Originally posted by Hand of Hecatebeing against legalized murder doesn't mean you felt sympathy for murderers or sick twisted bastards in general. it's about whether murder can be justified or not. and on that issue the pro death penalty crowd is saying "murder can be justified", and people against death penalty say "murder can't be justified".
I'm surprised that Palynka hasn't strapped on his skirt and sobbed his sympathy for the poor murderer.
Originally posted by wormwoodForfeiture of life is not legalized murder. This bastard forfeited his life. Regrettably he was executed via lethal injection. Nothing compared to the terror felt by the greater DC area. The dastardly coward had no words to say. No remorse, no regrets. He died for what he did. Nothing more. The state did not murder this sorry piece of garbage. I would sooner call it suicide by State than murder. He knew wht he was doing, knew the consequences. This way he's never be paroled and he shall murder no more. Proscription against killing does no forbid executing a heinous, convicted murderer. After all, some people need killing! This sorry dumbass happens to be one of them, spared the pain the victims families felt. I am sorry but you do sound sympathetic indeed no matter what you say!
being against legalized murder doesn't mean you felt sympathy for murderers or sick twisted bastards in general. it's about whether murder can be justified or not. and on that issue the pro death penalty crowd is saying "murder can be justified", and people against death penalty say "murder can't be justified".
Originally posted by wormwoodhttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murder
being against legalized murder doesn't mean you felt sympathy for murderers or sick twisted bastards in general. it's about whether murder can be justified or not. and on that issue the pro death penalty crowd is saying "murder can be justified", and people against death penalty say "murder can't be justified".
1 : the crime of unlawfully killing a person especially with malice aforethought.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/10/virginia.sniper.execution/index.html
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Muhammad's attorney had argued his client was not given sufficient time to file his final appeal, but said Tuesday -- after the high court and the governor declined his request for a stay -- that he would make no further efforts to delay the matter.
"We respect their decisions and will make no more legal efforts to stop this process from going forward," said lawyer Jon Sheldon in a written statement. "In its effort to race John Allen Muhammad to his death before his appeals could be pursued, the state of Virginia will execute a severely mentally ill man who also suffered from Gulf War Syndrome the day before Veterans Day."
Muhammad met Tuesday with J. Wyndal Gordon, who was his former stand-by attorney in his Maryland trial, in which he represented himself.
"His attitude was strong, it was sturdy," Gordon told reporters. "Mr. Mohammad maintains his innocence in this case, and he always has. He is not remorseful, although he does extend his condolences to the families. What these families went through is tragic in every level. Given the injustices in this case, what Mr. Mohammad went through is equally as tragic."
Gordon said he does not consider Mohammad to be insane. "However," he added, "I am not a psychiatrist or a psychologist."
The lawyer said Muhammad's last meal was "chicken and red sauce, and he had some cakes."
Gordon predicted earlier Tuesday that Muhammad's strength would continue until his final moments.
"I expect that he will come into his death bed with this head held up high," he said. "He is not a broken man and even on his death bed, he will express his righteous indignation for his own execution."
Muhammad, who opted not to select a spiritual adviser, met during the afternoon with his immediate family. He was to meet with his attorneys later in the afternoon, said Traylor.
Muhammad leaves four children and two ex-wives, both of whom appeared Monday on CNN's "Larry King Live."
Muhammad's first wife, Carol Williams, showed a letter in which he asked her to visit him on his execution day. "Carol, I miss my family for the past eight years," he wrote, referring to the time he has been incarcerated. "I don't want to be missed the day that these devils murder my innocent black ass."
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