The Execution of Thomas Arthur

[@brianflowers586]

It’s time to take care of the lawyers that caused this to take 35 years to get done. The system is written for the criminal not the victim

[@fazbell]

Lethal injection is a sane and compassionate form of execution. All such executions should be carried out within one week of conviction.

[@skhotzim_bacon]

So innocent people don't have a chance to appeal? I'm all for the death penalty but we have way too many innocent people that get convicted

[@sirsha6973]

Wrong. Gallows are far superior.

[@patrickshannon4516]

And why us the state allowed to kill people? The state shouldn't kill either killing is wrong no matter who does it.

[@stephiegee5416]

Half the time it doesn’t even work right and the convicted end up suffering for a good while before they eventually die. Sometimes the drug used to actually put people out isn’t administered correctly (because doctors are not allowed to do it, since they take an oath to do no harm or cause anyone to die), so then when the drug used to actually stop the heart goes in their veins, they can feel it and it burns like they’re on fire if they are not fully under.

[@chuckie1oner80]

If a civilian can't kill someone without punishment the government shouldn't be able to kill someone as a punishment.. people in this world need to learn you DONT FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE..

[@rajeshadya]

Tommy Arthur, a convicted hitman nicknamed “Houdini” by a victims' group because he escaped execution seven times, was put to death early Friday morning in Alabama after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to give him an eighth reprieve.May 26, 2017

[@PAMAROSHOUSE]

35 years, what a waste of tax payers money

[@selinallano9147]

PAMAROSHOUSE it cost more to kill him

[@S3P7]

@@selinallano9147 No it doesn't. It costs to keep an inmate $50K a year in jail. Multiply that by 35 years. Lethal injection is about $16,500. You do the math.

[@selinallano9147]

@@S3P7 not sure where you got your information from but apparently you forgot about the appeals process and the fact that they usually stay on death row for over 10 years.. now you do that math!

[@S3P7]

@@selinallano9147 Jesus Christ, you never passed 2nd grade math, have you? John got life sentance for killing someone. Robert got death row. John would be 50K a year times 50 years or however long he stays alive in jail. Robert would be $50K times 10, plus $16,500. 99.9% of people who commit murder will either get death row or life. The few people who don't get either gets at least 30 years which still costs more than death row. Got it?

[@selinallano9147]

@@S3P7 Cases without the death penalty cost $740,000, while cases where the death penalty is sought cost $1.26 million. Maintaining each death row prisoner costs taxpayers $90,000 more per year than a prisoner in general population. There are 714 inmates on California's death row. Costs of the Death Penalty | Death Penalty Information Center You really should do the research to prevent yourself from looking as stupid as you do right now.

[@ukrulesall1]

His legal cost alone would fund a small country. Almost 40 years of litigation. That is a waste by any definition of the term.

[@mariajosemachadolima8610]

culpa dos tribunais que deixam esses advogados ficarem entrando com recursos inúteis, petições repetidas sem nenhuma novidade que possa mudar a situação do criminoso, são recursos protelatórios pra evitar a execução, a justiça se presta a esse papel ridículo, é uma falta de respeito com a família da vítima e uma boa pra família desses assassinos que ficam 40 anos fazendo visita.. tirando fotos..ou então tem alguma coisa muito estranha no meio de tudo isso, um tribunal que demora 40 anos pra julgar e confirmar uma sentença ou é muito incompetente ou não dá a mínima pra vítima...deveria haver um meio para que os juízes que ficam enrolando terem um prazo pra encerrar. fica aceitando os joguinhos do réu e de advogados que ficam ganhando dinheiro e gastando o do povo sustentando esses lixos que nem deveriam ter nascidos

[@charithanawarathna4492]

Legend says he is still waiting

[@rosesanderson306]

35 years on death row. The victims family need closure long ago.

[@oldmatecj9677]

Damn it seems I’m the first person for a while that’s been recommended this

[@cbenjamin7582]

I wonder what the wife's sentence was. Some states give the mastermind more time than the actual murderer. 35 years & 7 stays, some of the stays within _hours_ of the execution??? My nerves would be shot to hell. 😣

[@markmccoy1304]

Laws need to be changed. 35 years is ridiculous for a murderer to be sitting in prison. 35 days maximum. Or 35 hours.

[@petercdowney]

Thomas Arthur was executed a few days after this was uploaded. He was pronounced dead about half an hour after his execution went underway.

[@TrishaMae1988]

He's lived 35 years too long already

[@thatdutchguy2882]

Patricia Haynes But he thought and hoped to squeeze some more out, even getting out of prison.

[@RobertJamesChinneryH]

Patricia Haynes no justice

[@TheWuschelMUC]

It is sort of a double punishment. 35 years in prison and a death sentence.

[@eddiebrown2554]

What type of persin are you to wish someone to die . Thats whats wrong with the world now everybody wants someone dead for some reason. I pray for us all. Learn to forgive your enemies and show love not some form of revenge by the the courts. That just sends the wrong message that it ok for the law to kill no one i mean no one has tje right to kill unless yoi are in a defence mode. And thats the only way i see it . if you try to kill and get kill thats justice to me you may call it karma

[@rs-xf9im]

Eddie Brown some people just don't deserve to be fed and took care of for the rest of there life. this killer is just one more of them. the death penalty is a deterrent to people who want to kill a person. while it certainly doesn't stop em all it definitely stops many. this man was a killer of innocent people and a killer deserves what they dish out.

[@reddiver7293]

His fate actually sounds worse than dying.

[@vermontjeff2535]

Sad day for the tax payers hearing this information.

[@hunterfisher1294]

They should have brought out old sparkly for him.

[@OOBEJuanKenobi]

Ironically that is now even more humane than lethal injection.

[@sirsha6973]

@@OOBEJuanKenobi Why cant we just have guillotines and firing squads like the good ol days?

[@mandyellis876]

@@sirsha6973 he apparently wanted a firing squad but they refused

[@denniscarver7681]

Should have gave the man what he wanted the first time. SMH

[@amythomas1124]

How does it take that long to get justice served? Many know they did murder, but fight and waste taxpayer monies to get life in prison, no parole, instead of being on death row. Their victims sure didn’t get that chance or choice!

[@t-man152]

I believe taking someone's lifes is like a crime, you get one life so let the person live their full lifetime. Not religious statement, regarding the biasy, but an opinion

[@carlyannbulleri2390]

Why is this on my recomended?

[@unappreciatedtreehouse821]

Justice delayed is justice denied.

[@pattim173]

Why did it take 35 years to kill the son of a b****

[@louiselill1528]

Unfortunately they have to wait to see if new evidence comes to light proving his or her innocence

[@jimshoe6699]

I agree..Death Row inmates should have the right to appeal....but not this crazy 20 to 30 yrs of appeals...That's BS...They should be executed within 5 yrs of their sentence...

[@koolkar55]

Wow... I bet he's forgotten why he killed in the first place. This is ridiculous to keep a human (that has made a mistake) in custody for 35 years & then say we're going to kill you now. Can't see the justice in that.

[@davidharrison6615]

koolkar55 made a mistake ? you serious .

[@Innowheresland]

Meanwhile the person who is dead didnt have the chance to see today because this man made a "mistake"

[@wardenphil]

Not at all - the delay is because of his appeals. I'll admit, if I were on Death Row, I would want every appeal I could get....but after doing so, I would be in no position to argue they hadn't gotten to my execution quickly enough.

[@barryfohn4385]

Let me ask you something there. If it was your mother that he killed would you still refer to it as a mistake?

[@fabiejoseph877]

@Jennifer Yearwood haap07!

[@RavenFeathers90]

Everytime the state executes somebody, I think of the thousands of innocents wrongly executed. The existence of the death penality is why we have the blood of innocents in our hands. Better 100 guilty get sentenced to life to save the life of one innocent.

[@JM-zk9ou]

I absolutely agree. Apart from killing of innocent people, the emotional toll on the victims' families of repeated appeals is high as is the cost to taxpayers.

[@drlecter8145]

Trial, one week appeal and execute.

[@mariuszmroczkowski2605]

That's true 35 years..you will forget what you did when you were younger

[@lorettamask1100]

Finally Justice! Junior, you can now Rest In Peace

[@johnneytilley4165]

Loretta Mask all of this human garbage lives better in prison than a lot of our young homeless

[@Starlightxxoo]

I’m sure he was resting in peace before this. He didn’t need someone do die to achieve peace. If he was a man of god he achieved peace the moment he died because he was in the hands of his creator. This barbaric practice gives the idea that eye for an eye is somehow justified. And I pray for anyone involved with taking the life of another. As well as those who wish death on someone. Weather or not they deserve it is for god to decide. He doesn’t need his children thinking he needs help dishing out punishment. Because everyone recieves their due justice. In this life or the next. I can completely sympathize with how anyone would feel cheated or stolen someone they dearly love. I know I’d have some sorting out to do if it ever happened to me. But I pray to god I’d never wish death on anyone or be apart of anyone’s murder. Because this is murder no matter how you dress it. I fully believe that murderers and sex offenders should be removed from society for the remainder of their natural lives. If they become rehabilitated than that’s all well and good. But they should still remain behind bars. We shouldn’t be killing people in the name of anything.

[@niwemugenimediatrice5640]

What did he do?

[@runningwild689]

They gonna execute that old man, he should be ashamed of himself.

[@nickcoudounellis9668]

Being executed is the easy way out. At least he suffered and stressed over the 35 years before being executed. Now he is in hell were he belongs

[@HowardHalifax]

Might as well have just kept him in jail for all the time it took to execute him. 35 fucking years? You don't even get that for murder here in the UK!

[@madisanamsp8637]

how did I get from watching sloths to this

[@perla51]

1982!!!???? Why all this time???????????????????????

[@barbaratreadway4052]

Father says thy shall not kill.

[@keith37]

Way to many appeals...,

[@lauritervo]

Death penalty is allways wrong. Period.

[@topgun-nv7pz]

I'm sorry, but 35 hours is NOT a death sentence.

[@ChrisJ-mf7cj]

I agree with his daughter about mandatory DNA tests or whatever the most up to date testing available is at the time of execution. It shouldn’t just be done thanks to a technicality or something in the judicial process. I’m very pro-death sentence, but I’d feel much much better knowing we didn’t kill an innocent person at the same time. I know it costs money, but can you truly put a price on a life?

[@toddandangelbrowning2920]

35 years? Soooo he lives out his life on death row while his victim rots in the ground being robbed of every memorable event he never experienced? One year is long enough for appeals for those on death row.

[@joshleenall]

Yeah, living that wonderful life on death row where I'm sure he gets everything he wants. I'm not defending the guy, he should spend life in prison but holy shit you guys act like he lives a luxurious life in prison.

[@ronvaliant9337]

Death penalty is wrong. That's the bottom line. God gives life and only God can take it.

[@kohedunn]

So the murderer is let off ? free ? Death is more humane than lifetime lock up..

[@ronvaliant9337]

@@kohedunn Not at all. He is locked up for life without parole. We have no right to take a life. At least then he has his life to repent and save his soul.

[@danielmurphy3058]

Rat poison Brodifacume is cheaper.

[@northernsurvivalbackcountr4986]

Not so funny when it's your turn to stop breathing

[@leahhayes8256]

Crazily he killed his sister in law so if he was innocent for Troy Wicker murder he was held accountable for his sister in law murder. Kinda a win win but it is lives we are talking about so that’s touchy for most ppl.

[@StephenLynx8492]

He looks like an evil version of Carl from Up.

[@LeveretteJamesClifford1955]

Imagine the hell of a death sentence that first requires life in prison. That is cruel and normal punishment.

[@rb-qq5el]

Pat haynes you are correct way to long and so is Alvin I feel you should get 2 or 3 appeals max and must be carried out within a 2 yr period. Once the death penalty is upheld they family member gets to choose the method of death and carry out the execution . I for one would do it myself more than likely by the same method that they used to kill my family member I.E. If they took 2 days I would take 2 days. Sorry if this offends people by my comments

[@noahevans]

why was he wearing glasses on glasses?

[@SaraS-jq1ln]

Racks on racks on racks, Specs on specs on specs

[@annmitchell4663]

Reading glasses on top of vision glasses.

[@dwightstewart7181]

Hey, if taxpayers are paying for it, why not wear whatever you want. Next we'll be paying for jewelry and three-piece suits.

[@KAMALAISHERNAME]

herp derp he was trying to SEE what he'd actually done wrong but both pairs of eye wear wouldn't allow him to do so...

[@KAMALAISHERNAME]

Dwight Stewart hell, we already pay for these losers to have cable in prison. I'm a law abiding tax payer and currently can't afford cable, but somehow myself as well as other citizens are stuck with paying for these murderers and rapists to have such luxuries.... IN THEIR JAIL CELLS......smmfh

[@davidmaclane5487]

This is only one area of the American judicial system that is seriously flawed...it's only a stalling game to thwart the inevitable....a game that costs taxpayers unbelievable amounts of money, and for what?

[@edthodujamalkoyajamal4155]

The mumbling narration is hard to fathom. Please avoid employing such narrators.

[@915buck]

That is so Wong on so many levels, 35 years on death row, all those appeal, the waste on money on this piece of shit!!

[@AlonsoRules]

what a waste of taxpayers' money

[@sirius-petrusse5716]

Mon pauvre ami si un jour cela arrive dans ta famille que diras-tu?

[@fckstreetshitters4294]

Anthony Kernich u dont pay taxes albino bxtch

[@yasminenazarine1629]

Why wait 35 years on old age to die ?

[@twocentsopinion]

Here's a question: WHY HAS AMERICA KEPT THE DEATH PENALTY WHILST OTHER COUNTRIES ABOLISHED IT??

[@dwightstewart7181]

Why has other countries allowed their vicious killers of innocent people to live? It certainly devalues those lives. Why not kill? If they're caught, they'll simply spend a little time in prison (friends, recreation, family visits, etc) with all their needs cared for.

[@twocentsopinion]

Dwight Stewart I was just wondering that's all, as I am not American

[@woodyhayes7402]

We don’t drive to be like other countries, other countries strive to be like us or live here.

[@JimInTally]

We keep the death penalty because, in many cases, it's the ONLY appropriate punishment that will ENSURE that the thug won't kill again.

[@sirius-petrusse5716]

Parce que ce pays est aussi vieux que sa constitution!

[@milt6208]

They should just use Draino. I hear it works well.

[@sirsha6973]

Gallows.

[@macncheese3779]

He got some big fooking glasses

[@gysgt.k.r.daltonusmcmed.re5680]

BULL SHIT! TAKE HIM OUT! ENOUGH SAID! Semper Fidelis, The Gunny

[@zsirafablak5143]

Poor man

[@YaNastee]

Thy shall not kill.

[@johnmoyer2849]

what took so fucking long?

[@soloone8158]

Never heard of this guy. What were some of his crimes?

[@pamelameadows1693]

Misleading title!

[@rabele123]

Wtf is going on with this bum still alive after 35 years? Here in the UK there was a phrase "Three Clear Sundays" which described how long the condemned would normally wait for execution.

[@joshleenall]

There's a reason that phrase is in the past. Because it was stupid and led to the death of innocent people far more often than giving them time and chances for appeals.

[@SarahGKing]

So, here we are..... 3 years later!! Dud they execute him??

[@WaterMan-ss6eb]

God almighty. Start executing this people. Wasting oxygen water electricity. And polluting the earth needlessly

[@chilledsamadio9140]

That's crazy

[@documax123]

7 stays of the execution, some only a day or two before the set date - I'd think that would meet the standard of cruel and unusual right there.

[@mariamariafujoshiinurarea2524]

" you 're sentenced to death!" Dies after 40 years from natural causes after wasting so much money and living their life full after ending other's lives .... This really annoys me

[@michaelfiedler1419]

Alabama, even dumb for America..

[@johnmoyer2849]

Michael,your proof is?

[@line-katrinebjrnsdatterhal2305]

I understand why they were unse before dna aso but now adays the convicted shouldn't get to appeal several times when it's clear cut cases 😬😠 That has got to be awful for the victims families with that waiting game Specially when the convicted show no remorse what so ever,just wanting mercy themselves when they didn't show any towards their victims 😢😢😢 The Bible is clear about following our country or government's regulations and that's why I think it also should be done when the sentence is given 😯😠

[@kevinlarvins5951]

make a video u can actualy hear

[@davidharrison6615]

Sentence,out the door to a trap door,bye bye .

[@madandy3176]

Executed at a "correctional facility?" Only in America!

[@h.aritchie7717]

He's dead more are trying to get away with it

[@waynescott137]

Gave him more rights that his victim , should had fried him slowly after first conviction!!!!!!!

[@riyazm100]

IF HIS WIFW WAS INVOLVED IN ADULTERY, IN CHEATING HIM, WHAT OTHER RECOURSE HE HAD. IN SUCH A CASE HE WAS NOT GUILTY.

[@rockyb8790]

It's the land of the free!!

[@bigbird4719]

Too little too late

[@katherine3360]

wow everyone in the comments is so mean and hateful!

[@jimbob5067]

More You Tube Clickbait.

[@darrellcrawford1769]

Great, past time to go

[@jao2676]

Pray for hes soul.god be with you. 🤗🤗🤗

[@pbp125]

By by Arthur

[@blazethewizard657]

What a bunch of pieces of judgemental shit everyone here is. This man had a life and a wife who he obviously loved more than anything and to see his life crumble before his eyes like nothing because his wife was cheating sent him off the deep end. The pain and suffering he must have expericed for that much time because of his wife's filthy infidelity. And all you can say is attack him, he lost himself in his own pain and did something awful I understand that but you have to empathize with him. Everyone and everything he loved and worker for was taken in an Instant and he took out who he thought was the main cause of this. You people have no heart

[@unaninanine3743]

Said the future murderer...

[@DutchessDarling22]

Abraham Martinez I am against the death penalty for way to many reasons to list here but I absolutely disagree with you that his wife cheating, however painful and shitty that is, is even slightly a justification for murder. If every man or woman faced death for infidelity, there would be a serious need for land to cover all the graves. It's messed up and sad but millions of ppl cheat on their loved ones everyday. I've been single for almost 3 years now because I got sick of being in relationships and finding out I wasted time on a POS that cheated. Many ppl nowadays don't take relationships/fidelity as serious as they use to. I'd would be more understanding if this dude killed a pedophile, rapest, or serial killer but he didn't so, I feel sorry for his loved ones and the loved ones of his victims but not him. He made the choice to kill and no he has to face what the court deemed his punishment .

[@TheBlueCream]

no need to murder another human being

[@dilligaf1009]

oh fuck off, me ex left me, it hurt me, but I didn't kill anyone, you knob!

[@jmowreader9555]

Abraham, that's not how it happened. The wife of Troy Wicker, the man Arthur killed, was cheating on Troy with Thomas Arthur. She promised him $10,000 from a life insurance settlement to kill Troy Wicker. He agreed to. She put him in an afro wig and blackface makeup so his victim would think he was being killed by a black guy. Then she told the police she had come home from taking the kids to school and was raped by a black man who shot her husband dead. That's what you're defending.

[@mrslianbethanysmithy8564]

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[@crystalmccarley6980]

I wrote him,, but did not send it. Wish I did.

[@crystalmccarley6980]

Buford Beauregard no I have a heart!

[@drstinky816]

Crystal Valeriano a heart for a convicted murderer? I have a heart too but not for these scum bags. He would have been dead 35 years ago if I was in charge. In fact he would have suffered before death. the World is to soft nowadays. Prisons need to not treat these fuckers like humans. We need to start beating people. Make them work on farms, if they try to escape, owell shoot them. They get 3 meals a day, health care, and a nice warm bed. I'm working 70+ hours a week. I'm home once a month and don't even have money or time to have 3 meals a day. If fact I just watched a documentary on people getting locked up. The one guy was 41 years old. He first went into the system at 11. He said from 11-41 he was a free man in total for 3 years.... inmates think it is a joke.

[@joshleenall]

You are basically saying they have a better life in jail than you have out of it. That is such a load of shit, man. Give me a break. If you really think it is so much easier and better there, get your dumb ass put in prison and then you can see how wonderful it is. Losing your freedom is fucking awful, I don't care how many meals (that are garbage and not good food) you get a day. People like you will bitch about anyone. Also, no one makes you work a job that works you 70 hours a week. In the end, that is your choice, quit being a fuckin baby about it.

[@aukowinter2378]

Crystal looks like you are a good person

[@metayate1]

Good he wont harm no more.

[@dr.richmondakwasiowusu4315]

Capital punishment can never stop the murder in USA.The only solution is showing love .When the nation demonstrates love murder will be the things of the past

[@stimactzedvard7556]

Good

[@junmonichetia6267]

Omg

[@billysinghsagoo5963]

This Should be Hang = not easy Death with Lethal Injection = He Commit the Crime 35 Year's ago he should be Electric Creations Traditional Body's Traditional Glory God Send Him Vellous U.K

[@GarryBurgess]

barbaric practise

[@mrfinch5246]

Garry Burgess keep him alive for 35 years a argree.

Give him life!

[@sissyblackwidowspider7529]

35 yrs? How dose that work? Some go in 10 to 13 yrs , then 20 yrs why the long wait?