Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Texas Records All Inmates Last Words Before Execution And Puts Them All Online

tdcj.texas.gov

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

141–150 of 300 posts

Re: Texas Records All Inmates Last Words Before Execution And Puts Them All Online

#141

Post by itisit »

nobody9999 wrote: post #117
itisit wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dare I say I find it rather comforting to know these people no longer walk the earth. https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/obryanronald.jp... https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/garrettjohnny.j... https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/wootenlarry.htm...

>Dare I say I find it rather comforting to know these people no longer walk the earth. And if, next week, evidence is found that one or more of those folks didn't commit the crimes for which they were convicted -- are you still going to be comforted by their deaths? I'd say that being in prison serves essentially the same purpose, had those folks not been executed, they'd be in prison and that's enough comfort for me…

> Isn't that enough "comfort" for you?

No, it isn't. There is a certain peace and relief seeing these individuals brought to death. I don't mean to come across as provocative. To think of someone like Anders Breivik living in relative comfort after the atrocity he committed, it's simply absurd.

Re: Texas Records All Inmates Last Words Before Execution And Puts Them All Online

#142

Post by skedaddle »

mjburgess wrote: post #76
itsmemattchung wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From Wikipedia: Jones experienced 'brutal conditions' during his childhood, suffering neglect by his parents, sexual assault by his siblings, and extreme poverty.[7][4][8] His mother threatened him with a gun, and when he was seven years old his older siblings forced him to have sex with his stepsister.[8] He shot himself twice, once in the hand to placate gang members and later in the chest in a suicide attempt. He…

Yes, contrast this with the bloodlust of The People. We are no so far aware from crucifixions, torture and the brutal death sentences in the circuses. What this awful species, ad populum, calls justice is little more than a boderline erotic enjoyment of the torture of those "who deserve it".

Hey don't blame the species!

Re: Texas Records All Inmates Last Words Before Execution And Puts Them All Online

#143

Post by gpderetta »

dvt wrote: post #51
namdnay wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The crime was when he was deeply addicted and drugged out of his mind 22 years earlier. I don't find it shocking that he's had another life since. Killing him in 2021 just seems so... pointless

[flagged]

And there is reason why we don't let justice be dispensed by the victim.

Re: Texas Records All Inmates Last Words Before Execution And Puts Them All Online

#144

Post by alach11 »

chaps wrote: post #52

"Yeah. The only statement I want to make is that I am an innocent man - convicted of a crime I did not commit. I have been persecuted for 12 years for something I did not do. From God's dust I came and to dust I will return - so the earth shall become my throne. I gotta go, road dog. I love you Gabby. [Remaining portion of statement omitted due to profanity.]" beyond words.

This one is brutal because there's a huge amount of evidence that that man (Cameron Willingham) was falsely convicted on the basis of a dodgy arson investigation.

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/innocence/execute...

Re: Texas Records All Inmates Last Words Before Execution And Puts Them All Online

#145

Post by LarryMullins »

googlryas wrote: post #138
vkou wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would it be on-topic to point out that some prominent Texan politicians - who have direct responsibility for war crimes that have killed... A lot more people - are free men, today? There are a lot of awful people who have done a lot of awful things in the world. Despite being an awful person, he is quite correct in observing that not all of them get treated proportionally to the suffering and misery and pain that the…

Who are you speaking about specifically?

The Bushes perhaps (who are from Connecticut.)

Re: Texas Records All Inmates Last Words Before Execution And Puts Them All Online

#146

Post by rurp »

dvt wrote: post #101
fzeroracer wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Didn't you start this whole argument by doing just that and trying to coopt the pain of a victims family to try and prove a argumentive point? How is it different when you did it?

Nope, because the default, prima facia, position is that killing people is bad and causes pain and requires some kind of response. That's why arguing against the death penalty is actually quite hard. Especially when faced with incontrovertible evidence (video/confessions/etc.).

False confessions are a lot more common than you seem to think; a confession is hardly "incontrovertible". Confessions aren't an exception either, many forms of evidence are less reliable than many think or wish.

Re: Texas Records All Inmates Last Words Before Execution And Puts Them All Online

#148

Post by nobody9999 »

SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #103
makeitdouble wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If they're commiting to publish a man's last words before killing him, I wish they kept the profanity in. Either it was generic profanity and it's not as if it would cause harm at this point. Either it was very specifically pointed at Gabby, and a at least a summary of the profanity would be useful to that person.

It's absolutely bizarre killing a human being is A-OK, but profanity is too far.

>It's absolutely bizarre killing a human being is A-OK, but profanity is too far.

That's not a new idea. It was addressed, at some length, in Apocalypse Now[0].

This YouTube clip[1] from that movie addresses your point directly, but the movie as a whole has even more to say about the value of human life, IMHO.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_Now

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb1lF3UKLDQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNRBajLM8_4

Re: Texas Records All Inmates Last Words Before Execution And Puts Them All Online

#149

Post by timeon »

vkou wrote: post #104
makeitdouble wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If they're commiting to publish a man's last words before killing him, I wish they kept the profanity in. Either it was generic profanity and it's not as if it would cause harm at this point. Either it was very specifically pointed at Gabby, and a at least a summary of the profanity would be useful to that person.

We're too civilized to print profanity, but not so civilized that we shirk from killing people.

> We're too civilized

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_by_country

Re: Texas Records All Inmates Last Words Before Execution And Puts Them All Online

#150

Post by [deleted] »

ceejayoz wrote: post #56
dvt wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

[flagged]

> there's this thing called justice In pursuit of justice, we sometimes tip over into revenge . Given the fact that we've sent innocent people to their executions, I'm uncomfortable labeling it justice.

[deleted]
Post reply on HN