Creepy, eerie and compelling all at the same time

[NJmaverick]

a picture slide show of executed killers and their official last words.

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/photogallery/last_words.html?curPhoto=2

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. sad. very sad.

:( Texas sure is busy :eyes:

[NJmaverick]

2. I have never been stongly opposed to the death penalty

however some of these comments have me second guessing my position.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Barbary.

That's all I have to say on that.

[Common Sense Party]

9. Yep. Barbaric

That someone would strangle a 65-year old man with mental illness they robbed and then brag about it, saying "Dead men can't talk."

Or that someone would shoot a 64-year old man three times, murdering him in his sleep, so they could steal his car.

[Deja Q]

15. Execution is not barbarism.

Murder is.

[Common Sense Party]

17. That's what I was saying. n/t

[MajorChode]

21. If murder is barbarism, then execution must also be

Even if state sanctioned.

The standard for a guilt conviction is without reasonable doubt, not without absolute doubt. Under such a system it's just a matter of time before the law of averages dictates that an innocent person will be executed, and that's even if you discount all nefariousness and assume absolute integrity in the process. This amounts to premeditated murder with malice aforethought.

[dembotoz]

4. death penalty does make gitmo easier to understand

[NJmaverick]

5. How is that?

[Call Me Wesley]

6. I just want to say this:

I'm glad I'm a citizen of a country which doesn't have the death penalty and no website to show off some last words. That is very sad.

[NJmaverick]

8. I couldn't agrue with that

I found the statements that showed true remorse to be the most disturbing. It just feels so wrong to kill someone that finally gets what they did and is truly sorry.

[ghostsofgiants]

10. Yep, that is pretty fucked up.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

20. The thing is (for me) that the message may be deliver in a

crappy vehicle ....but, if it makes people think (about how wrong is Capital Punishment) then I am glad it is out there....

[Forkboy]

7. But enough about my last date.....

[Tuesday Afternoon]

18. dude...

now that is some fucked up funny/weird ass comment :o

I don't whether to shit or go blind

[Mad_Dem_X]

11. So many from Texas!

Some were quite sad, others were silly. The guy who wouldn't have a last meal because of the babies that were aborted who never had a first meal: :eyes:

[NJmaverick]

14. I never got that far

that's pretty sad. I guess for him the killing is all a matter of timing.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. yeah, that was my first thought as well...doesn't anybody open

the comment line ..........

[Arugula Latte]

12. Jesus Christ -- Texas is a killing field.

Some of these men are probably innocent. Some are guilty. None should be put to death. Life in prison for the guilty, that's the way to go.

[scheming daemons]

13. Whew... thought this was going to be another Sarah Palin or Michael Jackson thread

[Deja Q]

16. If it helps, I saw a link to a Jackson montage...

My omnipqtence tells me you might not be interested in seeing that link, however... :D