Monday, October 17, 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.

If there was one state in the country that has the most killings of killers, it would be Texas. The final message Texas prisoners have from the Huntsville unit is recorded then posted online for those who care to know about them. There are some pretty interesting things people who are about to die in the hands of an executioner.

You might think everyone who knows they have death looming above their heads want to say some lasting words. Just like how some who are to be executed are given their last meal and are not able to eat it, they are given the chance to say something but choose not to. Maybe that is due to the anxiety of knowing you are going to die in 5 minutes.

So far there has been 538 recorded executions in the Huntsville unit. All their final statements can be found in the website. It is no mystery that most of their last words had the word love to be the most mentioned. Seconded by family then followed by thank. This tells you a lot about the dyings last thoughts.

The very first record in the website was the execution of Charlie Brooks Jr. Done in 1982. This was a Muslim man who chose to pray to his God before his brains and lungs were going to crash due to lethal injection. There are a lot of common things these inmates say. The most said word being love, then family, followed by thank.

In total there has been 538 executions done in Hunstville, the death row facility in Texas. Almost, always they make a statement about their God and respective religions. They show either their regret, if they are guilty of the crime, or they say their peace about what was about to happen. They also shower people with their messages of love.

Even in death there are still some people who choose to shed some humor. The 28 year old Vincent Gutierrez was said to be bipolar. The was charged guilty for car jacking and murdering a man in his late 40s. After saying his sentiments he asked where his stunt double was since this was the perfect time he had one. In his statement it seemed like he was referring to his brother.

He had some very strong opinions regarding how the Polunksy dungeon is place where people on the row merely just exist. He is also astonished about how unforgiving society is. He ranted on about hopelessness and how he demanded an end to death penalty. While he may be right about these statements, many experts, around 88 percent, also say that maybe there is no point to death penalty.

Many experts claim that capital punishment does not effectively decrease crime rate. If it does deter anything, it would be most likely just be petty crime. This claim does make sense, since criminals who decide to lead that life are more likely to die while doing illegal business than they are going to die by death penalty. This is something they know from the very beginning, so death should not scare them anymore.




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