'
Mrs Jackson said she was not sure if she would watch the lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.

[Lady Cop]

*yawn*

SAN FRANCISCO – Scott Peterson on Thursday filed the automatic appeal of his 2004 death sentence to the California Supreme Court, maintaining as he always has that he had nothing to do with the murders of his wife Laci and unborn son Connor.

Peterson's attorney, noted death penalty lawyer Cliff Gardner, filed the 423-page document eight years after a San Mateo County jury found the former fertilizer salesman guilty of suffocating a Laci and dumping her in the San Francisco Bay on Christmas Eve 2002. Peterson has been on Death Row since March 17, 2002.

[ramseycat]

I worked at my old job as an auditor when this case was going on. All of us girls were glued to it and followed every detail. While I don't think he could ever get a fair trial due to all the publicity, I do think he is guilty so it all works out. He needs to be excuted now. No more appeals. He is such a total scumbag murderer.

[Lady Cop]

re: post 229 ^



Fox News Channel San Francisco bureau correspondent Claudia Cowan and producer Mike Lundin recently submitted a list of questions to San Quentin prison on inmate Scott Peterson.

Peterson, who remains on death row for the murder of his wife Laci and unborn child, was a much celebrated suspect and defendant. Initially, after being found guilty, Peterson had pictures of his wife on the walls of his cell and was known in the tabloids as "Scotty Too Hotty" for all the letters he was getting in prison from women around the country. Prison spokesman Samuel Robinson supplied the answers to the questions about the latest on the life of Peterson on death row.



What is his daily routine?

He is allowed 5 hours of out of cell activities, which primarily consist of outside recreational activities (basketball, jogging, walking, and board games). Outside of the outdoor recreational activities, he is confined to his cell where he also consumes his meals.

Who visits him? Are there regular visitors that come on a weekly/monthly basis?

This is privileged information that I cannot disclose.

Is there any interaction (via phone or email) with the Rocha family?

This is privileged information that I cannot disclose. However, I can inform you that inmates do not have access to email.

What's in his cell? Is there anything out of the ordinary in it? Are there photos or mementos? Is there any chance for video or pictures from inside his cell?

There is nothing out of the ordinary in his cell. All inmates housed in California institutions are allowed 6 cubic feet of personal property. This can include legal documents, photos, letters, and items that they are allowed to purchase at the canteen (hygiene and allowable food items)

What is his current prison job and what jobs has he held while in prison?

He has never had a job assignment since his arrival here at San Quentin.

How often, if ever, is he in isolation?

He is single celled, as are all inmates housed on condemned status in the State of California. He has not been disciplined for any egregious behavior during his incarceration at San Quentin.

What is his general demeanor? Does he get along with staff and other prisoners?

He gets along well with other inmates and staff.

Is he subjected to attacks or altercations with other prisoners? How is he treated by other death row inmates?

He has not been involved in any altercations with other inmates and again, he gets along well with other inmates.

Is there a certain group or other prisoners he interacts with on a daily basis?

He is allowed outdoor recreation time with approximately 34 other individuals who are assigned to Condemned Row. They usually participate in the activities listed above.

How often does he meet with his attorney?

This is privileged information that I cannot disclose.

There were previous reports that he kept a picture of his slain wife Laci on a wall in his cell. Is that correct and is it still there?

This is privileged information that I cannot disclose.

A few years back he was lots of letters from women, earning the nickname “Scotty Too Hotty." Is that still the case?

Not as much as he initially received.

Does he take any classes in prison?

No.

[Lady Cop]

(CNN) -- Texas slapped the U.S. Supreme Court in the face, and the justices just took it.

On Tuesday night, Texas executed Marvin Wilson, whose IQ score was 61 -- low enough that it should have met any standard for "diminished mental capacity." Shockingly, the court did not intervene to stop the execution despite its 2002 decision in Atkins v. Virginia barring the execution of the "mentally retarded" as "cruel and unusual punishment" in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

Wilson played a role in the murder of Jerry Williams in 1992. He needed to be held accountable for his actions, even with diminished mental capacity. But he had the mental capacity of a first-grader, could barely match his socks and was fired from a car wash job for being too slow at drying cars. A clinical neuropsychologist with 22 years of experience concluded Wilson was intellectually disabled.

Texas got away with executing an intellectually disabled person because the Supreme Court allows states to determine their own standards of "mental retardation" and hasn't bothered to push back when states clearly ignore its ruling.

Flouting the heart of the Atkins decision, Texas decided that not all persons with "mental retardation" should be barred from execution, just those who "a consensus of Texas citizens would agree" whether they should live or die.

Unbelievably, Texas had cited the example of Lennie Small, the intellectually disabled ranch hand in John Steinbeck's famous novel written 75 years ago, "Of Mice and Men," to demonstrate this standard.

Steinbeck's son, Thomas Steinbeck, issued a statement before the execution: "I am certain that if my father, John Steinbeck, were here, he would be deeply angry and ashamed to see his work used in this way." He expressed shock that "Texas would use a fictional character ... as a benchmark to identify whether defendants with intellectual disability should live or die. I find the whole premise to be insulting, outrageous, ridiculous, and profoundly tragic."

The American Association on Intellectual and Development Disabilities was also disturbed by the lack of science and the reliance on "false stereotypes" in Texas' criteria.

In Georgia, prisoners are required to prove "beyond a reasonable doubt" that they are "mentally retarded." The state almost executed Warren Hill, a man clinically determined to be intellectually disabled. Fortunately, he received a stay of execution, though on other grounds. Clearly, some individuals who may not exhibit the most severe signs of disability will fall through the cracks.

Texas' standard leaves more than a crack through which the rare individual may slip. Wilson fell through a gaping hole because of the ridiculous criteria set by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Because the Texas Legislature failed to pass a law to catch up with the Atkins ruling, the state's high court stepped in.

full story:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/08/opinion/mo...?hpt=hp_c1

[Lady Cop]

A mother is battling to raise enough money to travel from New York to South Dakota to watch the execution of the man who raped and killed her nine-year-old daughter 22 years ago.

Tina Curl, 50, said she will only find justice when she watches Donald Moeller, 59, take his last breath from a 'front row seat' at his execution, scheduled for between October 28 and November 3.

'I have waited 22 long years for this,' Curl told ABC News. 'He watched her die and I am going to watch him die.'
Her daughter, Becky O'Connell, vanished on May 8, 1990 when she went to a convenience store a block from her home in Sioux Falls. Moeller grabbed her as she walked along the busy intersection.

An autopsy found Becky had been raped vaginally and anally and died of a cut to the jugular vein of her neck, according to court documents.

The youngster's naked body was found in a ditch in Lincoln County, South Dakota the next morning; she had been raped and stabbed, and died after her throat was slit, according to court documents.

they have a long way to go before they will witness the death of the man who snatched their daughter from them.

The couple will need to drive the 1,420 miles from their home to the execution as Tina is disabled; she said she has a bad heart and cannot fly.

And she said she will struggle to raise the money as receives just $721 a month for disability and can barely cover her bills, while her husband recently lost his job and is looking for more work.

[SIXFOOTERsez]

Update on this asshole ex cop, I think this guy has been in here before

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/b...7808.story

Court rejects ex-cop's final appeal before execution

Manuel Pardo, 56, former Florida police officer is scheduled to be executed for the murder of nine people 26 years ago. A federal judge denied Pardo's request for a stay Monday.

The Associated Press
7:19 p.m. EST, December 11, 2012



STARKE—

The execution of a former Florida police officer for the murder of nine people 26 years ago was briefly put on hold Tuesday evening.

The lethal injection of 56-year-old Manuel Pardo was scheduled for 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison in Starke, but it was delayed while waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to make a decision on his final appeals. The court rejected them without comment, allowing the execution to go on.

Officials said most of Pardo's victims were involved with drugs. Pardo contended that he was doing the world a favor by killing them in 1986.

Pardo's attorneys are trying to block his execution. They are arguing in federal appeals court that he is mentally ill, something his trial attorney believed more than two decades ago.

Pardo, a former Sweetwater police officer, was dubbed the “Death Row Romeo” after he corresponded with dozens of women and persuaded many to send him money.

[Sphincter Cop]

Juice him...........

[Sphincter Cop]

Former Florida Cop Executed for Nine Murders

Manuel Pardo was pronounced dead at 7:47 p.m. last night at at Florida State Prison in Starke. Due to a reported malfunction of the death chamber’s sound system, reporters could not hear Pardo’s final words, but according to prison officials, he said “Airborne forever. I love you, Michi baby.” Michi, CBS News reports, is Pardo’s daughter.

[Duchess]

Ta Ta. POS

Texas is set to execute Kimberly McCarthy by lethal injection on Tuesday, the first woman to be put to death in the United States in more than two years.

The execution is scheduled to be carried out at the state prison in Huntsville, Texas after 6 p.m. local time.

McCarthy, 51, was convicted of entering the Lancaster, Texas home of her 71-year-old neighbor, Dorothy Booth, on July 21, 1997, under the pretense of borrowing some sugar. She then stabbed Booth five times, according to the Texas attorney general's summary of the case.

She also cut off Booth's left ring finger in order to take her diamond ring, which she later pawned.

McCarthy also was believed to be responsible for the murders of two other elderly women, one using a meat tenderizer as a weapon and another using a claw hammer.

[Duchess]

She got a reprieve -

State District Judge Larry Mitchell, in Dallas, rescheduled Kimberly McCarthy's punishment for April 3 so lawyers for the former nursing home therapist could have more time to pursue an appeal focused on whether her predominantly white jury was improperly selected on the basis of race. McCarthy is black.

[ramseycat]

JFC I'm sick of the race card. She murdered 3 people! Execute the bitch.

[Jimbone]

What a piece of garbage this whore is. I guess it wasn't ageist that her victims were little old ladies, or racist that she was married to the founder of the New Black Panther Party.

Christ, she killed the women and then cut her finger of to get the ring! Stole her car, and drove it get crack. Pawned the victim's jewelry and was caught with the victim's credit cards and ID.

But yeah, a white jury railroaded her.

Fuck her.