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

[lax]

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

well
with a name like 'muhammad'
you know they should throw the switch

[dr.chimps]

well
with a name like 'muhammad'
you know they should throw the switch

*Kneejerk bigotry*  How's that 'train' going these days?

[L00n]

[lax]

*Kneejerk bigotry*  How's that 'train' going these days?

how's the communism going?

[Immortal_Technique]

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

Yeah killing people is wrong. Oh wait a minute............

[spinnis]

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

Collateral damage.




BAAAM, never used the word before, FINALLY  

[dr.chimps]

how's the communism going?

LOL. Moose going way, way back to '89 for that post.

[spinnis]

I wish I could be an executioner, killing child rapists etc, would have been wonderful,

And If they were normal rapist, I would whisper in their ear (i think you did the right thing) then kill them

[uberman09]

seriosuly, good job from the cops for finding em.

[YoungBlood]

I'm quite impressed they actually killed him so quick - normally I hear about guys on death row in the US being there for 20+ years - I mean, what the fuck are they waiting for?

It's usually because there are a ton of appeals. As soon as someone starts to gear up to have him meet his maker, he'll appeal the death sentence, or file something with his lawyers. This can happen for years and years. That's usually why they're on death row. As well as the state they're in may not actually have an active death penalty. So they might have been sentenced to death when the death penalty was in effect, but many states stopped killing inmates because people feel it's unjust for them to be killed. So again, they stay on death row till they die of natural causes.

[spinnis]

It's usually because there are a ton of appeals. As soon as someone starts to gear up to have him meet his maker, he'll appeal the death sentence, or file something with his lawyers. This can happen for years and years. That's usually why they're on death row. As well as the state they're in may not actually have an active death penalty. So they might have been sentenced to death when the death penalty was in effect, but many states stopped killing inmates because people feel it's unjust for them to be killed. So again, they stay on death row till they die of natural causes.

can you Imagine the stress of being on death row though?

Wondering each day for 20 years if this is the last one etc. 

[Mars]

had to think of christian bale in harsch times, also an iraq veteran who went berserk.

[YoungBlood]

can you Imagine the stress of being on death row though?

Wondering each day for 20 years if this is the last one etc. 

I think once you get there and are there for a number of weeks, depending on the current state you live in, you realize it will take a long long time before you are executed.
So, instead of thinking "is today going to be my last?" you're more likely to think "Is this going to be the last month I'm alive?"

There have been a number of cases where guys are about ready to be put in the chair or injected and before the day he's supposed to get it, he has an appeal and the red tape stops it from ever happening. 20yrs later he may still be waiting death. Lately, I notice there's less of that. It's like some people are actually getting tired of it and just saying "Off with his head!" and no more appeals, no more bullshit. He's in the chair a day later and dead like he was sentenced to be decades before.

[Ex Coelis]

[Andy Griffin]

Free Tookie

I remember the day after "Tookie" was executed, one of my coworkers sent out this e-mail to everyone that had all the letters running together:   DEVILSAYTOOKIETASTELIKEC HICKEN   ("Devil say Tookie taste like chicken.")  I don't know why, but almost everyone laughed. 

[The Showstoppa]

I remember the day after "Tookie" was executed, one of my coworkers sent out this e-mail to everyone that had all the letters running together:   DEVILSAYTOOKIETASTELIKEC HICKEN   ("Devil say Tookie taste like chicken.")  I don't know why, but almost everyone laughed. 

Is your workplace hiring?  Sounds like a good group.

[Andy Griffin]

Is your workplace hiring?  Sounds like a good group.

Former job...United HealthCare ... not only my former employer, but TA's as well LOL...they are always hiring because the job sucks harder than a starving girl from Beijing

[The Showstoppa]

Former job...United HealthCare ... not only my former employer, but TA's as well LOL...they are always hiring because the job sucks harder than a starving girl from Beijing

haha....

[2Thick]

Former job...United HealthCare ... not only my former employer, but TA's as well LOL...they are always hiring because the job sucks harder than a starving girl from Beijing

Just out of curiosity, what was it like there? Why did it suck so bad? Can you take us through a typical day at the office at United Health Care?

[240 is Back]

Just out of curiosity, what was it like there? Why did it suck so bad? Can you take us through a typical day at the office at United Health Care?

1) Pray the Obama healthcare plan fails

2) F the Sh out of everybody.

[Andy Griffin]

Just out of curiosity, what was it like there? Why did it suck so bad? Can you take us through a typical day at the office at United Health Care?

To be fair to UHC, it was as much a problem with working in a call center as it was UHC. 

Call centers are perfect for some folks, but just not for me.  My job involved taking 120-150 calls per day, back to back.

[Captain Equipoise]

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    

Hahahaha...OMFG that's fooking brilliant!!! we should change to this approach immediately, chargomg the family for the lead...lol, that's priceless!!

[outby43]

To be fair to UHC, it was as much a problem with working in a call center as it was UHC. 

Call centers are perfect for some folks, but just not for me.  My job involved taking 120-150 calls per day, back to back.

I went through that with AT&T.  I supported Corporate users in IT and you would think that they would treat their co-workers better than the average bum on the street.

Call centers are stressful.  I cussed out a bunch of people who thought they owned the company.  Fuck them.

[G o a t b o y]

Free Tookie

2005 called...  they want their post back!

[The_Punisher]

well, back in some island nations, when you're sentenced to death, they tie you up with used tires and lit your ass on fire in a public place. I'd say this has got to be one of the best way to take the useless life of a criminal...