Death Penalty Countdown: Execution Day Arrives for One Arkansas Family | NBC News

Just miles away from death row in Arkansas, Genie Boren waits for the scheduled execution date of her husband’s killer, Kenneth Williams. Williams is one of the previously eight scheduled executions in a 10 day span in Arkansas.
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Death Penalty Countdown: One Family Waits For Execution Day In Arkansas | NBC News

[@Photron52]

As far as I am concerned the state(where ever it happens) is torturing the family of the victim when they draw it out like this.

[@jrs6266]

Gecxid Rureel ....the state ? It’s the convicted person and their legal representation that are prolonging this

[@buffdaddy2032]

Agree

[@michaelpriestiilovemusic9428]

The state has the idea

[@michaelpriestiilovemusic9428]

@@jrs6266 lol k

[@michaelpriestiilovemusic9428]

The state has the best

[@christiekraczek6522]

In cases that are 100% proven guilty, they should have a death date given. Not let them live on death row, breathing, eating, contact with other humans. They took the life of an innocent, theirs should be taken just as quickly as they murdered the victims.

[@bluebird2594]

Christie Kraczek I totally agree with you.

[@bigsausage9040]

And I think their life should be taken the same way.

[@salsanchez4633]

Stupid dumass

[@neptunedawn7121]

There are people who were "proven guilty" who were actually innocent. Jonathan Fleming was "proven guilty" of a murder that took place in New York City when he was actually in Orlando, Florida at the time. It was very easy for the prosecution to "prove" Fleming guilty when the Orlando police withheld a phone receipt that was in Fleming's pocket when he was arrested. The Innocence Project used DNA evidence to get people--some who have been sentenced to death--exonerated.

[@lushfanatic8028]

But they are never 100% proven guilty. That’s why appeals exist.🤷🏼‍♀️Innocent people have been executed due to appeals being denied.

[@700joshr]

The real tragedy is it took 17 years for justice to be delivered.

[@tradingpost2472]

Joshua R No! The real tragedy is You & You type were born!☠

[@norml6874]

Trading Post your type not you type... spell your burns correctly!

[@janquise6030]

Joshua R 😂😂😂😂

[@rrussell8403]

true that, with his health so poor I bet the Ohio taxes spent to house and feed is alot of money, outrageous to keep him and even more to let him live.....

[@theprototype1619]

Joshua R am I the only one who thinks the death penalty is wrong?

[@molehog]

Not killing seven men...killing seven cowards

[@molehog]

Hahaha definitely not

[@kevindarrem3969]

just ban guns

[@cipher0006]

How does killing make one a coward?

[@lewisgriffin9684]

If they are cowards so is the state

[@williamcook906]

Kevin Darrem guns are for self defense

[@bosnmatecaddie]

He made the ultimate decision, he paid the ultimate price! Enough Said!

[@brodiedeakin4493]

I agree with what you say in England we don't have death penalty life is 25 years then out.

[@brodiedeakin4493]

For serious crime in England life for a life never getting out if proven guilty. Too soft here let out early for time served no do life

[@brodiedeakin4493]

The death penalty is so final for all families even for perpetrators family ,the grief must be unbearable and the waiting for execution. When a crime in England is committed of murder and its heinous especially children then a life sentence is given it has to be full life ie like myra hindley and Ian Brady

[@mazariqbal9514]

Funny how when it's your own life on the line you start by lodging appeals to court, Didn't the victims beg for their lives too...murderers are cry babies when their own time is near, should of thought that before doing the crime...

[@andrewduquette1508]

let the families choose the type of execution, to those proven 100% of guilt.

[@DozensOfViewers]

Nobody is ever proven 100%

[@antwonnyy]

DozensOfViewers if there’s a surveillance video of someone shooting another person to death, that person is clearly 100% guilty

[@NicoleKe]

Why? What part of that brings the family member back? It’s stupid.

[@timothyarcher7611]

Absolutely that would be justice! Let the family decide on the death! We do need the death penalty here in Australia, for our corrupt politicians anyway!

[@irisheyesofbelfast]

@@NicoleKe and they would suffer more having to spend their life in prison. Execution is an easy way out.

[@grxygxds]

The sad thing is that people fight day and night for bad people. People working tirelessly to get bad people back onto the streets.

[@bluebird2594]

Romulan kush88 public defenders should have to live in the same cell as their guilty client to observe them and see why they are in prison.

[@pontifixmax]

My opposition to capital punishment has little to do with sympathy for the perpetrators of these horrible crimes. Rather, it's about expecting more from the behaviour of the state than I do from ruthless killers.

[@avarosefleck]

depending on the crime, i think that people should get a second chance or at least life in prison. i know that there are consequences and things and i support consequences but i don’t agree with killing them. we all make mistakes. we are all human.

[@JM-qr8qz]

@@pontifixmax Why the state? The state didn't do anything. How about expecting better from the inmates? The criminals? The state did nothing wrong but take someone who is not fit to be in society in prison. Why do you not hold inmates accountable for their actions? But the state?

[@JM-qr8qz]

@@avarosefleck Guess murdering someone is a mistake. If anyone murders a family member of yours I am sure you'd be okay with a simple "I'm sorry" from the criminal. He'll let him walk free after a year. Or better no time. Just a mistake right? What about those that have murdered several. Mistakes I assume? The criminal is only human right? Maybe he'll change. Maybe it hasn't changed the victims lives for the worst. Maybe they were better off dead since they it was a simple mistake. What about ones that murder inside prison? They are already in there for serious crimes and yet the commit a higher offense incarcerated?

[@normanhowe4938]

Living with hate in your heart is like you drinking poison and waiting for the person you hate to die..forgive, so your heavenly father can forgive you.

[@inokeqarau5152]

Amen

[@BrianK49]

Our Heavenly Father grants forgiveness upon confession AND repentance of the guilty - 2 Corinthians 7:10

[@quartusbuys6831]

Easier said than done!

[@sayshagrifo9427]

The daughter said it right there “they were openly discussing the death penalty and she had a different opinion to mine but that doesn’t mean she was wrong or that I was right”, at the end of the day we as humans can try until we are blue in the face to stop the death penalty or be for it, we will all pay one day.

[@charlesciminera5881]

I agree

[@Sonia1474]

The fact it could take 2 hours for the person to actually die is crazy Imagine having 2 hours of pain Especially if your innocent

[@skitty449]

It’s inhumane to make anyone suffer like that for two hours. It’s disgusting enough they were trying to shove all these people through the executions.

[@joannemcfadden6405]

Firing squad is quick and instant!

[@idontextback]

Women ho through labor for sometimes a day or more - great pain - just inhumane. People who whine about the suffering of the executed should try being the murder victim, then they'd S T F U

[@LowkeyUzi2614]

Well there's 3 drugs they all do different things. One makes the person Unconscious one paralyze the persons body and the final stops their heart

[@misterdeeds2172]

@@joannemcfadden6405: No, that's not always true. Many who have faced a firing squad did not die instantly. The are few methods of dying which actually do result in immediate death. But if the standard you're seeking is an instant death here are a few sure-fire methods you might want to endorse in the future. 1. Exploded. All that is required is about 5lbs of C4. A vest similar to those suicide bombers often use would work instantly. Here one second, vapor the next. We could send all death penalty prisoners out with a really big bang. One downside, though, is the cleanup. You know, bits of this and that flung through the air in all directions at speeds faster than sound. Now that's a major clean up project. 2. Crushing. No, I not talking about setting a large heavy object on top of the condemned. I'm talking about dropping a ridiculously heavy object on the condemned that has allowed to freefall from above for 20 feet or so. Imagine, if you will, the prisoner is walked out and restrained in a face up prone position. He or she has been blindfolded and a hood place over the head. The surface bound to is a concrete pad with a large, thick steel plate bolted to it. Above the spot were the soon to be 'squashed-like-a-bug prisoner has been placed is a 100 ton flat-bottomed object. Upon the Warden's order the object is released. Instant bug goo. No that's immediate. That's instant. That's a clean up requiring a sponge and a bucket. Need more examples of instant, immediate ways the government can take lives? I can come up with more if necessary. Then again, maybe we should forego this barbaric notion of justice and accept that what we are really talking about is revenge or retribution. And here's another argument for why this should become a thing of the past: no matter how quickly we take a life we cannot reverse the act once carried out. Our criminal justice system is simply too imperfect to risk handing down sentences that cannot be reversed, should the system be proved once again to have gotten it all wrong.

[@violetwagner7588]

The messiah says there are two roads. A broad road, and a narrow road. One leads to eternal life, one leads to destruction. A many take the broad road.

[@yvonnemajor6704]

Violet Wagner yes they do!

[@dianabeurman9937]

Agree

[@DHarri9977]

Actions have consequences these people are not the victims the people they killed are the real victims. The criminals had a choice and they made it in choosing the time of someone else's death and the fact that our legal system allows them to live many years after their crime is a flaw in our system in absolute cases of murder.

[@jadeliu4992]

The problem is that there are many people who get falsely accused and convicted of murder and whose names would not have been cleared had there not been this time delay.

[@thomasspringer5187]

Dharri it's an issue of morality, and an integral consciousness of morality to forgive . God said vengeance is his , so if you believe God you would forgive anyone for anything and put your trust in God's righteousness .

[@trudygolding1077]

dont forget though the families are too victims, i say that because they too suffer from any losses etc,

[@bluebird2594]

Dharri does that include abortions. I mean abortion is murder isn't it.

[@matt4048]

The justice system should operate on a system of justice. What it sounds like you want in your post is vengeance.

[@hellasowb3036]

I don't mind the lengthy appeal process over actual innocence or guilt. I would prefer the firing squad then no problems with failing drugs.

[@roblloyd8453]

hellasow b As long as the shooters AIM true to SHOOT true.

[@RaccoonJinchuriki]

While I oppose the death penalty- mostly because there is a chance that an innocent person would be sentenced to die- I am inclined to agree with the lady in this- if the death penalty is absolutely necessary they should bring back the firing squad. It would be faster, cheaper, and ultimately less likely to be botched than any of the other methods available today or in the past- provided they aim well enough.

[@lesterhall5145]

I don't know how I would feel if it was someone I love who was killed but I do know that I myself would not want to watch the killer die or would I be glad he was dead but I think I would be happy if he was doing life in maximum security because you probably are in fear for your life everyday there.

[@TypeOneg]

Execution would never make the pain go away - my SON was responsible for the death of his 2 mo old son, who I didn’t get a chance to meet due to distance - how should I feel? Seriously.

[@christiekraczek6522]

Victoria Love well, if he was someone you did not know that killed your grandbaby, would you want HIM executed? Son or not, justice should be the same as any other murderer.

[@RueBroadway]

Because of the 8th Amendment. It's gruesome, painful, and has too much room for error. Also, death by firing squad has a particularly communistic and dictatorial ring to it. It goes from being a loss of life, to suffering.

[@moonglow1311]

Jade 1

[@ok.s4830]

As long as innocent people are being released from prison 15 20 years later The Death Penalty should never ever be an option! 1 problem how will you explain to a dead man that you got the wrong guy!

[@chrisferris2444]

Two wrongs dont make a right.

[@annetteslife]

@Randy So Cal some are innocent but many are not

[@harajukubarbie4444]

Agreed

[@nov6liartist489]

I'm a firm believer in the death penalty, and will always be. I don't care how sadistic it is; Make them feel what their victim(s) felt.

[@phoenixrising4995]

I'm pro death penalty as well. However we need to do it cheaply and quickly. In Japan you get 1 appeal so use it wisely or your toast. I think the appeals process in America is too long and that's the real "cruel and unusual punishment". The methods also need to be cheap and effective no botching, up to 10% of lethal injections take over 30 mins now because all of the drugs. They need to use the firing squad or guillotine instead, they are a lot cheaper/quicker and can get the execution line moving again.

[@missmidnight71]

And in the exact same way their victims died!!

[@responseability2624]

"I'm not sure what the word "closure" means" .... For some reason that hit me pretty hard

[@skitty449]

Very relatable, to be honest.

[@SteveRayDarrell]

it doesn't mean anything, it's one of those vague concepts that make no sense and are used to justify horrible crimes like murdering a prisoner.

[@kennykendo6410]

Death penalty dont scare nobody cause most people dont think before they act..

[@felicitasstrong8507]

I disagree it does not scare people because they know it will be at least 25 years and more before execution and nost likely life in prison time to speed things up tired of supporting monsters

[@ChefPelle]

Scaring isn't the point. Vengeance is the point

[@rayferraro3149]

This process way to long. There should be a time frame for an appeal and then death. Not years and years

[@jacobthompson6265]

Ray Ferraro No. Those appeals make sure that we don’t execute someone innocent. I support the death penalty as long as the person who is executed is guilty.

[@Colin12475]

Kira (Light) didn't waste any time.

[@clavacats2991]

some of the things these guys have done! I'd flip the switch myself...but there should be no doubt about the guilt of the perp, and system seems to make mistakes once in a while

[@brigitteschultz1552]

Tori Green I have a hard time thinking about the babies and children that are tortured and beaten and starved and all else that is done to them. Then I'm not concerned about the perps

[@robertgoines1831]

and them possibly making a mistake + executing a innocent person is the rub. Me personally as Ive gotten older I think I would rather the death penalty go away because you put a guy 19, 20, 21 years old when the crime was committed + 20, 30 years later you're now finally ready to carry out the sentence and I see kids when they committed the crime now guys and women who are no longer that same person. I mean you do some really stupid things as a young person and some of us maybe we're lucky that we didn't end up in prison. Now granted maybe we didn't do horrific murders but maybe got into a fight, you hit someone they fall + hit their head + die and whose to say you don't end up on death row. Mostly poor, under educated people end up on death. So I see people who are no longer what they were when they committed the crime and even if they killed me I don't want anyone to get put to death in my name, I just don't. and if we insist on keeping the death penalty it can only be for the most horrible crimes, killing kids, cops, multiple murders, and only on absolutely no doubt about guilt. Do all the DNA + other tests that you have this person in jail for, it's iron clad solid that they're the murderer and no longer than 2 years from conviction you carry out the sentence. But I gotta also say this, we are the only country in the west world who still have the death penalty.

[@williamgallucci9913]

No doubt my man 0 doubt

[@danieldorman2874]

That is the problem with the ultimate penalty; there are many documented cases where the perp was, in fact, not responsible. That is State-sponsored murder, nothing more or less.

[@isabellajoy4582]

Cecil ❤... what a beautiful name. Rest in peace.

[@flowers1969]

I'm so sorry for both families 😔🌻

[@tkelly411]

no death penalty for murder,,life becomes cheap,

[@jameslee7535]

is your life cheap ?

[@brigitteschultz1552]

angelo santdio Life is already cheap because of abortion

[@thomasiddon2729]

How come in australia it aint bot even 2% of your murders and we dont have capital punishment .

[@matt4048]

You could make the opposite argument with the same logic. That life, even of a murderer, has little enough value that it can be justified to be taken away by the state. Hence having the death penalty shows the little value that we as a society place on life - that it *can* be used as a currency to pay for a crime.

[@RavenFeathers90]

While other folks talk about how certain people deserve it, I only think about the thousands of innocents that were wrongly executed. The justice system isn't always accurate. They don't always have the right guy. Do you believe the execution of 100 people is also worth the execution of 1 innocent?

[@Kelly14UK]

True. Why they should only execute if 111 per cent positive they have the culprit. Too much controversy and life imprisonment is the best way. But i still believe the murderers should die.

[@eveelee4152]

@@Kelly14UK there are story of the innocent being killed how do you explain that to the family you can’t just say opposite and give them money when you wrongfully killed someone

[@Kelly14UK]

@@eveelee4152 As i said 111 % certain. Like Bundy.

[@nocreativename]

Anti death penalty people, what should we do with murderers and rapists then?

[@REECEAVA]

Lizzy Bee life in prison

[@BrandonNJackson]

No Creative Name thy should be in jail and non violent offenders and those who suffer mental health should not be serving lengthy sentences

[@matt4048]

Every other first world country has life in prison sentences for these horrible criminals. Do you genuinely think that we want these people to go unpunished? No. We simply believe that no-one deserves to die if it can be avoided - prison without parole solves the issue just as well.

[@stephaniemac4637]

He killed an innocent man and should face consequences.

[@mistymatthews6449]

If my opinion if someone intentionally, meaningfully kills someone, they don’t deserve to. Live!!! My best friend was brutally murdered and only the accomplice was caught! In my eyes he deserved live without parole and the actual murdered, shall he ever be caught deserves to die!!!

[@wilrobles9824]

Firing squad. Fast and easy.

[@javachip9612]

Thank God, at least Utah is the smarter state here

[@eclecticadventurer]

Wil Robles too fast. Electric chair is the only way in my opinion. 2 jolts of 50,000 vdc straight to the brain.

[@eclecticadventurer]

TRUE_DATA that depends on the voltage. Id make it hurt. They had no mercey on their victims, why should they be afforded that curtsey??

[@jamesdavis3559]

Wil Robles Lions den less expensive

[@whatnow3773]

Wil Robles and cheap

[@smileypantscuppycake122]

God Bless all the families. 💗💗💗

[@norms3913]

They need to lessen years of appeals to 1 year for death penalty cases

[@OliviaM-hr7vw]

That's the exact opposite of what they should do

[@Cinnamon570]

The reason why executions take so long is for the accused to appeal their case however many times needed, this is on the slim chance the accused is truly innocent.

[@norms3913]

@@Cinnamon570 its because the states the federal and the supreme courts is backlogged with other legal cases it takes years to get to a certain court case to render a stay or deny death penalty case

[@lisagoodin2959]

If I saw a person put to death, I would think about it every day of my life from then on.

[@jomac841]

I feel for the victims’ families and completely understand why they want the death penalty. That being said, 10% of death row inmates are exonerated because they were innocent. I’m no bleeding heart. If I knew 100% that the prisoner was guilty I would not have an issue. I really do think some people should be executed for their crimes. But I think there is an obvious class and race divide among death row inmates. A black man who murdered a white person will be more than likely sentenced to death while a white man who does the exact same thing will likely get life without parole. I feel that certain states, especially Texas, hand out death sentences like candy. THIS is why I am against capital punishment.

[@elizabeth931]

You worded this PERFECTLY

[@swburns3913]

Not if Kim Fox is your states attorney

[@friedcalamari4929]

Actually the demographics for death row inmates of whites and black man are the same, with a little more on white people. Your comment is misleading

[@bryannamarquez5490]

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind but if you hurt another person just cause you want to you deserve to suffer the same way that person did

[@lesleyallinson8738]

There a good saying here in uk if you can't do the time don't do the crime

[@pinkfreud62]

The UK sentences are a joke, though. They even let terrorists who blow up hundreds free just because they feel sorry for them.

[@alwaystired2261]

pinkfreud62 i think you will find that none of the terrorist in the u.k have been let free. They either killed themselves during the attack or they are in prison

[@ernestinemaloy6752]

Lesley Allinson funny in the USA we say the same thing....Sammy Davis even recorded a song dining those exact words...rip the candy man can....mr. entertainment indeed !!

[@ernestinemaloy6752]

pinkfreud62 itworse here. 25 yrs fighting against a well earned punishment find jesus in prison delay delay but at the end of the day you still pay maybe not right away but karma will have final say..

[@robosborne7103]

But the UK led the way in abolishing the death penalty after the Ruth Ellis,Derek Bentley , and Timothy Evans cases, the Commonwealth followed suit !.

[@seanatkinson770]

When the poor victim's wife says after William's has been executed "at least I won't have to think about him anymore" at the end I can't help thinking, like it or not she more than likely will think about it everyday but I do hope she and her family will be able to find peace in their lives.

[@TheMuhaAdventures]

Closure never really happens, it’s only a form Of revenge..... that’s what your feeling

[@ericscaillet2232]

Revenge can be closure.

[@arthurmunoz1715]

The LORD SAYS that Vengeance is his, and you are nobody to judge, least ye be judged.

[@karltrafton7547]

Agree to this agree Corinthian 1 and 6 says that the saints will.be able to judge the matters of the world so lets look at these scirpture s closely. Now if the person didnt or did do it on all.sides the evendance should nt be questiable. It should be concreate but unfortunately the justice. System. Is corrupt and foul..that in life or death situation. The eveadence should be a threarl.investagation

[@ericscaillet2232]

@@karltrafton7547 why would God wantd vengeance , sounds like a man made story with humans emotions

[@detectivechan8875]

SORRY FOLKS JUST THE WAY I FEEL THERE IS NO CLOSURE IN THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE AND A BROKEN HEART LAST FOREVER AND EVER JUST LIKE LOVE;

[@Gettingtothemoney11]

Detective Chan exactly.

[@marnesmum]

I used to be very pro death penalty, over the years hearing all the examples of innocent people being convicted by shoddy or downright incompetent police work, I am becoming against it. The death penalty should only be used for people like Chris watts and Scott Petersen who you know absolutley did the crime.

[@BrianK49]

I agree completely - I am FOR the death penalty but ONLY in cases where there is 100% certainty that the person being executed is indeed guilty of first degree murder

[@MissJaydeIMVU]

Wow 17 years waiting THATS RIDICULOUS!!

[@perryellis5611]

Saying grace and worshiping god before a meal to watch someone be executed. Makes sense 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@YouAreToxic]

Their the "Christians from the video game, "Outlast 2." They just love killing, why don't they make some popcorn too.

[@xell1969]

The Bible was written by men just as the Koran or Talmud amongst others not by god, so why should I believe in the bible?

[@jeremiahtray5621]

I just said the same thing lol.

[@jeremiahtray5621]

+xell1969 But it's inspired by God they was writing what God told them to right which the information came from Jesus because his father God instructed him as to what to tell Jesus 12 apostles to right. So if the Bible is written by man how come they are right about so many events taking place?

[@jeremiahtray5621]

+xell1969 People don't acknowledge the Bible because they wanna do what they wanna do. So if you don't read it how do you know God is real or anything about him?

[@susansalley7556]

I worry about if someone is wrongly convicted of a crime. I hear so many cases of people being convicted of a crime that years later the law finds out that they are truly innocent. What if someone is executed and the law finds out that they executed the wrong person. I couldn't live with that mistake. My heart couldn't take it.

[@bransonlights]

What a victims family endures (often times for decades) is what's criminal in my book. The death row inmate made a choice. Their victim(s) didn't have that luxury.

[@steveandlaurie36]

I’m glad that he got it

[@ajorbista]

4:45 that anti death penalty lawyer was on America’s next top model. She was the girl who laughed so hard when Jade claimed she was the undiscovered supermodel and that antm is a competition not America’s next top best friend 😂😂😂

[@theresatoomer5578]

She says at the end she is not sure what closure means after the execution was carried out but said earlier that because he apologized to the family it did not change her mind of him being executed. I thought that the execution would give her closure. ....apparently not.

[@coppercassiecampbell6077]

To the girl that said she had relatives that were stabbed etc.. What kind of company they keep ?

[@skitty449]

Victim-blaming, lovely.

[@ericduggan9327]

I support the death penalty 100%

[@louiszazzara9286]

Eric Duggan v

[@rhiannonlipham]

Me too

[@MrJoint888]

Ramzes Pazura I feel the same way about it

[@cocochan3191]

I dont

[@cocochan3191]

Death penalty shouldn't exist

[@cjohnsonj4938]

I think we should go back to the firing squad. Except those used on the squad should be from the local area. Death penalty is great as long as there is 100% concrete proof they committed the crime

[@SteveRayDarrell]

you can't prove anything 100%

[@henrycantrell6397]

Life in Prison is worse than the Death penalty.

[@MT-qw3ou]

The government should make death execution as expeditious as possible. On a 100% conviction, the longer the government holds out punishment, the longer it is that they are punishing the victims family. The family can move on as soon as possible after execution or sentencing has been done.

[@jjwolf96jw]

If someone took the life of my spouse I would want the death penalty on them

[@britneedee88]

I stand by the death penalty 100%. You can’t end someone’s life and think your life just gets to keep going. You do the evil deed you accept the consequence.

[@eveelee4152]

I understand that but what happen to the ones that wasn’t guilty and still was put to death how can you explain that to the family. You can’t just say “opposite sorry we killed the wrong one but hey it all good” that state have blood on their hands I all for the death penalty too but with heavy evidence on that person I just saying

[@friedcalamari4929]

@@eveelee4152 well to be blamed is the judge and the prosecutors, not the law. Law exist to stop people from commiting crimes. If people know they can take away someone's life without having their life taken away from them many will committing heineous, horrendous crimes. Abolishing death penalty is so disrespectful towards the murdered.

[@clintmmartin]

"Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man." Genesis 9:6

[@shatteredstar2149]

Living your life sympathizing with others in your everyday life is more powerful, than living your life based on a religious belief or some story

[@douglas61920]

Clint Martin Romans 13 and Acts 25 (among other verses in The New Testament), supports the death penalty. The verse that you cite is probably concerning individuals vs. individuals.

[@barryfohn4385]

Excuse me clint. The bible is a book written by men about a "god" who primitive people invented to help them with their fear of the unknown. That unknown being .....what happens when you die.

[@bustersmith5569]

@@shatteredstar2149 very well said !!! TY,

[@msslsm4158]

Regardless , common sence says that executing murders will plurge that evil from amongest us

[@moonglow1311]

The only way I would accept life in prison, is if the prisoner was kept in his cell 23 hours a day. No cable TV in the cell, no access to drugs, conjugal visits, the right to get married and have children, enjoy special meals on holidays, access to the internet to converse with pen pals, no movie night, library or workshops, and no ordering from a commissary where you can purchase foods to heat up in your microwave. That is what many prisons are about today. Sounds like serving justice to you?

[@dancingfirefly5974]

moon glow funny tex watson had all that back in 69-2018 oh and he is also a supposed preacher now

[@moonglow1311]

Sheryl Russell yeah, that's one 'family' that really did get away with murder, and to boot; our justice system seems to have forgotten the hideous crimes they committed by allowing them to enjoy the comforts of home....

[@ernestinemaloy6752]

moon glow I fought the law and ...the LAW won!!!

[@bluebird2594]

moon glow I thought prison was a place you should stay away from.

[@jamesgolder896]

This makes me appreciate having my dad...my condolences to this family for what they have to go through on a daily basis...I couldn't even start to imagine what that's like but I hope they got the justice that they were looking for.

[@DanielDwightMusic]

religiously lofty zealots killed Jesus not "capital punishment"

[@bluebird2594]

Daniel Dwight there is only one who killed Jesus.

[@stevenwilding5311]

“I’m not sure what the word closure means” that phrase says it all.

[@jimmyjohnsoniii2201]

Ride the lighting!👿 is my favorite album

[@exeaux3033]

He didnt care about how he killed Cecil who cares how he dies.

[@jameswilson3991]

you cant be as bad as him linda in scotland

[@peterleovanua423]

You would care if he was your son.

[@exeaux3033]

@@peterleovanua423 just likes Cecil's parents and family cared.

[@yamenfreenfearless9203]

Then what 🙄let the criminals go n live a life where you are always scared that they might do something again?

[@djungelskogsn7529]

No. They spend the rest of their lives in prison just like any other murderer

[@DozensOfViewers]

Best way to make capital punishment more effective is to reduce the time between sentencing and execution. I would limit appeals to only appeals of guilt. Don’t allow appeal of sentence. If the jury found you worthy of death, that should stand.

[@paularoberts866]

Exactly 💯

[@frankflores2033]

Sorry for your loss God bless you

[@kristenamman4630]

There is only person that should be able to judge living or not.Jesus

[@gabrielleunger8328]

You do something you have to face the consequences

[@bigcahoona7931]

I'll donate the rifle

[@joebob2885]

I'll donate my time to shoot them . Free of charges

[@vonkauentheforbidden9589]

Too quick. Poison gas is better, more of a punishment.

[@bluebird2594]

Big Cahoona you donate the rifle OK. after the person is dead, I want my tax dollars in the form of a refund. thank you.

[@rentonwashington1415]

I will donate my bullet.

[@keepitallthewayfunky3448]

How dreadful for the wife. I wish her kind blessing 🙏🏽

[@m.cseaford6840]

Brave lady. I'm all with her

[@goggleboxy]

Seems to me that the victims of these horrific crimes are always forgotten when it comes to the murderers paying the ultimate price for their actions...Liberals should put themselves in the shoes of these families, I guarantee they would think differently...

[@daltonevans3412]

I have thought what i would think if i were in their shoes. I'd rather watch the person who killed someone i cared about rot in prison for the rest of their life than be executed and be at peace, i want them to regret their actions every day for as long as possible and yearn to be free but be denied their freedom. Plus if i support that person being killed, i have no right to be upset that he took my loved ones life, either all life matters or none of it does. I cannot logically be angry about a killing and simultaneously support the killing of the person who did it. Plus there is always the chance that the person is actually innoccent and we cannot morally take someones life if there is even a 1% chance they aren't guilty.

[@mirrrie]

Liberal whos father got murdered and against the death penalty. You have no right to tell me what I should feel.

[@matt4048]

I'm a conservative, and I oppose the death penalty. Being pro-life in my view encompasses everyone - no matter how horrific their actions are. Criminals deserve prison as a part of justice, not a vengeful death.

[@sliccnicc1626]

What sane human being would actually wait for sum1 to die

[@marleyboy7732]

I can't understand why lots of people are against the death penalty. If they lose a loved one by these criminals. They would be singing a different tune.

[@williamgallucci9913]

What a beautiful loving caring and heartbroken family that murderer took away a great husband father grandfather for what! Its unforgivable period

[@Perfectpearl]

That's a long creepy looking hallway. Claustrophobic.

[@patriotstimtebow4295]

I don't support the death penalty as an alternative to life in prison, due to even the slightest chance of a false sentencing. I do however support it for those responsible for mass killings and those who admit to crimes with no remorse

[@BDDree]

Wow he was at Cummins Unit?? Crazy! 😮 I have friends that work there and at Varner & Varner Super Max!

[@getreal929]

Traditional method - hanging, is equally effective. Your justice system takes too long. I feel for the victim's family.

[@B-MoreCity]

Vengeance is mine says the Lord. If I were to die at someone's hands I don't want the person who murdered me executed. I'm fine with the fact that person's entire life will behind bars never to live life normally again.

[@jencaingwwpict]

Kawana R Hamilton The reason why executions are sometimes a necessary evil is to deter this type of behaviour period, and if you spare every person whom murders, OBVIOUSLY, they will be stupid ENOUGH, to even feel sorry enough to even try to let these heinous murderers out someday, also, that's why, lady, it's at the utmost, sometimes, very very necessary, alright!!!! I don't think that you would want a serial murderer to get life in prison whom rapes, molests, then kills woman and children, and stay for life in prison, would you, oh, and esp. a loved one of yours included in their count and have the luxury to stay in prison, would you, now that will be food for thought, for people whom want to be sorry for serial murderers, alright, that's why!!!!

[@bradleydickey9217]

Kawana R Hamilton that's exactly how I feel. Even if it was my child or family member I still wouldn't want them to be executed. My opinion only

[@DavideMazzetti]

But it DOESN'T deter people, does it! If it did, then there would be no more murders, would there.

[@JimInTally]

I'm an agnostic, so your quotation of scripture is worthless, you don't have the right to determine what other victims' families should want in the way of punishment for murder.

[@Seeingisntbelieving]

The Death Penalty is an act of vengeance.

[@atanucheoma9480]

What is the alternative to death penalty? What does a murderer face his act without death penalty?

[@sadker1]

It's also not fear to have the victim family go through this

[@jagcore311]

why dont you let the anti deathpenalty people take care of those criminals let them take home those killers

[@TypeOneg]

James Cruz I know at least 5 that I would allow to live in my home. Because I trust them.

[@MissJaydeIMVU]

lol

[@KarenJones-kq7fp]

James Cruz sure they can come for dinner.

[@morleyyan3414]

Victoria, Karen, ~ Sincerely, Get a bigger vibrador.

[@nathodynommiter]

James Cruz ....let them pay the bill for their incarceration . when the money stops it's off to the gurney with them or beer still the noose !

[@jameswilloughby2934]

why put them in prison for the rest of there lives?!?! I shouldn't have to pay to feed a death row inmate for 17 years while he's waiting on the needle! they need a tale tree and a short rope out back of the courthouse

[@averyvert5835]

James Willoughby why can't they shoot them tho

[@averyflannigan2506]

Actually, the 17 year wait is less about waiting for the needle and more about making sure justice is served. If, by any chance, a prisoner on the death row was innocent, the generally 10~20 year leeway is meant to act as a safety net for those people and their lawyers. An estimated 4% of death row inmates are innocent yet only 1.6% are ever exonerated. Meaning, if you're innocent but you're condemned to death, you've got roughly a 60% chance of dying for crimes you didn't commit. Sure it's a long process and one that's far from perfect, but it's meant to save as many innocent people from being killed as possible. If the legal system tried to jump the gun and execute them after a few days, then... I don't envy the families of the wrongly condemned nor do I relish having to face them when 17 years later new evidence comes up proving their deceased loved one's innocence. Think of it this way - your tax payer dollars are potentially saving innocent lives :)

[@nandomartinez8318]

Who r u to judge

[@travissavage4017]

James Willoughby for you

[@theprototype1619]

James Willoughby there's a thing called barbarism

[@Noblebird02]

Mrs Boren is right: firing squad was found to be the most humane method of executiong with death occurring within 15 seconds. With lethal injection: when they did finally execute Kenneth Williams it took 13 minutes or so. Atleast one executioner from Virginian (who was interviewed in another documentary) preferred the electric chair to lethal injection. along with the difficulties of finding veins if the condemned was an intravenous drug user. the fact that pharmaceutical companies are refusing to supply the drugs used for lethal injections. finally there is the hypocrisy of making an execution look like a medical procedure.

[@ernestclements7398]

As young public safety professional I believed in the death penalty but as I grew older I began to doubt it's usefulness as a deterrent now I don't believe that it does any body any good whatsoever!

[@CVS819]

No man has the Right to take another man's life away except for himself that gives life. No body but the mighty God himself . You all giving that right to take another person life away, will be judge under God himself. It'll take your time to come. It wouldn't be nice. God bless both side of the family. God have mercy upon all

[@ericscaillet2232]

Hmmm, and justified murder during wars ....what a show

[@rollotomasi8116]

For folks that have never been victims of violent crimes don’t appreciate the euphoria of seeing the criminals live their last days.....the justice system is to lenient for the criminals and due process should be held to a minimum.....immediate execution should follow after the trial is over....no appeals, no living off the state for 20/30 years.....

[@leilanihanaike]

Couldn’t figure out why I recognized Feronda until I remembered she was on ANTM.

[@michaelashcraft8569]

Can there ever be "closure" for a victim's family? Perhaps not, but, justice being served is right, and, proper even if it is the death penalty.

[@lindsayschultz3816]

Is that furondha from antm?!

[@kaylahrutter]

Lindsay Schultz I knew i have seen her before!

[@VirgoVixen90]

Yes!

[@les_5184]

Yessssssssssss!

[@kellygurl5]

I was just going to comment that, when it first showed her I thought, wow she looks just like a girl I've seen on antm, then I saw her name and was like yup! So random lol

[@ajorbista]

Jade: I am the undiscovered supermodel. Furonda: AHAHAHA!

[@yotahhaye5652]

I'm not sure about this.GOD is the judge right?? But if one of MY FAMILY MEMBERS was murdered, Would I be biblical 😇 or worldly😈? 🤔

[@yotahhaye5652]

@ce collie The comment was an opinion... My opinion... And since you're the perfect one, go back and edit your reply to my comment, it has a mistake..and I almost forgot 👉🖕.. Have a nice PERFECT LIFE..

[@paulconnelly6560]

@ce collie Not that there are no consequences but Jesus said....and I quote...Matthew 5:38-48 Eye for Eye 38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’[a] 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. 40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. Love for Enemies 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[b] and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. In this Jesus abolished the Death Penalty

[@lloydwiley9233]

Eye for a eye.

[@darosa5741]

The murderer of my ex-wife's sister was sentenced to death in California back in 1989. He's been on death row for 33 years. He's outlived the parents of his victim... not right.

[@connor_breckenkamp6922]

An eye for an eye

[@angeljohnson234]

Whenever I see stories like this, I think of all the INNOCENT MEN THAT HAVE BEEN EXECUTED. Particularly, black men in the racist south.

[@aidavelasquez76]

Me too... Only God knows what is in those ppl's hearts.

[@flockaa]

BigToe Sugar Grove yes it is. there are many men that have received the death penalty even though they are innocent. black men statistically get more time or a harsher punishment that white men that have done the same crime. so you tell me how it isn’t racist

[@rayferraro3149]

Yes jay cavinder I don’t mind the appeals, but if it takes 35 years to figure out somebody was innocent or not We have a bigger problem than we think

[@nenblom]

Let’s not forget about the victims and their loved ones. They also have rights!

[@yvandemol]

Studies show, without any doubt that execution does not bring relief to victims, and does not solve the anger in them, or the pain the feel..Only time and accepting what happend can do that..So stop murder to prove murder is wrong..

[@ivelissecamacho1989]

Yvan De Mol you couldn't it have said it any better. What example are we giving? I think that their biggest suffer will actually be getting up everyday and going to sleep every night with the consecuenses of what they did. That will actually make them suffer more. Knowing that everyone moves on while they stuck in there. I think it's really sad that still in 2017 we're executing people. I definitely don't believe in it. I feel for the victims families but I am a believer that this execution doesn't make them feel any better. May the Lord have mercy on all of us.

[@yvandemol]

@Ivelisse. Thanks. Punishment has to serve 2 main needs : it must give the perpetrator a guilty of insight that society does not allow these acts and has consequences. Secondly, it must give the victims a sense of justice. Revenge and retribution do not belong to it !! Far better would be, that work is done , so that the perp. can pay to he victims.. Cause if people have nothing more to loose : they act like it aswell...

[@timthebear8005]

Ivelisse Cama nope the monster who killed my bestfriend is on death row and were happy a wish it

[@hellasowb3036]

That would be like saying stop caging people in jail to prove kidnapping is wrong. If holding people against their will is wrong then jailing them would be wrong using your stupid logic. It is killing people for no good reason that is wrong!!!

[@MitchAzar]

I support the death penalty not because I think it is a better punishment but because it costs a lot of money to keep the murdered alive than to just end their life. I would much rather the murdered to suffer a long painful death but it is pretty pointless to keep them alive for 50 years

[@travisbull8233]

I’m 100% for the death penalty.

[@MRS-SatchellnBELLA-MIA]

Omg furanda from America's next top model:) you go girl. You've become an eloquent spokesperson

[@24408167]

That is a long time for a family to have to Waite for justice 17years , they should carry out these kind of setences 2 weeks after its been handed down ,better for all concerned