D.C.-area sniper set to be executed tonight

[dan18]

about fucking time

Muhammad was sentenced to death for killing Dean Harold Meyers at a Manassas gas station during a three-week spree that left 10 dead across Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

He and his teenage accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, also were suspected of fatal shootings in other states, including Louisiana, Alabama and Arizona.

The shootings terrorized the Washington region, with victims gunned down while doing everyday chores like shopping or pumping gas. People stayed indoors. Those who had to go outside weaved as they walked or bobbed their heads to make themselves less of a target.

The terror ended on Oct. 24, 2002, when police captured Muhammad and Malvo as they slept at a Maryland rest stop in a car they had outfitted so a shooter could hide in the trunk and fire through a hole in the body of the vehicle. Malvo is serving a life sentence in Virginia

[NarcissisticDeity]

about fucking time

Muhammad was sentenced to death for killing Dean Harold Meyers at a Manassas gas station during a three-week spree that left 10 dead across Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

He and his teenage accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, also were suspected of fatal shootings in other states, including Louisiana, Alabama and Arizona.

The shootings terrorized the Washington region, with victims gunned down while doing everyday chores like shopping or pumping gas. People stayed indoors. Those who had to go outside weaved as they walked or bobbed their heads to make themselves less of a target.

The terror ended on Oct. 24, 2002, when police captured Muhammad and Malvo as they slept at a Maryland rest stop in a car they had outfitted so a shooter could hide in the trunk and fire through a hole in the body of the vehicle. Malvo is serving a life sentence in Virginia

Good ! people say the death penalty isn't a deterrent that may be true however it's once less criminal we have to support for the rest of his life

[dr.chimps]

Good ! people say the death penalty isn't a deterrent that may be true however it's once less criminal we have to support for the rest of his life

Death penalty isn't a deterrent (and never will be) and putting someone to death is way more expensive than housing them for life, but I will won't protest the execution of a person like this.   

[dan18]

Death penalty isn't a deterrent (and never will be) and putting someone to death is way more expensive than housing them for life, but I will won't protest the execution of a person like this.   

bullshit bullet 2bucks, injection 150bucks an amp, electric chair 85 cents for 30 second volt.....life in prison hundreds of thousands

[Andy Griffin]

Death penalty isn't a deterrent (and never will be) and putting someone to death is way more expensive than housing them for life, but I will won't protest the execution of a person like this.   

It will deter this polesmoker. 

[NarcissisticDeity]

Death penalty isn't a deterrent (and never will be) and putting someone to death is way more expensive than housing them for life, but I will won't protest the execution of a person like this.   

Do you mean from the legal costs of all the appeals etc?

[mass 04]

This is unconstitutional, but scum like that stick them in a cell. Solitary 23.5 hours a day for the rest of his life, no human contact.

[dr.chimps]

bullshit bullet 2bucks, injection 150bucks an amp, electric chair 85 cents for 30 second volt.....life in prison hundreds of thousands

Hi Dan. Sorry. Most people are surprised. First hit:  http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/costs-death-penalty

/the chinese do it right. shoot the 'victim' and invoice the family .50 cents for the bullet    

[Andy Griffin]

This is unconstitutional, but scum like that stick them in a cell. Solitary 23.5 hours a day for the rest of his life, no human contact.

Make him move in with that "pumphard" fellow

[wes]

See ya` !!

[Palpatine Q]

Hi Dan. Sorry. Most people are surprised. First hit:  http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/costs-death-penalty

/the chinese do it right. shoot the 'victim' and invoice the family .50 cents for the bullet    

Yep.

Find them guilty, shoot them dead within the week. enough with the bullshit.

If you get a couple wrong, oh well...cost of doing business.

[dan18]

Hi Dan. Sorry. Most people are surprised. First hit:  http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/costs-death-penalty

/the chinese do it right. shoot the 'victim' and invoice the family .50 cents for the bullet    

Yes my friend but thats only while they sit on death row once there dead thats it...
life in prison the cost doesnt stop untill he dies

[bigdumbbell]

9 pm  eastern

[haider]

This is unconstitutional, but scum like that stick them in a cell. Solitary 23.5 hours a day for the rest of his life, no human contact.

i agree with you on an emotional level, but in the end that doesn't acheive anything....unless it acts as a deterrent.

[dr.chimps]

Do you mean from the legal costs of all the appeals etc?

That's exactly it. Some of these appeals last for twenty years, use up who-knows-what-legal-resources or special housing(s) (and I live in a town of multiple maximum security prisons) so I know how the machine works.

[disturbia]

Make him move in with that "pumphard" fellow

dude you have a sick and warped mind 

[baker]

Death penalty isn't a deterrent (and never will be) and putting someone to death is way more expensive than housing them for life, but I will won't protest the execution of a person like this.   

Could fix that. Do it quickly and publicly.

[dr.chimps]

Could fix that. Do it quickly and publicly.

Um, you mean like Saudi Arabia!? KSA triceps? any thoughts?

[affy]

One thing Islam got right is their eye for an eye sense of justice

If this was Iran, this guy would have had a bullet in his skull two days after he was caught.

[haider]

Death penalty isn't a deterrent (and never will be) and putting someone to death is way more expensive than housing them for life, but I will won't protest the execution of a person like this.   

gruesome punishment a la stoning?

[YoungBlood]

Sometimes you just have to take a hit to your wallet to make the world a better place.

What would be better:

1) This lunatic walking around taking people out with his rifle on a daily basis...
2) Having him locked up for life soaking up millions of peoples dollars and being able to enjoy a good daily dump...or
3) Having him executed and not only just being "done with it" and taking a bit of an extra stress out of everyone's lives....as well as taking his killing gene out of the pool.

If you don't want to do the time (and punishment knowing it's death), don't do the crime.

[G o a t b o y]

He should be executed just for having the name "Muhammed".

[Mr Nobody]

That's exactly it. Some of these appeals last for twenty years, use up who-knows-what-legal-resources or special housing(s) (and I live in a town of multiple maximum security prisons) so I know how the machine works.

Devils Island would be more touture than just being "put to sleep" without feeling pain.

[tonymctones]

the death penalty isnt just about deterrence

you are overlooking

protecting society from this person who is deemed not redeemable

and

retribution

deterrence is only one aspect of penalties death or prison time...

[Wiggs]

he won't recover...true nutcase to the end...