Woman Executed in Texas!
Woman Executed in Texas!
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
#0Woman Executed in Texas!
Posted: 9/14/05 at 8:04pm
Yet another first in Texas:
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- Frances Newton was executed Wednesday for the fatal shootings of her husband and two children 18 years ago, becoming the third woman, and first black woman, to be put to death in Texas since executions resumed in 1982.
What other Western coutries execute women?
First black woman, to be put to death in Texas since executions resumed in 1982.
ConvinceMe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/05
#1re: Woman Executed in Texas!
Posted: 9/14/05 at 8:08pmThe issue isn't about women, is it? If they're going to execute, then why should women be exempt? Do any other western countries execute men or women?
#2re: woman executed in texas!
Posted: 9/14/05 at 8:09pm
not for nothing, but why should there be an exception to a rule based on gender? i mean i can understand an aversion to the death penalty itself but it just seems silly to base that on chromosomes.
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Up In Lost
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/05
#3re: woman executed in texas!
Posted: 9/14/05 at 8:14pmWomen wanted equality, it has to be equal punishment too.
ConvinceMe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/05
#4re: woman executed in texas!
Posted: 9/14/05 at 8:18pmWould you prefer I be in something else, papa?
#5re: woman executed in texas!
Posted: 9/14/05 at 8:20pmyeah, hmmm, well, lock up when yer done, k?
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#6re: woman executed in texas!
Posted: 9/14/05 at 8:37pmJust to bring this back on topic, the death penalty is something you object to on grounds of humanity, not gender or race.
#7re: woman executed in texas!
Posted: 9/14/05 at 9:03pm
Women wanted equality, it has to be equal punishment too.
So why do we get equal punishment, but still not have equal pay for equal work?
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brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
#8re: woman executed in texas!
Posted: 9/14/05 at 10:19pm
Obviously, I titled this thread incorrectly. I wanted to point out the fact that our evolving standards are of indecency and not decency.
Whether it be a man or a woman, or even possibly a child as some jurisdictions may desire, this nightmare of the death penalty is a cancer on our nation's sense of civility and is an embarrassment.
Updated On: 9/14/05 at 10:19 PM
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