14 years ago my best friend was raped and murdered. The two men who did it were captured pretty quickly. James Clark was convicted and sentenced to death, his accomplice, James Brown was sentenced to 20 years.
Clark was scheduled for execution twice and both times it was stopped because his lawyers pulled something new out of their ass. The last time was in 2004. The lawyers claimed that based on his test scores when he was younger and the fact that he spent some time in a mental institution he was mentally retarded. This happened shortly after it was decided that mentally retarded people can not be executed.
So, for the past couple of years we hadn't really heard much about it. It turns out that he was appealing to the US Supreme Court. That took some time, but Monday they decided to deny the appeal, Wednesday a district judge signed the death warrant. His execution is set for April 11.
Here is the full story from yesterday's paper written by the reporter who covered the murders 14 years ago.
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Call me what you will, I still believe in "An eye for an eye" when there is not a shred of an excuse for their actions.
Did Cari get an appeal? Did she get to choose her last supper and visit with family & friends before her death? Was she killed in a "humane" way, nothing cruel and unusual? What about Cari's family and friends; what is there to help them with their anquish and grief for a lifetime?
As far as mental retardation goes; if they are so retarded they pose a treat to society, then why can't they be locked up away from society? Isn't that why we have laws?
OK, I'll get off my soapbox now, but it just fries my ass when I see how these monsters are handled with kit gloves.
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