Death row inmate execution was 'heartbreaking,' lacked humanity: Spiritual adviser | Banfield

[@Cablecol]

Too many death row inmates get to live too long.

[@yungspitta24]

Sdfu

[@Cablecol]

@yungspitta24 Why u mad? It's the truth. May you live a rightous, healthy and God fearing life🙏.

[@grantorino7644]

Intelligent statement ,Your race is doomed.

[@grantorino7644]

@yungspitta24,Brilliant reply,Did you think of it all by yourself?

[@josephmarzullo]

@@Cablecolbe quiet with your nonsense

[@Yodels85]

Dude murdered 2 ppl. Eye for an eye

[@BrandyinIndy]

The Bible does not teach an eye for an eye. Just saying…

[@garyroberts1552]

And of course the State and the Courts are always 100% correct..?

[@armancollin9239]

​@@BrandyinIndyit doesn't teach murder either

[@Yodels85]

It happened in 2002. If there was evidence to overturn his conviction I think they would’ve found it by now

[@garyroberts1552]

@@Yodels85 conviction is not in question..the State violating the Constitution in both text and intent is a huge issue.

[@jeffreywingham5302]

What was lacking humanity was what he did to his victims. Tired of this woke bs, always crying for criminals but never their victims.

[@OneQueenB]

Trump Jan 6th

[@Britt-ls9ym]

It's not actually woke BS the oldest Christian churches don't condone the death penalty . It's a huge hypocrisy to be pro life but pro the death penalty

[@Fat12219]

It is never about the victim 😮

[@NoNO-tl8fg]

@@OneQueenB You are showing your ignorance.

[@Soundmind245]

@jeffreywingham I’m confused. What does “woke” mean and what is “woke” about this??? The man is a spiritual advisor who doesn’t believe in the death Penalty.

[@cindyanderson78]

How cruel and usual was the crime? Crocodile tears for the perpetrator where are the tears for the victim?

[@tonymoreno1416]

Outstanding comment.

[@PaulFormentos]

Ole Freddie be a cryin where he is now......

[@tiffanyblack9704]

So, if murder is illegal, what gives the state that right? Regardless of the crime, the state should never have the power to take a life. Two wrongs do not make a right. He is someone's son. Someone's brother. Someone's nephew. Maybe even a father, husband, or more. Why should we cause even more suffering of innocent people. His family did not commit murder. The death penalty is a punishment for more than just the inmate. Remember that.

[@Dallasneedsmoreblegh]

@@tiffanyblack9704 Did you even watch the video? It said he didn't have anyone there at his execution except the spiritual advisor. None of his family or friends. So what victims would the state leave behind? Clearly no one cares. But guess who did care? The families of the two innocent victims who never got to say goodbye. They're victims. Not the family that didn't show up for final goodbyes. Lmfao. You are NOT a good pesron.

[@thisismyname3928]

@@tiffanyblack9704 Remember to go back to school and bone up on your logic.

[@marlow769]

He didn’t kill in self defense…he didn’t kill someone that had wronged him and it wasn’t an accident. I’m sickened that your show would give him this much air time with even a moniker of sympathetic light.

[@qret-dv5ym]

Modicum not moniker

[@VIGILANTE_Eraser45semi]

ALL life is precious...

[@Demerest003]

Astonishes me that people have compassion for murderers when they had none for their victims!

[@YMadubuike24]

People who were murdered have compassion for them but none for those the victimized? Did they victimize them before or after they were murdered?

[@22lyric]

​@@YMadubuike24YOU misunderstood. It makes perfect sense.

[@YMadubuike24]

@@22lyric no I didn’t

[@mrmoonman384]

Two wrongs don’t make a right, don’t get me wrong I understand the appeal of revenge but (in my opinion) we have a duty to ourselves to be better than that.

[@YMadubuike24]

@@mrmoonman384 so well said said . I like the delivery too , the whole I get what you are saying but maybe consider this. It nice to see this in here

[@marianemes72]

And now remember the real victims, their tragedies are really HEARTBREAKING and LACK HUMANITY: Janet Moore (41) and Sharath Pulluru (22) "It’s believed that he killed Ms Moore because he was looking for her son, who Smith thought had given his identity to police. Pulluru was a convenience store clerk, who Smith thought had disrespected his gang."

[@demonplague87]

How cruel and unusual was his victim's death? By the way the Consitution explicitly allows for executions as a sentence.

[@somethingtomotivateyou4186]

1:20 why aren't you heart broken about the victims

[@Sam-gv6lo]

Well… he definitely lived way longer than his victims ..

[@zyajones9360]

Remember the deleted victims had to choice neither ...a holy man of the cloth suppose to fight for good not Evil ...

[@NK36-gk4kf]

Heartbreaking? what of the victims and their loved ones?

[@clairwaucaush7225]

I'm sure whatever he did to get there was also heartbreaking and lacked humanity.

[@donvirts4608]

Come on News Nation you're better than this.

[@negrabandida7340]

Justice served

[@Fat12219]

Sorry, we will never know 😔

[@negrabandida7340]

@@Fat12219 who cares?

[@tywright3849]

Yes it was.

[@rpearce18]

He wasn't the victim here

[@Lexman509]

This reminds me of the Death Row Comedian: "It makes sense that I tell jokes. I was always the 'cut up' in the family. As a matter of a fact, I CUT UP my family. Hey, is this thing on? I told the judge I give an electrifying performance. You see the secret of my performance isn't in the delivery it's in the EXECUTION. Hey, is this thing on? Look folks I'm dying up here."

[@jenniemichellebravata]

I don’t think the purpose of the death sentence is about teaching people not to kill, but about ending the life of a person who would continue to do more harm than good if left to live and those whose crimes are so handouts that even if they never do wrong again they don’t deserve our tax dollars to support their life in prison. What I don’t understand is how some serial killers rot in jail and some people get the death sentence seemly fast. The viewers of this clip have no idea what happened to lead to this guys conviction. If he kidnapped, tortured, and then killed people, then yes, I think it was justified to get the death sentence, but if he got in a fight with someone and it escalated to a death, then I need to know how the law thought he should die.

[@danmoore3660]

Please read a book.

[@MORALISTICHISTORY]

he was high on drugs and killed 2 people and stayed in jail for 20 years before his execution ... he killed a mother(41) because he thought her son had spoken to the police about him ... and killed a convenience store clerk (22)because he thought she had badmouthed his gang ... he also stuck to the narrative that " he didnt kill anyone because he was on drugs and doesnt even remember being arrested"

[@gruthless5813]

@@MORALISTICHISTORYThat’s what they said happened??? Well is it True??? because I also heard witnesses were cohearsed into saying that what happened

[@MORALISTICHISTORY]

@@gruthless5813 2 people were killed ... were they coerced into that too ?

[@22lyric]

​@@gruthless5813 F'ing GOOGLE IT?! There's much more than what you "heard'!!!!

[@SuperDragonWagon]

An Eye for an Eye a Tooth for a Tooth no sympanthy for him

[@PresidentBr0wnVagena2024]

But the two performers put on such a sad face act.. they talked slowly and tried to portray the typical usual as if he was a true stoic warrior. You didn't fall for the dramatic performance?

[@taurusx1000]

And his victim,was that cruel and usual punishment for them?

[@BeyondOurSolarSystem]

The constitution does not define the death penalty for murder as cruel and unusual punishment. That preacher is a false teacher and a false christ, who opposes Christ. The very bible that is the foundation for his religion calls for this.

[@karenmilligan5597]

The Bible that says Thou shall not k*ll ? Actually, it is the first one of the ten commandments that we should follow. I thought that is why the pro lifers wanted to control women's bodies. I'm a Christian, but I'm just saying the man isn't in the wrong about what the Bible says.

[@BrandyinIndy]

Yep!

[@acidreign0911]

Wow dude, read the Bible. Christ would have traded his own life to spare this man. You cannot be a Christian and support the death penalty.

[@shari9721]

Judgement and vengeance is supposed to be left to your so called "god" . Thou shalt not kill . It doesnt say unless or except . Turn the other cheek . To forgive is divine . Which of those do you not understand ? Your so called "god" literally gave his son's life so that ALL sins would be forgiven , past , present and future . It is pathetic the way you people twist or cherry pick the parts that suit you at the time or that you feel lie following or that you want to shove down the throats of others or that you expect others to follow while ignoring the rest . smdh

[@jonathangoodell1524]

Well I’m sure his crimes were cruel and unusual. May his victims loved ones now find peace and strength to move on.

[@MORALISTICHISTORY]

what are his charges? seems strange that the charges wouldn't be mentioned here

[@LordGXK]

Because they want you to feel sorry for him.

[@KiKiBee]

They were in the text below them. It said double-*urder

[@MORALISTICHISTORY]

@@KiKiBee much appreciated .. seems like he was granted more time than his victims🤷‍♂️

[@MORALISTICHISTORY]

@@LordGXK it’s sad .. The media would rather spend resources on a story victimizing the killer rather then a story about the victims and the closure their family gets when Justice is served .. smh

[@bartmanxoxo]

Hey bud. U ever hear of Google?😮

[@ilovetattoos9682]

Wot about the poor victims ❤❤

[@danieldylan1273]

Neither Michael Dewayne Smith nor this news caster had one bit of sympathy or attention or humanity for the the victims he murdered! The media only worries about the murderer! Give less time to the convict and more to the memories of his victims!

[@tonymoreno1416]

Thank you.

[@LindaMoon-xq1qm]

The media is only interested in ratings

[@LindaMoon-xq1qm]

Ratings is the goal of the media

[@teresas.4541]

The prison system is more cruel.

[@BILLYRFCNO1]

OMG this is terrible how could they do this to a KILLER ffs hes a scumbag

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

Yet US voters want abortion on demand . . . . go figure?

[@WildflowerAnn]

😂

[@old-gamer-01]

As yourself why he was there.

[@AggrievedPuggle]

Justified

[@sammyday3341]

Adios

[@Soundmind245]

Is a spiritual advisor supposed to discuss someone private moments on national TV?

[@PresidentBr0wnVagena2024]

Dey finna get paid G tawting about hah anuthuh blet main be kilt by duh syssem

[@YMadubuike24]

I think he’s in the clear. I don’t think dude will be suing him .

[@Soundmind245]

Dude can’t sue him but hopefully, no else uses or trust him.

[@YMadubuike24]

@@Soundmind245 yeah he’s dead if you didn’t catch my drift and hopefully people don’t trust HIS spirituality and faith? 🤔 what is going on

[@Soundmind245]

Duh It’s not about HIS faith but obviously the facility is using this so-called spiritual advice, so hopefully no one else uses him within the facility. Not sure what is going on your end.

[@karenwalters1211]

Prisoners these days have it easy

[@mangkanor8726]

Sympathy are for his victim not for him....

[@JuanYe_West]

Has an innocent person ever been executed? If so, it invalidates capital punishment.

[@karenmbbaxter]

A few weeks ago I read about a black 12 Y.O. kid who was executed in the 1940's or 50's and it haunts me to this day. ......The white father probably killed the girl but this black kid was blamed......He couldn't see and attorney or his parents......It was worse than the Emmitt Till case.......You would have to be a serial killer or bomber where more than 5 people were killed for me to think the death penalty is acceptable. Also they would have to show no remorse.

[@Hopeful567]

@@karenmbbaxter Thank you for mentioning him. His name was George Stinney. He was only 14 when he was executed by the state of South Carolina for a crime he didn't commit. And, as you mentioned, he was a child. I too heard about the horrible injustice committed against him a few months ago, and it's a big part of why I'm now anti death-penalty. We must never forget his name. More information about the crimes committed against this poor boy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stinney

[@STCatchMeTRACjRo]

more innocent persons die awaiting their trial than on death row. so by your logic it invalidates locking people up in jail until their trial. also more innocent people wrongfully convicted die behind bars. so by your logic it invalidates locking people up after sentencing.

[@tywright3849]

He was not going to out smart the system as he thought. It was not going to happen and he was not even close.

[@22lyric]

​@@karenmbbaxterShowing remorse after you murder someone is a little late! And anyone can fake remorse if they think it will get them freedom or a reduced sentence!

[@Elisa-b3x]

To wrongs don't make a right

[@AndrewTurner-mx6ps]

Come in this room we have your reparations ready. April fools

[@bartmanxoxo]

Gimmie a break !!! He wasnt hungry or didnt want shish on himself ?!!

[@kerraleeboxshall2509]

life for a life and he took 2, god bless America

[@SalimahRahman]

What about the victims? You forgot about whom these criminals killed?

[@BeatrizRichaud-lv3gv]

No one has the right to kill a person, life and death, belongs to God, this man could have been in prison for life.I am against what the government is doing and I was the victim of a fatal case, miraculously I survived , sometimes it is difficult to forget who ruins your life, many damages , but God heals the hearts, the people who wish the death of a criminal is because they are full of hate or they cannot forgive them, the government punishes any criminal for committing a crime and this is correct ,but the most interesting factor is that the government is committing crimes killing these people and for whom they will be judge for it ? ,bad news for all who are collaborating ,one day they will be judge by God

[@BeyondOurSolarSystem]

The dislike bar does not reflect the comment section

[@22lyric]

You know they don't show the thumbs down anymore, right?

[@DTRIPLESOWKOW]

He cried? What a weak coward.

[@garyroberts1552]

the State has no right under any circumstances to deprive a citizen of Life. This is a huge crime against humanity.

[@mitseraffej5812]

The US is one of the few democracies that employs the death penalty, and the country also has the highest prison population in the world both in terms of total numbers incarcerated and also per capita. Yet the US has a higher murder and over all crime rate than most European Union countries. The EU prohibits its member countries from having the death penalty. This has been the situation in the US for man many decades. As fast as criminals are locked up and on occasion executed, US society produces more. The only logical conclusion is that there is something fundamentally wrong with US society.

[@marlow769]

Heartbreaking? Inhumane? Do you feel the same sympathy for his victims?

[@corajones1980]

Everyone that's in prison ain't GUILTY. Everyone that they executed ain't GUILTY.

[@JohnBaker-iw5iv]

Your black I can tell

[@PresidentBr0wnVagena2024]

You keep them in your house then. You take responsibility for them, you sort it out since you're so smert

[@ShelleyCarrell-x4u]

It's true..not everyone in prison are guilty..look up a case where a white DNA technician admits to over 650 cases where she altered the tests

[@ShelleyCarrell-x4u]

Not everyone..

[@RodneyBean-13]

I guess that the victims just murdered themselves.

[@PonyHoarse]

God bless his soul. How sad man. I am in Oklahoma resident and this makes me sick to my stomach. I think we need to make this really loud and let these officials know that killing somebody doesn’t sweep it under the rug.

[@AlonsoRules]

What about the victim? No empathy.

[@maggielusk6833]

Who provided peace to his victims? Not him for sure!

[@YMadubuike24]

Jesus Christ

[@maggielusk6833]

@@YMadubuike24 If Jesus is so amazing why didn't he stop him murdering the victims in the 1rst place?

[@YMadubuike24]

@@maggielusk6833 wtf are you talking about? I can you read? Did I say Jesus was amazing 🤣? Noi didn’t. I was explaining to you that his perspective about capital punishment is about faith. Did I say that was mine? Try again. Actually don’t. Stop embarrassing yourself .

[@YMadubuike24]

@@maggielusk6833 but if I had to guess where the man is coming from…Christians believe in the sanctity of life - this means that life is holy and belongs to God, therefore only God has the power to take life. In Romans 12:17-19 it states, "Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody …

[@maggielusk6833]

@@YMadubuike24 The evil was done to the victims!

[@AJay-ip1mp]

Regarding perceived lack of humanity, Prison staff find this to be a gut-wrenching experience that stays with them, so like police officers and other first responders and hospital staff who see death in progress more than anybody should have to, build firewalls around themselves for self-protection. This sometimes looks to observers like callousness, which it is not. It is a coping mechanism.

[@marybarina-yw2bz]

WHAT ABOUT HIS VICTIMS, STOP CRYING FOR HIM !!

[@HD-tf6zu]

I agree - no excuse for death penalty. Sitting in prison for the rest of your life away from society where you can’t hurt anyone else is enough. I used to believe in the death penalty until I became a Christian. Now I view in from a different perspective. 200 years ago when people committed crimes sending them to prison the way we do now wasn’t an option and so it was handled differently. We have no excuse today - the people involved in sentencing him to death will one day have to answer to God for their choice. If God can forgive and change Paul - he can forgive and change anyone.

[@sammyday3341]

You’re so sensitive.

[@Daniel_9_verse_9]

I'm a Christian and I still believe in the death penalty. You know why? Because God still does. Hell is a death penalty. The law put him to death just like the Law of God put Jesus to death on the cross for your sins. He had 20 years to repent and believe the Gospel. There is a Spiritual Death penalty and its called Hell. Maybe he escaped that?

[@CarloTurner-vl7rl]

“ F “ him !!! Did he care for his Victims ??? All these Do Gooders opposing the Death Penalty ??? What if it was YOUR loved one who’s life he had ended ??? You’d soon have something to say then wouldn’t you ??? They are a waste on the Tax payer when that Money could have gone to the Victims Families 🙏 .

[@JacquelineRobinson-ub5py]

I use to fight for these inmates but now. I have seen the pain on victims family faces and the heart ache they go through. The DC Sniper killed my friend and the pain his family went through turned all of my thoughts around. We all know thou shall not kill, but what if the whole state says you must die? Who can stop it? But God doesn't than God approves.

[@jeandavid4162]

I guess for people who don't agree with the death penalty until we are in the families shoes we won't really know how we'll feel if our loved one was take away. We all have opinions and that is just that opinions and we are all entitiled to it but with the death of a loved one taken away from us in such a brutal way we just can't speak for those grieving the lost of their loved one in such a horrific brutal way.

[@LindaMoon-xq1qm]

Many friends and family of the victims say they do not feel closure or peace after witnessing the execution of the killers

[@suel5914]

praying for Rev. Jeff Hood, this has too be horribly hard for him . . .

[@LIZARD909ALIEN]

Life gives us what we give in life

[@scottdaniels2500]

THAT'S A LIE

[@LIZARD909ALIEN]

@@scottdaniels2500 My life is proof 😂

[@LIZARD909ALIEN]

@@scottdaniels2500 Just because someone will do wrong today doesn't mean repercussions will happen quickly.

[@LIZARD909ALIEN]

@@scottdaniels2500 Even the Pastor admitted shock that he refused to proclaim his innocence when it counted the most....proving Life gives us what we give in Life. 🤣👽😎

[@LIZARD909ALIEN]

@@scottdaniels2500 Psa 62:12 Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy; For You render to each one according to his work.

[@god563616]

Wow. Absolute gutter soul. His self righteous pride asking for John 8 trying to say you cant judge me everyone sins is pathetic and shows he has NOT repented and thinks he wasn't wrong after all those years in prison. Justice for the families.

[@Vnotedamost]

RIP

[@jase4270]

Rest in pain geez that's a bit harsh.

[@porcupineparty8598]

What were you blocking out in the upper left corner of the screen?

[@suel5914]

how many years between the crime and the execution?

[@toddsterling4949]

Who Cares??

[@bradr2142]

Its all about the jail house prophet. I i i what about the victims i pray for them.

[@ericodongo7530]

Neither were the jurors there during the murders. MHSRIP

[@COND3N4Dos]

Poor baby 😢! You guys should allow him to walk free and make sure he is going to live with this ashamed people who feel sorry for him!! Nowdays, if you aren’t criminal you are living wrong!!

[@theurbanfarmhouse1380]

America first.

[@Jamie0175]

The title of this video is disgusting. Sympathy for monsters...

[@mortalclown3812]

The sadism in a lot of these comments surpasses any sense of righteousness that may exist. Fwiw, 2% of counties in the US represent the great majority of death row cases. And, not surprisingly, those are also evangelical hubs. Even Jesus must appreciate the irony.

[@elizeleroux6388]

It must be hard to see this, and we find in the best of families bad things take place, we not to rejoice on another man's ill fate, and there is still the other side to face

[@chelu4u]

Bullshit

[@geoleo2597]

This has got to be one of the hardest religious appointments any clergyman can ever have. I certainly wouldn’t want to be in his position. Interesting how the video cut off his interview rather abruptly and frankly I find that inappropriate and unprofessional. News Nation I hope you read this. I agree with the Chaplain. We are not God. Regardless of how evil we feel a person is or how horrible their behaviors God is and should be the final Judge. God will avenge those who choose evil ways against others.

[@PaulFormentos]

don't fret Old scratch will treat ole freddie with kid gloves

[@Ladybug1222]

Did God really say “Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.” Genesis 9:6 After the flood, God himself established capital punishment…

[@WildflowerAnn]

Also says an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

[@LindaMoon-xq1qm]

I don't think God said anything...men wrote the Bible, not God

[@Ladybug1222]

@@LindaMoon-xq1qm His sheep hear His voice…. Guess you are not in the flock!🤓

[@LindaMoon-xq1qm]

@@Ladybug1222 Nope, not a sheep, a woman who loves Christ, as a prophet

[@hughjass1044]

"I'm aware that the viewers don't have a lot of sympathy for this person...." You're very perceptive there, Reverend. You go to the head of the class.

[@Augfordpdoggie]

Rev. Hood? Not surprised

[@watermeloniesha]

I may not agree with the death penalty, but i will say dont do anything to put yourself thete

[@TheGeosto]

Something about that goofy beard makes that guy lose credibility.

[@eden_aumakua]

I like the Reverend. Very much appreciate him being featured here.

[@theresagosnell7645]

Who are the real killers in America?

[@SMwilliamlamb]

Government

[@prkremer]

CIA

[@theresagosnell7645]

@@SMwilliamlamb That was the answer I was looking for. But you can be that when you are that. That's ok.

[@jackietreehorn8527]

Ah shucks, it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy...

[@Fat12219]

It's hard 😪 !

[@bartmanxoxo]

That's what she said 😮

[@michaelreed4744]

The death penalty needs to be abolished.

[@runestone1337]

Thank you NewsNation for continuing to report all sides of a story so that viewers can decide what's right and wrong for themselves.

[@CocoTheDiamond]

😔 RIP. the death penalty is morally wrong. "we don't have to kill each other to teach each other not to kill each other" - his reverend said. america has the worst human rights of any first world country, the highest incarceration rate, and engaged in cruel and unusual punishment. america is shameful.

[@beautifulwithbrains3096]

Why not life in prison

[@rufusolani4920]

The Victims did NOT get to continue Their Lives"... gimme a break!

[@Veheloth]

Look at all the "good christians" that directly defy the teachings, lol. 😂

[@audreydaleski1067]

I could never impose death.

[@PresidentBr0wnVagena2024]

Even on a double murderer like that deadbeat was? He killed two innocent people. You are unable to be part of the solution? That makes you a victim in waiting.

[@kerrimeaney3572]

They all innocent on the row aren’t they 😂 ps nah we good byebye Micheal ✌️

[@ClayMathis-nb7ml]

Bye Felicia

[@kerrimeaney3572]

Fry Micheal smith oh wait they did 😂😂😂