Sunday, October 16, 2016

Death Row Prisoners And Their Final Message Before Execution

By Patricia Burns


According to the law there are just some things that cannot be forgiven. These crimes are meant for a punishment as sever as death. Some would wonder what has to be done to warrant this kind of sentence. Among the many possible crimes, one of them would be multiple murders at a time and hiring someone, or being hired to murder.

A state in the country that performs many executions would be Texas. With the last execution dating October 5, 2016 . All these are on their website. The final message Texas prisoners in the Hunstville unit have are all on the website and are recorded through a microphone hanging above the inmate while strapped in for the execution.

Some may choose to say nothing and there are others that either thank or apologize. There are a chosen few that say the most peculiar things. It is heartbreaking that these people, even if they were criminals, tell their parents and loved ones their last goodbye and their I love yous and these people would have to witness this criminal being killed right after. Morbid and heartbreaking, more like it.

The whole ordeal must be very emotionally difficult to go through for all those involved. This includes relatives, the victims, the loved ones, the friends these inmates have made in prison, and maybe even the guards and the warden. It makes you think if the prison staff feels anything while these executions are being performed on people they have seen day in and day out for the past 9 to 10 years or more.

This record of last statements has dated since 1982. This was the execution of Charlie Brooks Jr., A Muslim. Since then the records showed that many of these messages has the word love to be said the most. This is followed by family and then thank.

One of the more humorous last words were by a 28 year old who was believed to have bipolar disorder. After saying his thank yous and I love yous, he was asking where his stunt double was when he needed one. Gutierrez was convicted for a car jacking murder of a 48 year old man.

There were some inmates who had a dash of humor even in their last moments. At such a young age, Vincent Gutierrez, 28 was sentenced to capital punishment. The 28 year old, believed to be bipolar said his final touching message then mentioned that the moment would have been perfect to have a stunt double.

This comical attempt does not make the matter any less morbid or sad. There were some cases that professed their innocence even when they were about to undergo lethal injection. Some make a final go at their convictions. A memorable statement was by someone convicted for murder and has confessed to 13 cases of rape. His name was Johnny Johnson.

With the number of experts that say this is not an effective method of deterring crime, maybe there would be some sense in reconsidering using ending a life as a form of punishment. After all, these are criminals who probably already know that death was part of the business they were in. With that premise, dying should not scare them from doing more criminal acts.




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