Stop 1000th US Execution
Kenneth Boyd is scheduled to be executed in North Carolina tomorrow.
If it goes through, it will be the 1000th execution in the United States since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
Mr. Boyd has a very low IQ of 77. He is a Vietnam Veteran and suffers from flashbacks, alcoholism and severe depression.
After he committed his crimes, he went directly to the police and confessed his guilt. He has shown remorse for his crimes and been a model prisoner.
These facts do not excuse him from his crimes. However, the jurors were not informed that a life sentence was an alternative to the death penalty in this case.
Please ask North Carolina’s Governor Michael F. Easley to respect justice and stop the execution.
Sign the Declaration of Life at http://www.1000executions.org/
“ProLife”rs? “Culture of Life”rs?
3 thoughts on “Stop 1000th US Execution”
Too late. He was executed this am at 2:15 – pretty early, wouldn’t you say?
Reaction from the White House: “White House press secretary Scott McClellan said it was important that the death penalty “be administered fairly and swiftly and surely, and that helps it serve as a deterrent.” (false)
Note that as governor of Texas, a state that executes more inmates than any other, Bush allowed 152 executions.
Death penalty foes slam US over 1,000th execution – Reuters (under International News)
World Reaction – they think it’s news:
Grim milestone as US executes 1,000th person – EuroNews (video)
Statement of President of the European Union on the US Death Penalty – British Embassy, Oslo
US carries out 1 000th execution since 1977 – Independent Online South Africa
US passes execution landmark – Aljazeera
Risk of erroneous executions or racial disparities does not deter the public’s general approval of capital punishment – Spero
Kenya human rights body slams US over 1,000th execution – Reuters – South Africa
I have lived in two states that have the death penalty including the current state I reside in and I am totally in favor of the death penalty. However, I would much rather see it carried out much swifter and not have the taxpayers of our state having to support these cold blooded killers for 15-20 years while they waste our money on useless appeals. I say give them the manditory one appeal and then carry out the prescribed sentence.
I have one question; aren’t prisonors suppoed to be model citizens while they are being incarcerated? After all if they truly are remorseful they shouldn’t be misbehaving while in custody and there for they shouldn’t be rewarded for doing what is expected of them.
I am opposed to the death penalty in all but a very few extreme cases. It’s barbaric and I wish I were able to be opposed to it all the time in every case. I am always a little shaken to see that the culture of “life” doesn’t really value life so much.
This guy killed his wife and her father. He was a murderer. But if you compare his case (not to mention his 77 IQ and the fact of what Vietnam almost certainly did to him) to those of others, it is really quite remarkable. I live in Atlanta, so perhaps I have a slightly different perspective – but you just don’t find that many murderers who immediately call the police and confess.
Still, that’s the one case. There are a lot of arguments against the death penalty, but it sounds pretty much as though you are going on a gut feeling?
“Supposed” to be model citizens? Hmmm. Well, have you ever actually set foot in a jail? It was one of those things Jesus advocated – to visit people in jail. People don’t really talk about that much in America since it’s not as jazzy as denying people their humanity in various ways.
My point was simply that we’ve been going a lot of killing – we like it, it seems. And Bush likes it a lot.