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"SheBlewHimDidYouBlowHim" |
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07 May 2005 12:37:49 PM |
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North carolina executes god? |
Oh okay, no, this story isn't about god, I read the headlines and it said
north carolina executes murderer, naturally I figured someone finally added
up god's body count and decided it was finally getting out of hand, so they
decided to do something about it I do see the group of faith people in the
last sentence didn't want him to be killed, well, why should religious
people want a murderer to die, they worship the worst mass murderer of all
time.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/06/nc.execution.ap/index.html
Murderer executed in North Carolina
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- The killer of two women and a pair of young
children was executed by injection early Friday in North Carolina after
failed attempts by lawyers to reduce his sentence to life in prison.
Earl Richmond Jr., 43, was pronounced dead at 2:19 a.m. at the state's
Central Prison in Raleigh, said Pamela Walker, spokeswoman for the state
Corrections Department.
Richmond spent Thursday meeting with family members and his lawyers, Walker
said.
One of Richmond's attorneys, Jonathan Broun, said Richmond transformed
himself in prison. Richmond had discovered religion and felt sorrow for his
victims.
"The old Earl Richmond that did these crimes died many years ago," Broun
said after the execution.
Richmond didn't profess his remorse for the crimes during recent appeals
because he didn't want it to be seen as a false gesture, Broun said.
"I am a new man, not in the eyes of man, but in the eyes of our creator,"
Richmond said in a handwritten statement distributed after his death. "I am
free."
Richmond's legal team had urged the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the execution
because they believed that improper testimony was allowed during his trial.
The court declined to hear the appeal Thursday evening, and Gov. Mike Easley
later denied clemency for Richmond, allowing the execution to move forward.
Richmond was sentenced to death by a Cumberland County jury in 1995 for the
killings of 27-year-old Helisa Stewart Hayes, her 8-year-old son, Phillip,
and her 7-year-old daughter, Darien.
After his arrest in North Carolina, Richmond was charged in the April 5,
1991, slaying of Army Spec. Lisa Ann Nadeau at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Nadeau,
24, of Plainfield, Connecticut, was found bound, beaten, stabbed and
strangled in her Army base residence.
Richmond is the second person executed in North Carolina this year and the
36th since capital punishment was reinstated in 1977.
A group called People of Faith Against the Death Penalty held a vigil
outside the entrance to Central Prison on Thursday.
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| User: "SheBlewHimDidYouBlowHim" |
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| Title: Re: North carolina executes god? |
07 May 2005 12:45:50 PM |
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Now I have to say I don't for the life of me understand why they executed
this man,. after all it says a couple of paragraphs down that he "found
god". well, hell, isn't that special, one murderer finding another murderer.
praise be to the father. amen, halleluia
He found god, he is HHHHHEEEEAAAAAAALLLLLEEED
and you have to love this line, "I am a new man, not in the eyes of man, but
in the eyes of our creator".
Yea, no problem, I'm sure the "creator" will forgive you for MURDERING 2
women and a pair of completely innocent children. Well, at least he'll be in
the magical mystery fantasy land called heaven with the worst mass murderer
of all-time...god.
two killers living side by side forever and ever. amen.
isn't this special, friends? Praise be! .
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/06/nc.execution.ap/index.html
Murderer executed in North Carolina
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- The killer of two women and a pair of
young children was executed by injection early Friday in North Carolina
after failed attempts by lawyers to reduce his sentence to life in prison.
Earl Richmond Jr., 43, was pronounced dead at 2:19 a.m. at the state's
Central Prison in Raleigh, said Pamela Walker, spokeswoman for the state
Corrections Department.
Richmond spent Thursday meeting with family members and his lawyers,
Walker said.
One of Richmond's attorneys, Jonathan Broun, said Richmond transformed
himself in prison. Richmond had discovered religion and felt sorrow for
his victims.
"The old Earl Richmond that did these crimes died many years ago," Broun
said after the execution.
Richmond didn't profess his remorse for the crimes during recent appeals
because he didn't want it to be seen as a false gesture, Broun said.
"I am a new man, not in the eyes of man, but in the eyes of our creator,"
Richmond said in a handwritten statement distributed after his death. "I
am free."
Richmond's legal team had urged the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the
execution because they believed that improper testimony was allowed during
his trial.
The court declined to hear the appeal Thursday evening, and Gov. Mike
Easley later denied clemency for Richmond, allowing the execution to move
forward.
Richmond was sentenced to death by a Cumberland County jury in 1995 for
the killings of 27-year-old Helisa Stewart Hayes, her 8-year-old son,
Phillip, and her 7-year-old daughter, Darien.
After his arrest in North Carolina, Richmond was charged in the April 5,
1991, slaying of Army Spec. Lisa Ann Nadeau at Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Nadeau, 24, of Plainfield, Connecticut, was found bound, beaten, stabbed
and strangled in her Army base residence.
Richmond is the second person executed in North Carolina this year and the
36th since capital punishment was reinstated in 1977.
A group called People of Faith Against the Death Penalty held a vigil
outside the entrance to Central Prison on Thursday.
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