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Post by The Tipsy Broker on Jan 15, 2013 15:44:39 GMT -6
Dallas News www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20130107-woman-set-to-die-for-1997-lancaster-murder-loses-supreme-court-appeal.ece A female Texas death row inmate facing execution this month for the fatal stabbing and bludgeoning of a 71-year-old woman has lost an appeal at the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court, without comment, refused Monday to review the case of 51-year-old Kimberly McCarthy. McCarthy is set for lethal injection Jan. 29 for the July 1997 killing of retired college professor Dorothy Booth during a robbery at the victim’s home in Lancaster, about 15 miles south of Dallas. McCarthy is one of 10 women on death row in Texas but the only one with an execution date. At least eight men have executions scheduled in the coming months. McCarthy would be the fourth Texas woman put to death since the state resumed carrying out capital punishment in 1982.
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Post by Felix2 on Jan 15, 2013 16:06:41 GMT -6
Well whilst I think she should be locked up and never again see the sight of day, its nevertheless hard to feel any sympathy for the savagery she displayed towards an innocent retired neighbour. Icant understand in a State such as Texas where the DP is so loved, how this could have happened at all? I thought a central tenent of the arguement was the DP reduced crime?
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Post by wrench on Jan 15, 2013 19:27:32 GMT -6
Well whilst I think she should be locked up and never again see the sight of day, its nevertheless hard to feel any sympathy for the savagery she displayed towards an innocent retired neighbour. Icant understand in a State such as Texas where the DP is so loved, how this could have happened at all? I thought a central tenent of the arguement was the DP reduced crime? ad-segs are also being scrutinized as to harsh. so, most likely she would or currently does, see the light of day. now that's BS.
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Post by wrench on Jan 15, 2013 19:31:14 GMT -6
Dallas News www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20130107-woman-set-to-die-for-1997-lancaster-murder-loses-supreme-court-appeal.ece A female Texas death row inmate facing execution this month for the fatal stabbing and bludgeoning of a 71-year-old woman has lost an appeal at the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court, without comment, refused Monday to review the case of 51-year-old Kimberly McCarthy. McCarthy is set for lethal injection Jan. 29 for the July 1997 killing of retired college professor Dorothy Booth during a robbery at the victim’s home in Lancaster, about 15 miles south of Dallas. McCarthy is one of 10 women on death row in Texas but the only one with an execution date. At least eight men have executions scheduled in the coming months. McCarthy would be the fourth Texas woman put to death since the state resumed carrying out capital punishment in 1982. without cheating, can someone name all four? KFT is a shoe in.
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Post by starbux on Jan 16, 2013 3:15:56 GMT -6
She disregarded her own life when she decided to kill let the poison flow
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2013 6:43:38 GMT -6
I recall Francis Newton
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Post by wrench on Jan 16, 2013 14:19:55 GMT -6
betty lou beets is three.
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Post by Tracy on Jan 17, 2013 16:20:18 GMT -6
karla faye tucker
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Post by Tracy on Jan 17, 2013 16:23:51 GMT -6
I am pretty sure McCarthy killed other people as well so she definately needs to go...."A jury convicted her of capital murder. She was indicted but not tried for the 1988 murders of Jettie Lucas and Maggie Harding, both 85-year-old friends of McCarthy's mother. Lucas was beaten with a hammer and stabbed to death in her kitchen. McCarthy's conviction was overturned after an appeals court determined that her confession was obtained illegally after she'd requested a lawyer. She was convicted again and sentenced to the death penalty upon retrial." blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2012/09/kimberly_mccarthy_lancaster_wo.php
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Post by starbux on Jan 31, 2013 8:22:52 GMT -6
Why is she still alive? I want take her out side put a bag over her head nd swing a large hammer at her skull I think that will solve this isue
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Post by The Tipsy Broker on Jan 31, 2013 8:42:41 GMT -6
Why is she still alive? I want take her out side put a bag over her head nd swing a large hammer at her skull I think that will solve this isue
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Post by starbux on Feb 2, 2013 14:06:29 GMT -6
Why is she still alive? I want take her out side put a bag over her head nd swing a large hammer at her skull I think that will solve this isue ;D
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Post by Matt on Feb 19, 2013 13:41:08 GMT -6
Icant understand in a State such as Texas where the DP is so loved, how this could have happened at all? I thought a central tenent of the arguement was the DP reduced crime? That cannot be currently proven, Felix, because the statistical sampling of executed people is far too small. And just as instructively, for those condemned criminals unlucky enough to actually be executed, by the time they do face the gurney nobody is around to tie it back to the original crime (save those close to the victim). What if parents waited a month before punishing their toddler who hit another child at pre-school? What if teachers gave after school detention to students who were tardy to class, 6 months later? What if you suddenly walked over to your Golden Retriever one evening after dinner, put on its training lead, and began tugging while saying "no, bad dog..." even though his obedience lesson ended hours earlier? Obviously, we don't do these things, because we understand that psychology (your field) has shown us that punishments only work if they are proximally timed to the infraction. Yet when it comes to murder, we are apparently prepared to forget that. It's laughable how we can possibly expect any other outcome.
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Post by Potassium_Pixie on Feb 23, 2013 2:54:56 GMT -6
Altogether, only 12 women have been executed in the United States. If she gets the needle, that will go a long way to making the death penalty have equality for both genders.
Ironically, Texas is tied with Oklahoma when it comes to executing women. They have three altogether. Although, Oklahoma was a lot quicker with their executions, doing them 15 years after they were convicted. Texas took 17 years.
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Post by The Tipsy Broker on Feb 23, 2013 3:59:25 GMT -6
This is why I laugh when I hear of some wanting children hanged too. Seems we get very 'icky' over putting a woman down, think of the drama getting a child on the gurney?
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Post by Californian on Feb 23, 2013 8:18:25 GMT -6
Well whilst I think she should be locked up and never again see the sight of day, its nevertheless hard to feel any sympathy for the savagery she displayed towards an innocent retired neighbour. Icant understand in a State such as Texas where the DP is so loved, how this could have happened at all? I thought a central tenent of the arguement was the DP reduced crime? It has. She won't be around to kill anyone else, including perhaps a prison guard, or if she somehow managed to make parole. Remember, LWOP isn't. Deterrence to others is often argued. I think it's hard to quantify, but exists. The safest, and most just end for her comes on the gurney.
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Post by Potassium_Pixie on Mar 5, 2013 3:49:39 GMT -6
Its funny how women want everything to be equal in life, but when it comes to the death penalty, they are fine with only 12 people being executed out of 1311 men executed.
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Post by rayozz on Mar 13, 2013 23:16:29 GMT -6
April 3, 2013 is her new date
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2013 4:53:40 GMT -6
Icant understand in a State such as Texas where the DP is so loved, how this could have happened at all? I thought a central tenent of the arguement was the DP reduced crime? That cannot be currently proven, Felix, because the statistical sampling of executed people is far too small. And just as instructively, for those condemned criminals unlucky enough to actually be executed, by the time they do face the gurney nobody is around to tie it back to the original crime (save those close to the victim). What if parents waited a month before punishing their toddler who hit another child at pre-school? What if teachers gave after school detention to students who were tardy to class, 6 months later? What if you suddenly walked over to your Golden Retriever one evening after dinner, put on its training lead, and began tugging while saying "no, bad dog..." even though his obedience lesson ended hours earlier? Obviously, we don't do these things, because we understand that psychology (your field) has shown us that punishments only work if they are proximally timed to the infraction. Yet when it comes to murder, we are apparently prepared to forget that. It's laughable how we can possibly expect any other outcome. The other thing is that the decision to seek the death penalty is left in the hands of the local prosecutors office. Which means that the decision to seek the death penalty given the same set of circumstances varies from county to county. This gives the impression to dr inmates, their families and other supporters that they are on death row because they are merely unlucky, and not because someone made the decision to give them their just penalty. When you consider it, there are many people not on death row, but serving life or less whose crimes are equivalent or worse than many of the inmates on DR
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Post by Californian on Mar 14, 2013 6:30:36 GMT -6
This gives the impression to dr inmates, their families and other supporters that they are on death row because they are merely unlucky, and not because someone made the decision to give them their just penalty. When you consider it, there are many people not on death row, but serving life or less whose crimes are equivalent or worse than many of the inmates on DR Some antis have described the DP as a "lottery of death" or similar language. You used "unlucky." But let's remember that if the DP is a lottery, all the condemned inmates bought a ticket with someone else's life.
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Post by rayozz on Mar 29, 2013 17:40:51 GMT -6
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Post by The Tipsy Broker on Mar 29, 2013 23:44:04 GMT -6
A sudden thought just flashed through my early morning mind: the US won't execute another woman in our lifetime
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Post by Potassium_Pixie on Mar 31, 2013 18:13:03 GMT -6
Considering the last female execution (Teresa Lewis) was three years ago, I dare say you are right.
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