Execution of Teresa Lewis

Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis was executed October 3, 2010
39th murderer executed in U.S. in 2010
1227th murderer executed in U.S. since 1976
3rd murderer executed in Virginia in 2010
108th murderer executed in Virginia since 1976
12th female murderer executed in U.S. since 1976
1st female murderer executed in Virginia since 1912

[@TheOddwizard]

They're always sorry.........."after" they're caught.

[@alisonmorgan6600]

And they "find God" while in prison. Smdh

[@alejandrapadron1941]

@@alisonmorgan6600 A lot do “find God” in prison because of missionaries. For many, it’s the first time in their lives that they’ve been shown any kindness or love. Most come from extremely abusive backgrounds.

[@georgiagiolia7477]

@@alisonmorgan6600 είναι η πιο κατάλληλη στιγμή...ο Θεός πάντα βοηθάει όσους είναι σε ρόλο αδύναμου...

[@Lilia7016]

They don’t need any final meal before they die, because the people they kill didn't get to pick their final meals. They are taken away without any warning.

[@d0t_DoT_dOT]

Highkey 👏🏼👏🏼

[@cowboylandry17]

boil them in piss

[@wolfpak8228]

SUNSHINE JOSEPH -make them eat macdonalds

[@narayanannv3152]

cowboy landry

[@diane7352]

Amen!

[@ldchappell1]

Speaking of bullies, It's great that society is finally addressing the issue. I went to school in the 1960s and there was a lot of bullies in those days. And they got away with it too. If you complained they would say "Get over it. It'a all a part of growing up." Some people go too far and then you end up situations like Columbine.

[@FIDEL_CASHFLOW_]

I used to work at Fluvanna Correctional center where she was held on death row. She was back in segregation, where only senior officers are allowed to go. She was executed before I made senior officer so I never actually saw her.

[@mouthofthesouth6065]

Why does it matter the gender? #Equality right?

[@phlodel]

The victims of murder are not just the ones that were killed. Their loved ones suffer the grief and pain of loss, as well as emotional problems spawned by fear and anger.

[@rohitwagh8631]

I really appreciate this death row process cause these killers get to feel the fear before they die

[@ronaldshank7589]

Especially those last months, then weeks, then days, then hours, then minutes, then seconds, then... nothing. Their heart has been stopped, and their soul goes to Hell, if they didn't make things right with God. I don't even WANT to know the mounting terror that they feel, just before they're laid out on that bed, strapped in place, have the needle inserted into their vein, then having to endure the 3 different poisons, as they enter their bloodstream... which finally stops their heart from beating. And why do they have to face Death like this? Because, somewhere along the way, they willfully made the evil choice to take a life! What goes around, comes around!

[@rohitwagh8631]

@@ronaldshank7589 well said brother

[@reidunbrown7971]

What a monster!

[@alejandrapadron1941]

@@ronaldshank7589 I dont think all face fear. We are all mortal, of course. We just don’t know the exact time or way we’re going to go. I feel most are truly remorseful and don’t really have fear or terror. They’ve accepted why they’re there and their fate. Some are even “volunteers,” meaning they wave the appeals process because they don’t want to languish in prison for years.

[@Manu_Lemoine_FR]

You are crazy

[@SuzanneThomaskendall]

A lot of people feel that way. I had a friend that told repeatedly: "I rather go on and get the death penalty than to spend 30 to 40 years of my life in prison."

[@beet74]

Killing is wrong, however an execution is justice when done to someone who killed an innocent person

[@alladzyuba5725]

beet74 Yes. READ THE INNOCENT PROJECT PROGRAM, it reveals how many wrong convictions are done by the prosecutors in US !!! They do not care who is going to be convinced ! It is their business to earn money selling bodies to the death row. The INNOCENT PROJECT HAS ALREADY HELPED SOME WRONG CONVICTED PEOPLE TO AVOID BEING EXECUTED ! One was the case that prosecutor has intentionally hidden the fact of innocence such as DNA ! And the INNOCENT PROJECT PROGRAM DISCOVERED THAT AND REOPENED THE COURT CASE TO SAVE THAT PERSON’S LIFE !!!! It is not easy, and people need to support such program to save the wrong convicted !!! LET IT BE JUSTICE, not “Tualetise” !!!!

[@alisonmorgan6600]

Can someone please explain why you sit in jail for years before the actual execution? I understand the " new evidence, etc, but death penalty should be carried out immediately. Their victims didn't receive a second chance. I'm really confused. Thanks

[@alejandrapadron1941]

Because they are entitled to a very lengthy, and very expensive, appeals process. It costs more to execute a person than to keep them for life. The appeals process is to make absolutely, 100% certain that the person is guilty. Unfortunately, the system doesn’t always work.

[@cDynasty001]

Why give killers the least painful death possible? They deserve to feel pain.

[@hirdy6]

Because we are better than them, at least most of us are.

[@dianaa.1735]

Because its NOT about vengeance but about punishment to the letter of the law.

[@RobertJamesChinneryH]

good ole lectric chair

[@lisakn27]

Watch "Death By Fire"..it's about the Todd Willingham case. Also watch "Fourteen Days In May", it is about the innocence of Edward Earl Johnson, and how they went ahead with his execution. It's very sad to watch, and has changed my mind tremendously about the death penalty.

[@ldchappell1]

I read your comment about the Todd Willingham case. You're right about prosecutors who make mistakes. They don't like to admit and in some cases would rather go through with the execution than search for the truth. I'm going to look up this Todd Willingham case.

[@LaReinaDelBarrio]

I've waited decades for them to address the issue. The pain never goes away, and when you think it has, more bullying brings it all back. I hope that one day anyone who bullies in school has a PERMANENT MARK put on them - so that no one ever has to accidentally hire anyone who destroyed someone's life with words. It is UNFORGIVEABLE and the parents of bullies are probably bullies who grew up and bred.

[@beet74]

Tell that to BTK victims, Ted Bundy's victims, John Wayne Gacy's, and others. Justify to them how you want these men to continue life while their loved ones were cheated out of life. No, it won't bring them back, but it will at least give them justice.

[@beet74]

@Brandon Jackson Justice for society. It has the right to defend itself. People who do these horrid crimes repeat them even when incarcerated. Over 1000 prison inmates killed by other inmates in 2018 and that's just the US. The only way to stop their vicious behavior is to terminate them.

[@beet74]

@Brandon Jackson no, the death penalty done in accordance with law is society protecting itself. How else can you keep such people from repeating horrid crimes? Incarcerated people still kill.

[@beet74]

Backward? Exactly how would you have punished and given justice to the victims of Richard Speck, Dennis Rader, Ted Bundy, or any of the other serial killers. I am curious to know what you would do with them since you cannot guarantee they would never escape from prison. What do you think would be the fair and civilized thing to do with such killers?

[@oldguysrock2170]

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT! Means “punishment!” This painless method is not punishment.

[@alejandrapadron1941]

Did you forget “Cruel and Unusual Punishment?”

[@64MDW]

More attention here than was given to the two people she had murdered. Don't do the crime and you won't have to pay the penalty. Simple.

[@ValentineDayTwin]

The last meal should be crow that's uncooked. Crazy how killers feast on their favorites before they're executed. Just another waste of taxpayer's money.

[@florahernandez2689]

You got that right. Why should they be able to pick their last meal? They didnt give the victims that right.

[@reidunbrown7971]

What nonsense! Taxpayers money - and you don't care about a-bombs either!

[@georgiagiolia8255]

Βλέπω την απολαμβάνετε την ποινή του θανάτου... Ποια η διαφορά σας από τον δράστη??? Οφθαλμόν αντί οφθαλμού, φρίκη πάνω στη φρίκη...

[@tianathroupe228]

I don’t support crimes. But sometimes people who commit crimes can be good people who lost their shit for a second. This can be anyone at any time.

[@TheNuharoo]

I think it's still disconcerting that we are so clinical about this and that people can actually do this for a living, but we have to remember that the victims often don't get the dignity that the condemned killer gets in his/her last hours.

[@georgeskinner9655]

Why are people being executed in humane ways for inhumane crimes?

[@chrystalbla23]

Because unlike them, most of us are humane

[@lashersquirrelslayer]

Humane Death Penalty? No such thing right now

[@stevehammond9156]

What do you suggest? Have a big group hug while they sing Kumbaya? These "people", and I use that term VERY loosely, often savagely murdered innocent people. They have given up their right to live among us. What is inhumane is them dying an essentially painless death when their victims died a violent and often terrifying death. The gas chamber is the most appropriate way for them to die. They need to feel the fear and pain they placed their innocent victims through in the last moments of their lives.

[@lashersquirrelslayer]

Steve Hammond I guess it should be scrutinized more, since we also have put innocent men, children and women to death here in the States. I also have an idea! Since the State governments are having a hard time getting the "cocktail" of chemicals for lethal injection? All they have to do is buy from the chinese what they are putting in the USA heroin supply! CARFENTANIL is easily purchased on the cheap cheap from China, It will kill death row inmates dead dead DEAD with zero pain then all can be happy! I am against the death penalty only because of innocent lives it has taken, not for the sake of a child molester/killer, granny raper/killer. Life in prison should suffice, it's not a holiday, its not a spa, it can be made cost effective, and it gives those who have been unjustly convicted a chance.

[@junewaller8869]

dead actors

[@johnliozeris1736]

A .22 hollow point costs about 10 cents. It can be administrated by a single operator or done remotely. It's effect is instantaneous and more humane than what the criminal gave his victims. As a bonus, no docktors or lawyers are needed to verify the effectiveness.

[@xenazon9731]

We can start doing that with everyone we don't like or agree with. The government is supposed to be better than a bunch of right wing yahoos with no teeth.

[@RobertJamesChinneryH]

remotely ...funny.

[@memorialled_zeppelin-warew1346]

It's a hell of a lot cheaper than the drugs to execute them are that's for sure . And more decency then they deserve. They complain about execution costs. This is perfect idea. No fuss just bang and done .

[@ghassanco1]

Hahaha Wtf. As a bonus?

[@ferrieralicia5427]

Chriss Cevert. TODSŪNDE, WER EINEN TÖTET, WENN.ER IN PENSION IST. WIRT NIMALS FROH, DANN KOMMT DER TEUFEL U NIMMT DICH MIT,

[@ldchappell1]

Other than what I read on Wikipedia, I don't know much about this Willingham case you mentioned but I noticed they made a film about it called "Incendiary" Have you seen this film by any chance?

[@dancingdelilah1882]

Some people argue lethal injection used for those who are sentenced to death is Inhumane, CRUEL & painful punishment. But when lethal injection is used on beloved pets most people consider it ethically humane?

[@SteveAubrey1762]

All these drugs used to put these animals down.What about the victims these animals hurt. Get a rope. It's fast, it's intimidating and it's reusable.

[@satandy6058]

MusketeerinFlorida but what about the con-sti-tut-ion? The consitution. The constitution? Think of the constitution.

[@SteveAubrey1762]

The government sets aside the constitution whenever it suits them. Why should this be different? At least this time it will be ignored for a worthy cause.

[@alicezecevich9078]

MusketeerinFlorida that would be too good for these bastards, crank up ole sparky again with a dry sponge & just watch these bastards die in pain!

[@SteveAubrey1762]

I think we should tailor each execution to the crime committed against the victim.

[@waterbird91]

are you talking about "human" animals or the real 4 legged kind. I would defend an animal before a criminal.

[@soniclovesamygirl]

Jeez, Fried Chicken and Chocolate Cake sounds like an awesome finale.

[@garyharris1932]

The court system is rotten to the core. Defendants should be on a fast track to get them out of here but that would not suit those who profit from it.

[@dark_linkman9332]

Kathy was not her daughter. Step daughter. How dare you say that

[@morganstarchild3103]

I know right poor kathy

[@peakster753]

One of my former teachers once said, "If I'm going to spend the rest of my life in prison, you might as well go ahead and execute me"

[@elijahlyrics3790]

And go where?

[@rickos1915]

With that face she lured men with sex?

[@michaelcraig9449]

+Ricko s I know!! they MUST have been blind!!

[@vinoperoni7649]

+Ricko s Men who had sex with her surely had bad taste. Hahaha

[@misanthrop1958]

+Ricko s She would have to pay ME to have sex and she would have to pay A LOT...eech

[@mradd123]

it said "sex AND promises of money" lol

[@Marty933]

+Michael Craig It's the miracle of beer goggles.

[@DaveTheAxeJennings]

I think 2,000 volts would work fine and a lot quicker!!

[@phlodel]

Exactly. Lounging in the lap of luxury in an exotic resort hotel should not be worse. than the death penalty.An execution should last as long as its possible to sustain excruciating pain. And the screams of agony should be broadcast to all prison inmates, with the message that "this could be YOU!" Our benign tolerance of criminal behavior is the root cause of our high rate of violent crime. Bring back real punishment.

[@columbinegirl7355]

what a waste of video. show the damn execution.

[@seanmoffat4623]

Jeena Shirkey he'll yes

[@ivanbratanov8699]

I don't believe someone will show here a real electrocution video despite of it's "humanity", populaity and and the large number of prisoners electrocuted untill now.

[@kendu5636]

Because we are better and more humane than them.

[@heywannaplay6094]

YUP!💯

[@daveverplank]

You're a sick person.

[@monicag6715]

Fried chicken and soda? I would have ordered crab cakes, shrimp cocktail, caviar, lobster bisque, creme broule and a latte since the diarrhea would come after I'm dead.

[@juicysimone]

+Monica G TOTALLY! ;o)

[@RebelSonBand]

+Monica G after years on death row I think I would order a big ol´ cheese burger with a side of fries !

[@RebelSonBand]

+Monica G and a bucket full of skimmed milk.. I love my milk

[@69adrummer]

+Monica G Yes! I'd get that kashi go lean crunch with almonds and 2% milk! I'd turn that room in to a REAL gas chamber! holy smokes!

[@subblonde3101]

well the chef at the prison cooks it sooo..... better safe getting something easy to make. Plus you have a $$ limit.

[@matildadhumxoxo5801]

I don’t think that I would have asked for the veggies (peas). I would have had pizza, a 1 liter coca cola, cookies or something equally non nutritional foods!

[@sammy11232003]

proper thing! canada needs to bring back the death penalty

[@georgiagiolia8255]

Η φρικτή και εκδικητική ποινή του θανάτου, πρέπει να καταργηθεί παγκόσμια... Θα αλλάξουν πολλά πράγματα μετά το αναχρονιστικό αυτό έθιμο...

[@sabah4123]

Give them a taste of their own medicine, this execution is too easy. 💔🤷‍♂️🇦🇺

[@beet74]

yes, I especially like Norway's law. That guy there killed over 70 people and the max he could get is 21 years. He will be out in his 50's and able to do it again. Yep, that's justice or at least according to you it is. I see it very different.

[@toby9999]

Are you saying no one has ever been executed for a crime they didn't commit? Anyone who condones execution has lost their humanity, period.

[@TrailBlazer65]

1: Its usually not their fault for going insane 2: The death Penalty is wrong anyway

[@rockystelone21]

who would name their son Teresa, hell that's like calling a boy Sue.

[@monicastrickland3451]

Erm- she’s a woman

[@ghassanco1]

The whole world should stop using chemicals for excution. Just bring back the rope. From an environmental point of view.

[@harolddavis8611]

2 wrongs don't make a right

[@120rising]

Execution makes you as bad as the murderers. Taking pleasure in executions makes you a level below them.

[@kevinlynch756]

That's exactly what I want to see in a condemned prisoner "SERIOUS AND FEARFUL" before death. Just like their victims were in.

[@RobertJamesChinneryH]

maybe she shit her drawers...even better

[@crankyyankee7290]

What exactly do "they"expect,it would seem an odd time for levity ,and being a bit edgy would seem reasonable,though in the long past some stood on the gallows cracking jokes and singing,and some more recent last words have been interesting to be sure,but for most being a mite apprehensive might be reasonable !

[@vinoperoni7649]

I'm totally in favor of the death penalty law. Death penalty is not murder, it is self defense, society has to defend itself against criminals, executed criminals will never murder again. I'm Italian living & working in Singapore, I admire Singapore's discipline & strict death penalty law for criminals & drug traffickers; as a result Singapore is a free drug society & has low crime rate. I wish there was death penalty in Italy. Death penalty is truly a deterrent to crime. Crimes are increasing in countries where there's no death penalty & where jails are like 1st class hotels

[@henryseidel5469]

+vino peroni And what if the system of justice has made a mistake ?

[@Happy-ff6zv]

+vino peroni ..Singapore also disallows the formation of Muslim district. Every residential town has a quota for each different race : 80% Chinese (mostly Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian), 10 % Malay Muslim, 5 % Indian Hindus and 5 % others (non-Muslim). All sermons given in the mosques and every single lesson and speech delivered in Islamic schools are being watched and listened. Muslims are not allowed to hold prayer in public areas but all be confined inside the mosque, unlike in the West, which creates nuisance, inconsiderate, bullying traffic blockage. Anyone dare say "Sharia will rule the world" will be arrested and detained without trial, unlike in the West, Muslims openly curse "The Queen Go To Hell", "Islam Will Rule America" and burning of the America flag in the USA itself. Muslim can't sue for discrimination if they refuse to remove their hijab at work or at school and get sacked or kicked out of school. Only the pussy American courts become knee-weak before the Muslims who can sue for millions.

[@Happy-ff6zv]

+Henry Seidel ...There have been cases that the innocents are executed.

[@henryseidel5469]

+Happy 888 In China they found out they had executed the wrong man some ten years ago. His family received four thousand Euros for compensation. Good price for a family father , isn't it ?

[@audreymlean-roberts1394]

The death penalty is NOT a deterrent. The World bank &FBI figures prove it, time and again. States with the Death penalty 4,4 Per 100, 000 as opposed to 3,3 for states eithout it. The USA has the highest rates of intentional murder in the western world. Comparing USA to Europe the rate is approx double in the USA. You need to check the facts. Further approx 3% of all people executed are innocent. Think again when you wish to justify your position.

[@Searchzone123]

The primary purpose of the death penalty isn’t to lower crime it's to deliver justice. Murder by it's definition involves killing in a manner that breaks the law, so to say it's legal murder immediately negates it as murder. In war it's not murder, self-defense is not murder. A civilized society delivers justice to fit the crime.

[@paulettescott9590]

Do the crime......Do the time. No ifs ,ands,or buts about it.

[@romevicki1]

Instead of feeding them a last meal, they should give them a enema ........

[@jasonwyman1873]

Hey I said something like that!

[@AndreOutlaw]

Lethal injection seems like a peaceful way to go. I've had a few surgeries and when the anesthetic is given to me I have no idea what the heck is going on. I guess if you had to be put down it would be the preferred way.

[@dianaa.1735]

Its no longer that peaceful. Our country has been getting the necessary drugs from other countries, who are now refusing to provide us with drugs meant to kill other humans. Prison wardens are obtaining less than efficient, sometimes unwittingly buying fake meds now, tho they won't say from where, and as a result inmates are screaming, writhing in pain and suffocating in front of the witnesses during their executions. Yeah, ditto with surgeries-isn't that feeling of fading away from the anesthetic WONDERFUL? I fight it mentally just to enjoy the feeling a little longer ;)

[@myopinion5508]

Whats the difference between a killer and goverment/death penalty?

[@jacobuswindvogel8472]

IF you are be able to cut short human life by murder the person, why should ANY government grant YOU the way to live a life if found guilty of the vicious crime on a court of law?

[@MrVonKruger]

When you figure out a way to get every single person under "Self-control" let me know. Till then, I'm keeping my guns.

[@havelpavel1870]

Send the people who hoard the world's wealth for themselves to the chair instead. This, like nearly every other crime in the world, is over money. Want to stop crime? Share the wealth.

[@norigibson]

Go get a job you sniveling cry-baby and when you get your check go give it away. Share the wealth. Liberal garbage.

[@alfazeta8]

Society should show mercy even to those who did not have it To be really human I do not think there is a different choice

[@clarequilty4962]

Capital punishment doesn't deter criminals from murdering, BUT neither does life imprisonment. So, might as well . . .

[@gerardmcnally]

Disgusting... Who are we to judge?

[@gerardmcnally]

God.....

[@Gomba13]

Ray, why does someone have to judge? There is no point in judging. Nobody is in a position to judge. The idea is to keep people from killing again, not to judge. What the fuck is this fucking judgment disease?

[@robertrichardson9953]

The murderer judged by taking the lives of others didn't he.

[@osamaalmulki6349]

are you sure she is a female? ???

[@Sue158Y]

Osama Al Mulki

[@Scotty70]

Osama Al Mulki she looks like Archie Moore?

[@osamaalmulki6349]

+Scott 70 , that's a funny comment, thanks, Scott,

[@shezzy306]

There is a Thumb Rule.. Death penalty should always be given in a human way no matter how brutally murderer killed a person as people who end the life of a murderer are not murderer.

[@firearmsdefense]

Actually most forms of death are fast and you are never aware of it. I know from experience because I survived a car accident and a year later I survived a serious bicycle accident and the only thing I remember about either of them was waking up in intensive care 3 days later.

[@beet74]

And we need to work on England. They don't have it and need to.

[@dianaa.1735]

Doctors, due to the Hippocratic oath,are not allowed to participate in executions, so relatively untrained prison staff actually insert the needle into a vein & start/finish the execution process. I KNOW most of you have heard about the poor inmate whose amateur executioners couldn't find a vein. They stuck this poor guy everywhere many times-arms, wrists, back of hands, feet, behind the knees, neck, chest, etc. He'd been a junkie & blew out most of his veins, & the people trying to insert the needle were incompetent when it came to finding a usable vein.Death should be HUMANE, not torture, if we have to implement the death penalty at all. www.datehookup.com/Thread-383596.htm

[@79tazman]

I say it depends on the crime some deserve a slow and painful death

[@dianaa.1735]

I disagree with you.

[@patricejackson6718]

Y are u saying the poor inmate? Are you stupid the death sentence she gave her victims is worse than they will ever have it! Being put to sleep is alot nicer than shooting someone!

[@dianaa.1735]

patrice jackson If you have to call people names, then you aren't intelligent enuff for me to bother with.

[@antonionovoa95]

I am sorry to disagree with you...HUMANE???...but the way those convicted felons killed their victims are not even close to be called HUMANE. Once they committed those crimes they stop having any rights. I can't imagine having a family member being killed and feel bad for the one guilty of that. Actually they should be handed out to victim families if they ask for it...that could be fair enough. The lethal injection is a very nice and peaceful to die comparing with all the torture and violence of the victims suffer at or before their deaths. They are not human beings anymore after the commit all those atrocities and killings. I can't feel sorry for them...after they kill somebody they are just rabid animals and they need to be spared from doing it again.

[@AjitMD]

Killing somebody to steal their money is terrible. Difficult to be lenient. Not like the perp was hungry, desperate and had no choice… at least not in USA. Which makes such crimes difficult if not impossible to forget. Equally disturbing is the willingness of the individuals to carry the actual executions for a paycheck, like pulling the trigger in a firing squad, putting a rope around somebody’s neck, electrocuting a person, lethal injection, etc. Does no compare with being the executioners of Middle Ages who did hanging, drawing, quatering… many times for minor crimes if any.

[@alexandriascribe4993]

couldn't agree more and I am from the USA. I have watched this country quickly decline. Hollywood, the music industry, the media and the schools are largely to blame. Parents have become self serving, drug addicts or alcoholics who abuse or neglect their children shamelessly. The moral decline has made this country unrecognizable.

[@kevinl6231]

Who would accept sex from this lady as payment?

[@norigibson]

Some body who wouldn't know his ass from a whole in the ground. Little wonder he killed himself. Real class acts!!!

[@rosaleeharris9251]

If i were a man it would be HELL to the NO!(

[@bobtucker8705]

Im with ya Kevin, prob be a better ride then a amusement park.

[@rosestephanierodriguez9084]

A lot of men would even as ugly as she was

[@robertpetercase643]

You would. Wanker

[@joeb6544]

I have no sympathy for her or any other inmate on death row

[@robertpetercase643]

Some are there due to miscarriage of justice. So! Not all deserve to die my friend.

[@dianaa.1735]

You should-groups like the Innocence Project have done the hard work and found many innocent people in our prisons and on death rows. With the proof they've dug up which was unavailable or ignored during a trial, quite a few people have been EXONERATED & immediately released from prisons. Juries can get it wrong-prosecutors can accidentally or willfully withhold info that would prove they convicted the wrong people. DNA testing wasn't available when so many people were convicted back in the day. As in an arson here where the woman was sentenced to life , it was found out that the "arson expert" who testified against her was using what's called "junk science" when it came to accellerants. That poor woman did 16 yrs for a crime she didn't commit. Something like 4% of those in prison are INNOCENT. Now THAT'S a sickening thought.

[@indiglo1971]

Technically, the death penalty is not murder. Murder is the illegal taking of a human life, and the death penalty is legal.

[@Twinhit]

Agreed. I just saw a newscast covering a trial of a man accused of killing his girlfriend and their unborn child. He is charged with TWO counts of murder. Then I think about the millions of babies having been aborted and the government SUPPORTS and legalizes abortion. That's an in-your-face double-standard, in my opinon.

[@Sirphil-dj9dh]

The European Union sent Texas governor Rick Perry asking him to stop all executions. Perry responded by telling the EU to mind its own business. I did not vote for him but I completely agree with his response.

[@redblaze6355]

The EU should take a damn leaf out the U.S's book! Im so sick of living in a country where punishment is a total joke (UK). Murderes...molesters....hang them high! Sorry, had to coun the phrase. Theres absolutely no point in keeping these people alive as far as im concerned. Plus, they just drain public money whether theyre behind bars for years (which is hardly ever) or in and out of jail re-offending.

[@UrzliBoy]

Sirphil 0267 I am from Europe and I was striktly against the death penalty. After I watch US Crime Documentaries I changed my opinion completely. Most ppl in Europe think that the US kills cuddle bears and not evil murderer that committed horrible crimes against other humans. A life for a life...

[@UrzliBoy]

Hammerschlägen M Seh ich auch so...

[@samirahamzie571]

U live by the sword u r killed by it. They didnt think for one moment that this is the out come when they kill. People take lives of people as if they are their makers. Think before u do something stupid that will cost your life. What of the loved ones family are they not humans? If u kill u too would be killed.

[@MothaLuva]

I thought the same when watching "American Sniper"...noone can kill someone else, without paying for it. Karma is a bitch. Greetings to all those selfproclaimed "judges". Who gave you the right to say, who dies, who doesn't ? So, no matter if the one sent to die is guilty or not, we are not the ones to judge, without punishment. Greetings to all you judges out there. Enjoy.

[@paullarzazs9601]

You have NO idea what you're talking about. My aunt was in a very abusive marriage ... (Long story, short version) ... after the divorce her ex admitted that he'd planned to kill her, but the ONLY thing that stopped him was fear of being caught and getting the death penalty. My aunt finally passed away in her sleep at 93 years of age. Do I believe in the death penalty? ABSOLUTELY !

[@Thinkbeforeyoureply]

It's really easy to say such things but my guess would be that, once faced with the reality, almost all of us would rather live incarcerated than cease to exist.

[@brandytipene8216]

Those that take a human life deserve to have their life snuffed out. All be it so as to give the family of the murdered victim a sense of closure & knowing the perpetrator has paid for his crime.

[@lordsmokingmirror]

for some reason I thought there was going to be some sort of... execution.

[@robinbush5698]

family trailer should say something right there

[@phlodel]

I would hate for my father's murderer to be put to death in this manner. It is too quick and painless.

[@Marvcohen]

My last meal every night is fried chicken but I keep waking up the next day

[@ex-cabincrew]

Execution is not right and is not a punishment; the aim of punishment is make someone a better person.

[@GroomLeader]

If you lock someone up for Life without parole, how does that make them a better person? And even if it did, they'll never be outside the prison, so their "better" self would be of no use.

[@mallorieblair]

no the aim is retribution... making them pay the ultimate price for their crime of murder. Death penalties are only given to the most atrocious murderers. Most do end up with LWOP.

[@daveradcliff3716]

Execution IS the PUNISHMENT, OR THE PAYMENT YOU MUST GIVE, for the crime ypu have committed

[@daveradcliff3716]

Has nothing to do with making

[@daveradcliff3716]

Has nothing to do with "making you a bettet person". THAT is REHABILITATION.

[@mindrolling24]

Final meals- so many of them request fried chicken! They shouldn't be allowed to have the flesh of innocent sentient beings whose lives have been hell in a factory farm as their last meal. I think they've changed it now in some states at least and there's no request granted- they get the same as normal prisoners for that day.

[@phadingdark5159]

Mindrolling Texas doesn't have last meal requests

[@cabritorsss]

No, that's how he talks to pussy vegan cunts. Anyone on death row and those that feel sorry for them, their Families exempted, shouldn't get any respect. The death row people committed a crime barbaric enough to get the death penalty making them personas non gratis. God will sort them out and society simply can no longer afford the costs of housing, feeding and medical waiting for some killer to live for thirty, forty or fifty years to go to their just rewards.

[@mindrolling24]

Oh! I'm sorry! I apologise for offending you Bridgette, reigning Queen and owner of the internet. I guess you could always just not read the comments, or pass over the ones you don't agree with- perhaps you could even try making a comment relevant to the video as opposed to just trolling other peoples' responses. Where I live, people are allowed to express their own opinions and most of us manage to do it without resorting to arrogance and aggression, so with your best interests at heart, how about you pull your head in and chill instead of responding to a comment posted a month ago?

[@cabritorsss]

OK...you gave your opinion now let them give theirs

[@mindrolling24]

.....That's what I was suggesting.

[@phlodel]

anybody that condones murder has lost their humanity, period.

[@xxxwarlordxxx]

Well, at least Gerard Butler wasn't involved with the execution

[@craigmckendry9978]

What about the number of people convicted wrongfully. How many people have been exonerated fur crimes they didn't commit. Imagine, how many have been executed that were innocent. It's that justice. God is the one who should pay judgement, not a politically motivated judge or district attorney.

[@msanjelia]

this is the reason i so not believe in capital punishment i for the same reason i never will.

[@imaccheroni]

Bring back Ol' Sparky!

[@bobwhite2200]

In 2000 on December 7 a man named Claude Jones was executed in Huntsville Texas. He was the 40th person executed that year in Texas. 40 in one year is the most any state has ever executed in one year ever. So I guess it's a record. I was there.

[@TheParabola1977]

Your comment on the Justice system is the reason I stopped supporting the DP. Although, I would only support prosecuting the prosecutors if they actively manipulated the system in order to get convictions and the DP with blatant disregard for the facts. Life in prison can be much worse.

[@doowoplover534]

But this is NOT cruel and unusual punishment? This government is sick ,VERY SICK .just as sick as the criminals they murder.

[@eveningcommenter6312]

True. Atleast with a life sentence, the family's still get to visit. The death penalty just creates more victims.

[@ashleyodom6271]

Evening Commenter Well what about the victim or victim's the death row inmate's have killed??? There families will NEVER get to see them or have visits with them at there home or wherever, the murder's on death row should have thought about that shit before they brutally murdered 1 or more people... At least there families can still come visit them even while there on death row....

[@doowoplover534]

Ashley Odom So we have to sink to the level of the sick murderer.This country is all about killing, guns, and wars .be it on TV,or in the movies .We don't see wars on TV anymore since Vietnam because that started the anti war movement that shut down the war. Programming people to use guns and murder .Yes,i believe it's intentional. most crimes are done because of poverty,in the richest nation in the world where all the wealth goes to the 1%.We even give medals for killing A very sick government

[@eveningcommenter6312]

Ashley Odom I don't care about the murderer. I care about the innocent people who are related to the murderer. To kill a murderer is to hurt its family. Why make more people suffer? If you had a kid who killed someone, would you be mortified that they were to be killed by the government?

[@eveningcommenter6312]

Ashley Odom Also do you love your mom? What if she killed someone? Do you know what it's like to loose your mom? Would you like your mom to die because she killed someone for money so that you could have a warm place to sleep?

[@zingerflippinz2066]

Do away with the first drug. They ought to be conscious as it happens.

[@Grandtrunk]

Crimson Cryptic do away with the KCl and the sedative. Just the Pavulon and let her suffocate

[@jkyotube]

Makes us no better...maybe true but it definitely makes us feel better.

[@DHarri9977]

@jamesraymondsmith You have to weigh the evidence which means that it points more towards guilt vs.evidence that would clear them. The evidence was overwhelming in the case is what it comes down to.

[@michaelcraig9449]

keep it up.. need to get rid of way more, way faster. Hang them, it is real cheap. Use the same rope over and over..get on with it..

[@michaelcraig9449]

+Creeper Games well it is illegal for people to rape babies, kill large numbers of people, rape large numbers of people.. torture people..why dont you think of THEIR rights instead? You care about the evil criminals, but not about the innocent victims..you have it all wrong. I say.. kill 'em all.

[@erikhartog5340]

+Michael Craig I hope you'll never get executed for a crime you didn't commit.

[@mirquellasantos2716]

+Michael Craig : I second that.

[@michaelcraig9449]

+Mirquella Santos well if she did not do it, then do NOT execute her, let her go. Simple. They have DNA tests now, so if there is NO DNA found at the scene from the person in question, then that person is NOT guilty. Simple. But, it sounds like she did it.

[@erikhartog5340]

Michael Craig Even DNA evidence doesn't guarantee you got the right guy.

[@h1957b]

Ihr Amis habt echt 'nen Knall!

[@robertpetercase643]

Can you say that in ENGLISH-LANGUAGE!

[@Thinkbeforeyoureply]

Yeah, that was an interesting case. And I guess the "Garry Gilmore's" are the worse for humanity to control because they do not fear death, or at least, appear not to do so. Gilmore wanted to be executed and who knows what impact that had on the crimes he committed because he always knew that he'd die, and seemingly wasn't bothered by it.

[@susanfarmer479]

I feel sorry for the victims in this world who are murdered I don't think these murderers should be able to pick a meal of their choice starving people who have never harmed another person don't get to choose a meal.

[@tropicvibe]

Fried chicken, sweet peas, and chocolate cake for last meal...how in hell can anyone eat knowing you're on your way to the chair? Or the table for that matter. I would have no appetite at all and would probably make it a very memorable occasion by fighting tooth and nail all the way to the execution.

[@jmowreader]

They're ready for guys who "fight tooth and nail all the way to the execution." If you start to act up they just shove a nice big syringe full of Valium into you and cart you off to the table while your eyes are still glazed over.

[@sailorscorpio27]

Aileen Wuornos didn't eat before...she enjoyed a cup of coffee

[@grafter8337]

+tropicvibe If you sat in the chair after eating that lot, just imagine how much shit would hit the fan when the switch was pulled !

[@pedrolistacarey4880]

Tropicool - I would have no appetite at all, but even if I were a bit hungry, I would ask that my last meal be delivered to some poor homeless devil who will make better use of it than my dead body would.

[@jenniferreding9382]

TropiCool I would have anxiety and nausea through the roof; however, maybe killers feel differently.

[@marilynshively670]

execution was made for a murderer like Theresa Lewis-

[@Hojiii]

I honestly can't get my head around it.

[@phlodel]

I come by my attitude honestly. July 15, 1968 my father was beaten to death. Many people say that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment. What an 11 year old boy dreams of doing to his father's murderer is really cruel and unusual punishment. Being plagued by such dreams is also cruel and unusual punishment. You call me irrational because of my thoughts on the punishment of vicious criminals. I am merely expressing the extreme view to balance the opposing extreme of leniency.

[@carmel350]

I don't believe in the death penalty! But I do believe in life in prison for serious crimes such as this one!

[@DreEst1991]

But it cost more to keep these guys there than it does to send a kid through college. Huge waste of space and money. death penalty is not the most glamorous thing but was put here for a reason.

[@carmel350]

DFitten0109 It cost way more to put these guys on death row, do you know how many appeals they can file that cost milllions of dollars, some people have been on death row for 15-20 years, now that cost way more money

[@DreEst1991]

I know. The cost of a death row inmate is twice the amount for anyone else. That was my point lol. I was saying as crazy as it is because of the money, we still need it or jails/prisons would be MORE overcrowded. I only agree with it because I feel that if you take a life its only fair. Appeals are good for those who can prove their innocence but some guys are convicted without a shadow of a doubt but try to appeal to buy time...sad really

[@texaseyeofthetiger]

They don't execute enough people.

[@RobertJamesChinneryH]

did the victims get life????

[@myopinion5508]

I say death penalty is not okay...!

[@just-dl]

Aurora, can you say why you believe that? Not throwing rocks, just want to know what you're basing your statement on.

[@Mark-xh8md]

I say your opinion is irrelevant

[@daveradcliff3716]

WHY!!!!!?????

[@ferrieralicia5427]

,yes,, not OK THIS CAOUNTRIS KILL FOR NOTHING LOL

[@ferrieralicia5427]

@Heidi Willard sorry, sorry in. EUROPA NO DEATH PENALTY

[@thatgardeninggirl2864]

All crimes are horrendous But Casey Anthony is walking free....

[@DHarri9977]

@jamesraymondsmith 20 years ago we didn't have accurate DNA tests and the prison systems are going through a back-log of cases using this technology to clear or confirm cases.