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Jeb's 19th Execution

By Jeralyn, Section Death Penalty
Posted on Wed Oct 18, 2006 at 08:53:30 PM EST
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The state of Florda executed Arthur Rutherford today. It was the 19th execution performed while Jeb Bush has been Governor. Florida has executed 62 people since the death penalty was restored in 1976.

Rutherford was on the gurney in January when he got a last minute stay from the Supreme Court. For his last meal,

He requested the same meal he had in January: Fried green tomatoes, catfish, fresh water, fried eggplant, sweet tea, and hush puppies (deep-fried cornbread).

He was surrounded by 20 members of his immediate family this morning. He was a handyman and a Vietnam Veteran.

More about his case is here.

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    Jeb's 19th Execution | 12 comments (12 topical)
    Re: Jeb's 19th Execution (none / 0) (#1)
    by diogenes on Wed Oct 18, 2006 at 09:12:31 PM EST
    Post-traumatic stress disorder, alcohol use, and jitteriness turn someone into a cold-blooded premeditated murderer?  Really?

    Re: Jeb's 19th Execution (none / 0) (#2)
    by Edger on Wed Oct 18, 2006 at 10:06:00 PM EST
    Really.

    Look what it did to Jeb.

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    Re: Jeb's 19th Execution (none / 0) (#3)
    by Jen M on Thu Oct 19, 2006 at 06:46:23 AM EST
    nah, they turn someone into a stressed, alcoholic, nervous murderer

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    Re: Jeb's 19th Execution (none / 0) (#4)
    by HK on Thu Oct 19, 2006 at 07:13:13 AM EST
    What a way for society to be; to kill the weakest and those who are ill in its midst instead of caring for them or treating them.  This way, no one has to share the blame of tragedies that occur, we just all point the finger and say, 'It was him.'

    With every execution that takes place, society has failed and we are all worse off.  It stops us from analysing what went wrong and therefore stops us from making positive change.

    Re: Jeb's 19th Execution (none / 0) (#6)
    by Edger on Thu Oct 19, 2006 at 07:53:01 AM EST
    It stops us from analysing what went wrong and therefore stops us from making positive change.

    Yes, but that analyzing would require introspection and self-examination, and result in acccepting a share of the responsibility.

    And doing all that might result in a conscience that will not let some remain in denial.

    Much better to throw it out with the trash so someone else can take it away, or just stick a needle in it to make it go away. It is just an it anyway, not a person.

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    Re: Jeb's 19th Execution (none / 0) (#5)
    by jazzcattg1 on Thu Oct 19, 2006 at 07:27:26 AM EST
    Add the brother's 152 in Texas-and the military/civilian deaths in Iraq and you have quite the crime syndicate.

    Re: Jeb's 19th Execution (none / 0) (#7)
    by Wile ECoyote on Thu Oct 19, 2006 at 10:11:04 AM EST
    Yep:
    I knew it was societies fault all along.  Not his fault he killed someone, Not Foley's fault he emailed the page, not Kennedy's fault he drove under the influence.  Definately societies fault.

    Re: Jeb's 19th Execution (none / 0) (#8)
    by Jen M on Thu Oct 19, 2006 at 11:02:02 AM EST
    no, it means you don't kill him for it

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    Re: Jeb's 19th Execution (none / 0) (#9)
    by Edger on Thu Oct 19, 2006 at 11:12:26 AM EST
    And not dubya's fault he lied you into an illegal invasion that has resulted in the deaths of 250 - 700 Thousand people, either.

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    Re: Jeb's 19th Execution (none / 0) (#10)
    by HK on Thu Oct 19, 2006 at 05:14:28 PM EST
    Personal responsibility is always a factor, it's just not the only factor, as prosecutors and the state would have us believe.  Maybe we should concentrate more on what we each do to make society better rather than on what other people do to make it worse.  It's not rocket science.

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    Re: Jeb's 19th Execution (none / 0) (#11)
    by Edger on Thu Oct 19, 2006 at 06:34:21 PM EST
    concentrate more on what we each do to make society better rather than on what other people do to make it worse.

    Well said, HK! Multiplying that by a few million people would certainly create an irresistible force. One that we've seen in action from liberals, I think, especially since Katrina.

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    Re: Jeb's 19th Execution (none / 0) (#12)
    by jondee on Thu Oct 19, 2006 at 06:57:06 PM EST
    Executions are an expiatory ritual for the dog    fearin' folk down there: it's a crowd pleaser,    like shock 'n awe and a scourged and bleeding     savior. The Dubya's and Jebs understand this full well.

    Jeb's 19th Execution | 12 comments (12 topical)