Kentucky Executes First Inmate In 9 Years

Marco Allen Chapman, Who Killed Two Young Children, Resisted Appeals For His Life

(AP)  A Kentucky inmate who resisted all appeals to stop his execution was put to death Friday for murdering two young children.

In the state's first execution in nine years, Marco Allen Chapman was given a lethal injection at the Kentucky State Penitentiary. He was pronounced dead at 7:34 p.m. CST.

The 37-year-old pleaded guilty in 2004 to killing 7-year-old Chelbi Sharon and 6-year-old Cody Sharon in their northern Kentucky home in an attack that wounded their mother and another child. Chapman asked to be executed and fought for the right to fire his attorneys to clear the way.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry," Chapman said to witnesses before his execution. He lifted his head off the gurney, looked into the victim's witness room and spoke.

"I just want you to know that I'm not a monster, but I committed a monstrous, evil act," Chapman said. "This is the man I am, willing to give his life."

His last words were "yes, sir," when the warden asked him if he was ready to proceed.

Carolyn Marksberry, who survived Chapman's attack in 2002 along with her daughter Courtney, said in a statement that the execution may allow her two slain children to "truly rest in peace."

"I believe the tears shed today should be for the victims of this crime, not Marco Chapman," Marksberry said in the statement. "Marco Chapman committed the crimes, accepted responsibility for those crimes and then decided his own fate."

Warden Tom Simpson read a lengthy statement on Chapman's behalf in which the condemned man apologized repeatedly for killing the children and attacking the family. Chapman said he considered the Marksberrys like family.

The execution took about 14 minutes. About two minutes after Simpson ordered it to start, Chapman took several short, rapid breaths, then was still.

On a field in the back of the prison, nearly a dozen death penalty opponents braved near-freezing temperatures for a candlelight vigil.

"This was a state-assisted suicide," said Kaye Gallagher, a coordinator for the Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.

Chapman took a Bible, writing materials and a television to the execution house Thursday, said Lisa Lamb, a spokeswoman for the Kentucky Department of Corrections. He requested a last meal of a 32-ounce sirloin steak, 20 butterfly shrimp, salad, iced tea and a banana cream pie.

His remains were to be cremated and turned over to family members, Lamb said.

Kentucky has executed two people since states resumed the practice in 1977 after a four-year court-mandated layoff. Harold McQueen was put to death in the electric chair in 1997 for the shooting of a Richmond store clerk. Eddie Lee Harper waived the remainder of his appeals in 1999 for the killing of his adoptive parents in Louisville in 1982.

Executions in Kentucky, and elsewhere around the country were halted for nearly a year while the U.S. Supreme Court considered a challenge to Kentucky's lethal injection protocol.

The high court in April turned away the challenge, which sought to have the drug cocktail used by Kentucky and nearly three dozen other states declared cruel and unusual punishment.

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by pinewalker-2009 November 22, 2008 5:17 AM PST

Lethal injection of a lawfully convicted criminal is more like benevolent euthanasia rather than execution. This is outrageous that executions are not carried out with a blindfold, cigarette and firing squad. The convict would hear the countdown and order to fire. One moment they are alive and the next...well, you get the picture. None of this "humane peaceful death" for criminals who probably didn''t stop to make those they murdered comfortable. Execute not euthanize. Send a firm message to society, not a pampered and pandered statement.

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by stupidrules3 November 22, 2008 6:47 AM PST

I think we should go green with executions. A rope is easily reused and costs very little, not to mention the carbon footprint is almost zero.

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by gea_amicus November 22, 2008 7:50 AM PST

The state sponsored display of blood and brutality some of you folks clamor for is part of the problem, not the solution. BTW, I am in favor of the death penalty, but the state shouldn''t embrace the basest of passions while doing so!

Think about it: What image are we sending to the world by embracing such bloodthirsty feelings?

Yes, what some of these criminals did was abhorrent, inhuman, and vile. However, should the state embrace the same passions and thereby drink from the same cup as the offenders?

I don''t think so!

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by longtree-2009 November 22, 2008 7:53 AM PST

let no one forget the victims of these criminal mutants. execute them for taking the life of others. those that murder should not be allowed to live, even in prison, while their victims turn to decay and dust. execute them. don''t listen to the airheads who seek to abolish the death penalty. they speak not for the victims but for murderers. they are just as bad as the murderers. i''m entitled to an opinion too, you know.

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by pinewalker-2009 November 22, 2008 8:19 AM PST

I wholeheartedly agree with longtree. I say enough of my taxpayer dollars supporting society''s miscreants in overcrowded prisons on my dime while victims are forever gone, leaving grieving families and friends behind. Forgiveness by me to heinous criminals comes with forfiture of their lives. Let murderers and rapists meet and make peace with their maker. Remember...render unto Ceasar that which is Ceasar''s, and unto God that which is God''s. Let him/her sort it out. Society needs to police itself, make a stand against barbarous crimes, and mete out punishment in an appropriate jurisprudent fasion.

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by pinewalker-2009 November 22, 2008 8:45 AM PST

I suppose that for petty crimes, the pillory or stocks is too barbaric to stomach for some as well. While seemingly outdated, it was a powerful public humiliating deterrant for thieves and such. We should have at least one set installed in each town and city for use with minor civil infractions. Children today would learn a good example of what not to do if they saw an arsonist, robber or some other minor criminal publicly displayed for scorn by his/her peers.

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by downsteamjim November 22, 2008 9:31 AM PST

What a shame! He could have been allowed to stay in jail for a few more years, get pardoned or parolled, get out and murder again.

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by bearswife11 November 22, 2008 9:36 AM PST

This man took childrens'' lives. How can anybody feel sorry for him? No one twisted his arm to do it, it was his decision to commit the acts he did. Luckily the mother and another child survived. Or it would have been worse. These vile murderers need to be done away with. I say in an inhumane way. Get the rope! Why is it these bleeding hearts for the killers aren''t bleeding for the victims? Most especially for little children??

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by pure505 November 22, 2008 9:54 AM PST

I am thrilled to see so many people behind execution. I''m tired of hearing the bleeding hearts protest this necessary act. It''s ok to feel badly for the monstor who kills...sometimes it truly is because of years of abuse and damage to their psyche. However, like a rabid dog, you can feel badly all you want, but the dog still needs to be put down. It''s completely useless to keep a rabid dog in a cage his whole life. He contributes nothing; what would be the point? Some of these damaged humans are the same. What''s the point of keeping them in a cage when they are worthless to society? My wallet, too, is all for immediate execution.

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by downsteamjim November 22, 2008 9:57 AM PST

pure505: These ''rabid dogs'' are a gravy train for trial lawyers.

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by downsteamjim November 22, 2008 10:31 AM PST

excoach: When was the last time a fetus murdered 2 people and wounded others?

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by godofredo29 November 22, 2008 10:40 AM PST

It is assisted suicide. But, what I don''t get is why the public can''t reserve the execution chamber and hire it''s assistants for their own assisted suicides when they''re not in use. They''re paying for it anyway. They could have something like what was portrayed in Soylent Green.

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by downsteamjim November 22, 2008 10:42 AM PST

excoach: To my knowledge no pregnant men have been killed in Iraq, but then I''m not an excoach.

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by bearswife11 November 22, 2008 10:43 AM PST

Not to mention these "tiny" people didn''t have a snowballs chance in hell to fight the monster. These monsters are crawling out of the woodwork today, time to get rid of their way of life, 3 hots and a cot, then back on the street to do it again. Do it permanently and the children will be safer.

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by downsteamjim November 22, 2008 10:46 AM PST

Let us not call this an execution but rather a very late term abortion. Then the libs would be cheering it like crazy.

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by whyaskwhy1 November 22, 2008 11:09 AM PST

not a man but a coward

burn punk, burn.

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by credibility2 November 22, 2008 11:11 AM PST

Why did it take this long to rid the system of this criminal tax burden waste?

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by frankfurt200 November 22, 2008 11:41 AM PST

This sounds like "assisted suicide" to me. I thought Dr. Kavorkian went to prison for that type of behavior. Oh yeah, it is Kentucky where "life is sacred" if it is a fetus, but once your old enough to be sent to war, it no longer matters!


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Posted by excoachken at 10:30 AM

Yep. Life is sacred until it is born. Then downstreamer could care less what happens to the live baby. He only cares what happens before its born.

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by cheteunice November 22, 2008 11:42 AM PST

Let''s not forget the important part of the story: the two poor children and their families, friends. God''s blessings to all of them!

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by cheteunice November 22, 2008 11:51 AM PST

Why should the prisoner get to determine more-or-less when he will be pur to death?

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by edward1975-2009 November 22, 2008 12:00 PM PST

There are some that commit such heinous crimes, that they lose their right to be among us. Though many have argued that the death penalty is not a deterent, I dis-agree, I will guarentee you, Chapman will never kill again. And thus has stop at least one from committing this offence.

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by bizzybirdy November 22, 2008 12:02 PM PST

Need to bring back the electric chair...lethal injection is too good for jerks like this. Am sure the poor children suffered more than he did leaving this world.

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by cheteunice November 22, 2008 12:26 PM PST

These scum should not be allowed to legally decide when they will die--that is suicide not punishment!

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by cheteunice November 22, 2008 12:28 PM PST

excoachken, I appreciate your point, but we have way too many people on the Earth already. Besides gobal warming we need to be concerned with overpopulation.

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by biblethumpar November 22, 2008 12:55 PM PST

downsteamjim, that is preposterous,
what about the victims?
were they also considered late term abortions?

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by caco58 November 22, 2008 1:56 PM PST

They should have starved him to death.

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by luvcomments November 22, 2008 6:50 PM PST

So many bleeding hearts. Yes, we are to forgive. No, we are not meant to escape consequences of our actions. Ever. I''d just as soon see the cat-o''-nine tails be brought back. Whipping used to be quite successful in setting would-be criminals on the proper path, instead of slapping them on the wrist and seeing them laugh at us while their appetite for crime escalates.

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by downsteamjim November 22, 2008 9:07 PM PST

To Edward1975: YES! That is the only proven way to stop repeat offenders.

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by ffoulkes-2009 November 23, 2008 4:10 AM PST

Think about it: What image are we sending to the world by embracing such bloodthirsty feelings?

Posted by gea_amicus at 07:50 AM : Nov 22, 2008
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Yeah...think about that...Would surely make them think we are serious...They might even think twice about killing one of our citizens...

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by ffoulkes-2009 November 23, 2008 4:11 AM PST

Yep. Life is sacred until it is born. Then downstreamer could care less what happens to the live baby. He only cares what happens before its born.

Posted by frankfurt200 at 11:41 AM : Nov 22, 2008
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Life IS sacred...So if you take a life in a murder, the only possible payment for that sacred theft is the cost of your own life. An unborn child has not murdered anyone.

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by gatofeo November 23, 2008 4:14 AM PST

There seems to be a lot of concern over how humane the various methods of execution are.
I believe that out of all the methods, execution by rifle fire is the most humane, the most instantaneous, if it will ease your conscience any.
When Gary Gilmore was executed in Utah in 1976, he was bound to a chair with a hood over his head and a target over his heart.
Six .30-30 bullets, fired about 10 feet away into his chest, ended his life instantly. Witnesses reported he stiffened in the chair for an instant, then slumped. Dead.
The shock of six .30-caliber bullets slamming into the heart made his death instantaneous.
The death penalty only works if it invokes fear. As it is run today, there is almost no fear. Prisoners languish for years on Death Row, filing endless appeals, becoming celebrity causes and even earning college degrees.
Meanwhile, their victims molder and the families of those victims suffer.
Bring back the fear in the Death Penalty. Execute every prisoner thus sentenced within one year, preferably six months.
Then put his poster in every Post Office with EXECUTED in red across his face.
Heck, post it in junior high and high schools, as an example to kids who think they''re so tough.

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by repugs_suck November 23, 2008 3:27 PM PST

Having lived close to Eddyville, KY, all my life, I personally believe that there aren''t enough exectuions for inmates on "death row" at KSP.

The old phrase comes to mind, "You do the crime, you do the time!" Or, as in this case, you murder someone in cold blood, then, you pay for it with your life, period.

Far too many times, the person convicted of the crime, seem to be given the benefit of doubt, when, they didn''t give the person they killed or murdered, the benefit of doubt. If a individual has been convicted by his jury of peers and the proof in the case is ironclad, then, these individuals should be allowed no more than 2 appeals, within a 5 year time frame and after those appeals have been exhausted, then, the punishment should be carried through.

Don''t get me wrong, I''ve run across my share of "dirty cops" and crooked attorneys over the years. I''ve heard of shoddy collection processes and downright fraud in murder cases that I have knowledge of. It is normally a small percentage of people who are innocent behind bars and those should be given every opportunity there is to prove their innocence, these are the ones I have a problem with, being executed.

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by toolmangler-2009 November 23, 2008 3:57 PM PST

I believe he should have been executed. I also believe that he was an honorable man at the end of his life. I wish he had been honorable ''all'' his life, then there would have been no need for the execution.

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by nomorekidds November 24, 2008 1:35 PM PST

Sad story. Kentucky has at least 20 inmates each year that should have been put down. But instead, its only one in the last 9 years. Very soon, we''ll be finding out that our nation can no longer afford to keep offenders in the Big House. Maybe a plan can be made where they will all be executed and their bodies donated to medical schools.

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by ekucrew November 24, 2008 3:07 PM PST

The anti death penalty crowd praying with candles on the execution night at Eddyville numbered less than 14 people. Maybe their convictions were not as bold as the cold temps that hovered at 19 degrees....I noticed no prayer circles mentioning the names Chelbi and Cody...only the name of their killer Marco. The news media was pretty bored with no hoards of protesters to interview.

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[pinewalker-2009]

Lethal injection of a lawfully convicted criminal is more like benevolent euthanasia rather than execution. This is outrageous that executions are not carried out with a blindfold, cigarette and firing squad. The convict would hear the countdown and order to fire. One moment they are alive and the next...well, you get the picture. None of this "humane peaceful death" for criminals who probably didn''t stop to make those they murdered comfortable. Execute not euthanize. Send a firm message to society, not a pampered and pandered statement.

[stupidrules3]

I think we should go green with executions. A rope is easily reused and costs very little, not to mention the carbon footprint is almost zero.

[gea_amicus]

The state sponsored display of blood and brutality some of you folks clamor for is part of the problem, not the solution. BTW, I am in favor of the death penalty, but the state shouldn''t embrace the basest of passions while doing so!

Think about it: What image are we sending to the world by embracing such bloodthirsty feelings?

Yes, what some of these criminals did was abhorrent, inhuman, and vile. However, should the state embrace the same passions and thereby drink from the same cup as the offenders?

I don''t think so!

[longtree-2009]

let no one forget the victims of these criminal mutants. execute them for taking the life of others. those that murder should not be allowed to live, even in prison, while their victims turn to decay and dust. execute them. don''t listen to the airheads who seek to abolish the death penalty. they speak not for the victims but for murderers. they are just as bad as the murderers. i''m entitled to an opinion too, you know.

[pinewalker-2009]

I wholeheartedly agree with longtree. I say enough of my taxpayer dollars supporting society''s miscreants in overcrowded prisons on my dime while victims are forever gone, leaving grieving families and friends behind. Forgiveness by me to heinous criminals comes with forfiture of their lives. Let murderers and rapists meet and make peace with their maker. Remember...render unto Ceasar that which is Ceasar''s, and unto God that which is God''s. Let him/her sort it out. Society needs to police itself, make a stand against barbarous crimes, and mete out punishment in an appropriate jurisprudent fasion.

[pinewalker-2009]

I suppose that for petty crimes, the pillory or stocks is too barbaric to stomach for some as well. While seemingly outdated, it was a powerful public humiliating deterrant for thieves and such. We should have at least one set installed in each town and city for use with minor civil infractions. Children today would learn a good example of what not to do if they saw an arsonist, robber or some other minor criminal publicly displayed for scorn by his/her peers.

[downsteamjim]

What a shame! He could have been allowed to stay in jail for a few more years, get pardoned or parolled, get out and murder again.

[bearswife11]

This man took childrens'' lives. How can anybody feel sorry for him? No one twisted his arm to do it, it was his decision to commit the acts he did. Luckily the mother and another child survived. Or it would have been worse. These vile murderers need to be done away with. I say in an inhumane way. Get the rope! Why is it these bleeding hearts for the killers aren''t bleeding for the victims? Most especially for little children??

[pure505]

I am thrilled to see so many people behind execution. I''m tired of hearing the bleeding hearts protest this necessary act. It''s ok to feel badly for the monstor who kills...sometimes it truly is because of years of abuse and damage to their psyche. However, like a rabid dog, you can feel badly all you want, but the dog still needs to be put down. It''s completely useless to keep a rabid dog in a cage his whole life. He contributes nothing; what would be the point? Some of these damaged humans are the same. What''s the point of keeping them in a cage when they are worthless to society? My wallet, too, is all for immediate execution.

[downsteamjim]

pure505: These ''rabid dogs'' are a gravy train for trial lawyers.

[downsteamjim]

excoach: When was the last time a fetus murdered 2 people and wounded others?

[godofredo29]

It is assisted suicide. But, what I don''t get is why the public can''t reserve the execution chamber and hire it''s assistants for their own assisted suicides when they''re not in use. They''re paying for it anyway. They could have something like what was portrayed in Soylent Green.

[downsteamjim]

excoach: To my knowledge no pregnant men have been killed in Iraq, but then I''m not an excoach.

[bearswife11]

Not to mention these "tiny" people didn''t have a snowballs chance in hell to fight the monster. These monsters are crawling out of the woodwork today, time to get rid of their way of life, 3 hots and a cot, then back on the street to do it again. Do it permanently and the children will be safer.

[downsteamjim]

Let us not call this an execution but rather a very late term abortion. Then the libs would be cheering it like crazy.

[whyaskwhy1]

not a man but a coward

burn punk, burn.

[credibility2]

Why did it take this long to rid the system of this criminal tax burden waste?

[frankfurt200]

This sounds like "assisted suicide" to me. I thought Dr. Kavorkian went to prison for that type of behavior. Oh yeah, it is Kentucky where "life is sacred" if it is a fetus, but once your old enough to be sent to war, it no longer matters!


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Posted by excoachken at 10:30 AM

Yep. Life is sacred until it is born. Then downstreamer could care less what happens to the live baby. He only cares what happens before its born.

[cheteunice]

Let''s not forget the important part of the story: the two poor children and their families, friends. God''s blessings to all of them!

[cheteunice]

Why should the prisoner get to determine more-or-less when he will be pur to death?

[edward1975-2009]

There are some that commit such heinous crimes, that they lose their right to be among us. Though many have argued that the death penalty is not a deterent, I dis-agree, I will guarentee you, Chapman will never kill again. And thus has stop at least one from committing this offence.

[bizzybirdy]

Need to bring back the electric chair...lethal injection is too good for jerks like this. Am sure the poor children suffered more than he did leaving this world.

[cheteunice]

These scum should not be allowed to legally decide when they will die--that is suicide not punishment!

[cheteunice]

excoachken, I appreciate your point, but we have way too many people on the Earth already. Besides gobal warming we need to be concerned with overpopulation.

[biblethumpar]

downsteamjim, that is preposterous,
what about the victims?
were they also considered late term abortions?

[caco58]

They should have starved him to death.

[luvcomments]

So many bleeding hearts. Yes, we are to forgive. No, we are not meant to escape consequences of our actions. Ever. I''d just as soon see the cat-o''-nine tails be brought back. Whipping used to be quite successful in setting would-be criminals on the proper path, instead of slapping them on the wrist and seeing them laugh at us while their appetite for crime escalates.

[downsteamjim]

To Edward1975: YES! That is the only proven way to stop repeat offenders.

[ffoulkes-2009]

Think about it: What image are we sending to the world by embracing such bloodthirsty feelings?

Posted by gea_amicus at 07:50 AM : Nov 22, 2008
___________________________________________
Yeah...think about that...Would surely make them think we are serious...They might even think twice about killing one of our citizens...

[ffoulkes-2009]

Yep. Life is sacred until it is born. Then downstreamer could care less what happens to the live baby. He only cares what happens before its born.

Posted by frankfurt200 at 11:41 AM : Nov 22, 2008
___________________________________________
Life IS sacred...So if you take a life in a murder, the only possible payment for that sacred theft is the cost of your own life. An unborn child has not murdered anyone.

[gatofeo]

There seems to be a lot of concern over how humane the various methods of execution are.
I believe that out of all the methods, execution by rifle fire is the most humane, the most instantaneous, if it will ease your conscience any.
When Gary Gilmore was executed in Utah in 1976, he was bound to a chair with a hood over his head and a target over his heart.
Six .30-30 bullets, fired about 10 feet away into his chest, ended his life instantly. Witnesses reported he stiffened in the chair for an instant, then slumped. Dead.
The shock of six .30-caliber bullets slamming into the heart made his death instantaneous.
The death penalty only works if it invokes fear. As it is run today, there is almost no fear. Prisoners languish for years on Death Row, filing endless appeals, becoming celebrity causes and even earning college degrees.
Meanwhile, their victims molder and the families of those victims suffer.
Bring back the fear in the Death Penalty. Execute every prisoner thus sentenced within one year, preferably six months.
Then put his poster in every Post Office with EXECUTED in red across his face.
Heck, post it in junior high and high schools, as an example to kids who think they''re so tough.

[repugs_suck]

Having lived close to Eddyville, KY, all my life, I personally believe that there aren''t enough exectuions for inmates on "death row" at KSP.

The old phrase comes to mind, "You do the crime, you do the time!" Or, as in this case, you murder someone in cold blood, then, you pay for it with your life, period.

Far too many times, the person convicted of the crime, seem to be given the benefit of doubt, when, they didn''t give the person they killed or murdered, the benefit of doubt. If a individual has been convicted by his jury of peers and the proof in the case is ironclad, then, these individuals should be allowed no more than 2 appeals, within a 5 year time frame and after those appeals have been exhausted, then, the punishment should be carried through.

Don''t get me wrong, I''ve run across my share of "dirty cops" and crooked attorneys over the years. I''ve heard of shoddy collection processes and downright fraud in murder cases that I have knowledge of. It is normally a small percentage of people who are innocent behind bars and those should be given every opportunity there is to prove their innocence, these are the ones I have a problem with, being executed.

[toolmangler-2009]

I believe he should have been executed. I also believe that he was an honorable man at the end of his life. I wish he had been honorable ''all'' his life, then there would have been no need for the execution.

[nomorekidds]

Sad story. Kentucky has at least 20 inmates each year that should have been put down. But instead, its only one in the last 9 years. Very soon, we''ll be finding out that our nation can no longer afford to keep offenders in the Big House. Maybe a plan can be made where they will all be executed and their bodies donated to medical schools.

[ekucrew]

The anti death penalty crowd praying with candles on the execution night at Eddyville numbered less than 14 people. Maybe their convictions were not as bold as the cold temps that hovered at 19 degrees....I noticed no prayer circles mentioning the names Chelbi and Cody...only the name of their killer Marco. The news media was pretty bored with no hoards of protesters to interview.