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Date of Execution: October 5, 1994 Offender: Walter Williams #722 Last Statement: (Mumbled something about he wished his whole life would have been spent as Islamic.) http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/death_row/dr_info/hernandezjesselast.html quote:The ironic twist to the arrest and crime was that when police officers arrested Williams, they found the murder weapon lying next to the only birthday card Williams received on his birthday. The card was from Liepold [the Victim].
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Date of Execution: September 9, 1998 Offender: Delbert Teague, Jr. Last Statement: I have come here today to die, not make speeches. Today is a good day for dying. Est Sularus Oth Mithas (My Honor Is My Life). http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/death_row/dr_info/teaguedelbertlast.html What the gently caress? Is Texas executing Klingons now?
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Unoriginal Name posted:jesus christ death and prison time are different you autistic gently caress Anything else than accepting this premise is obviously ridiculous. People who think doing 15 and being electrocuted to death until your eyes catch on fire are qualitatively similar have lost all perspective and are chasing some crazy argument down a rabbit hole.
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I believe the imposition of the death penalty could be argued as a positive from certain historical perspectives. For example, I think the execution of Charles I was a wholly defensible and probably highly necessary historical moment. Likewise, I believe that the execution of a captured Adolph Hitler could have been justified. Not from a moral perspective per se, just from a sense of historical necessity. For ordinary citizens, I don't believe it is defensible under any circumstances, except perhaps in certain very dire war circumstances - but even then I am unconvinced.
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