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Submitted by R. Neal on Wed, 2007/05/09 - 10:36am.
Workman, 53, was pronounced dead at 1:38 a.m. after a lethal cocktail of drugs was injected into his body as he lay strapped to a prison gurney at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution.
Workman’s final words were brief.
"I've prayed to the Lord Jesus Christ not to lay charge of my death to any man," Workman said.
About two minutes later, with his eyes closed as he gulped, somewhat nervously, Workman uttered his final words: "I commend my spirit into your hands Lord Jesus Christ."
He then turned his head slightly to the left and lay motionless, as an ashen color overtook his face.
And who will punish the state for this willful act of premeditate murder? If I were a believer I'd say God. Instead it's up to the conscientious among us to abolish this barbaric relic from our midst.
Submitted by Factchecker on Wed, 2007/05/09 - 11:51am.
So-called conservatives and evangelicals everywhere can now claim we are safer. I can't believe how safe they have made us! To paraphrase their proud leader W, that's the deepest thought of all. "I can't think of a deeper thought than that."
Ignorant fools, paranoid cowards, and self-righteous asshats.
Submitted by Hildegard on Wed, 2007/05/09 - 8:42pm.
Except it's not a partisan issue. All viable Democratic politicians start hyperventilating if they miss a chance to squeal their support of the death penalty. And Bredesen has got him a kill, brother.
Ah, but the evidence suggests that the person who killed Lt. Oliver has not been executed and that the weapon that did is still capable of injuring/killing unintended victims.
Sadly Hildegard is right. This was true in New Hampshire too where Democratic Governor Jeanne Shaheen vetoed an abolition bill passed by the Republican legislature. The anti-death penalty is starting to see some interesting cross-party convergence, especially evangelical Christians start to question the practice in ways unimaginable 20 years ago. Pat Robertson has even called for a national moratorium on it. And the Catholic Church has become 100% abolitionist under both Pope John Paul and Benedict XVI. When conservative Christians start to oppose the death penalty, it's time that a coalition of liberals and conservatives work together and get rid of this obvious insult to the "culture of life."
Submitted by Andy Axel on Wed, 2007/05/09 - 9:03pm.
Except it's not a partisan issue.
Um, I was taking the remark out of context and making a (poorly framed, apparently) joke.
Well, and I can't help but recall the time that Bill Clinton, campaigning in 1992, rushed home to Arkansas to make sure a retarded man got his measure of justice...
And who will punish the state for this willful act of premeditate murder? If I were a believer I'd say God. Instead it's up to the conscientious among us to abolish this barbaric relic from our midst.
So-called conservatives and evangelicals everywhere can now claim we are safer. I can't believe how safe they have made us! To paraphrase their proud leader W, that's the deepest thought of all. "I can't think of a deeper thought than that."
Ignorant fools, paranoid cowards, and self-righteous asshats.
The GOP "big tent," ladeez & germs.
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Georgia's in Florida, dumbass!
Except it's not a partisan issue. All viable Democratic politicians start hyperventilating if they miss a chance to squeal their support of the death penalty. And Bredesen has got him a kill, brother.
Ah, but the evidence suggests that the person who killed Lt. Oliver has not been executed and that the weapon that did is still capable of injuring/killing unintended victims.
Sadly Hildegard is right. This was true in New Hampshire too where Democratic Governor Jeanne Shaheen vetoed an abolition bill passed by the Republican legislature. The anti-death penalty is starting to see some interesting cross-party convergence, especially evangelical Christians start to question the practice in ways unimaginable 20 years ago. Pat Robertson has even called for a national moratorium on it. And the Catholic Church has become 100% abolitionist under both Pope John Paul and Benedict XVI. When conservative Christians start to oppose the death penalty, it's time that a coalition of liberals and conservatives work together and get rid of this obvious insult to the "culture of life."
Um, I was taking the remark out of context and making a (poorly framed, apparently) joke.
Well, and I can't help but recall the time that Bill Clinton, campaigning in 1992, rushed home to Arkansas to make sure a retarded man got his measure of justice...
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Georgia's in Florida, dumbass!
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