HE'S DEAD

[larry kremis]

Ohio executed Kenneth Biros today. First time in our nation's history that an execution took place with a single injection, similar to the way our beloved pets are euthanized. Biros' lawyers tried stopping the execution by claiming it was human experimentation, cruel and unusual. IMHO there's no such thing as cruel and unusual for ridding the earth of a beast like him. He killed and mutalated a young woman in 1991 and then lead police to all the locations where he buried her body parts. I'm embarrassed to say that this happened in my twp.

[HAVE_A_HEART]

That gotta be a Christmas present to Ohio!

[Kittycat]

There were so many stays to his execution, it was getting to be a little ridiculous. I know the family of the girl that he killed is very relieved that it's finally over.

[VgsDva]

Justice would be if these killers died the same way their victims did.

[Mother Sanity (JackieRodzinski)]

Yes Sara. I join my prayers with yours.

[d's girl]

My beliefs about the sanctity of life from natural conception to natural death are grounded in my faith as a Christian. I am even more mindful now as we are celebrating Christmas - the celebration of the birth of Christ - of how he brought a new covenant to us. No longer an eye for an eye, but love and forgiveness. That is what I get, again & again, when I read & learn from the teachings of Christ. When asked for the greatest of all rules to abide by, he taught us to love one another. When asked how to respond to someone who had wronged us, he said to forgive them 7 times 70 - a phrase that meant forever, eternally. When asked how to respond to violence, he taught us to turn the other cheek. There is no excuse for violence- it is a terrible, terrible tragedy when someone is murdered. It's unthinkable, inconceivable. I do not think that people should be allowed to commit crimes against others. I think they should be secured away forever, so that others cannot suffer at their hands. I also do not believe that it is right, ever, in any sense, to respond to killing with more killing. I hope that this Christmas season of reflecting and celebrating the birth of Christ will give us all an opportunity to reflect and embrace what he taught us, and to understand these teachings in a new way than we have before, a new light, a new depth. I am sorry for the young woman that this man murdered. And I am sorry that we have in turn murdered him. I pray for healing & for peace to all those who are touched by this circumstance.

[blondie 11]

He got out to freggin easy. He should have died very slowly.----these cowards that go around killing women and torturing them. Hell is too good for these bartards.

[larry kremis]

I'm with ya blondie. I hope that the death penalty serves as a deterrant. I'm not sure that it does, but if a potential murderer doesn't kill because he knows he may be put to death, then it's a good thing. Who wouldn't rather a bad person die than a good person?

[Kittycat]

The families of both the victim and the murderer should not have had to go through the 18 years it took the state of Ohio to reach it's final conclusion in this sorry matter. If there was no death penalty (which I don't believe in the death penalty) then the matter would have come to a conclusion (life sentence with no parole) much sooner. Then again, Biros's lawyers would have still tried to get the verdict overturned, so I guess either way the families would still have to suffer for years. The appeals laws have to be changed so this doesn't occur over and over again I suppose.

[HAVE_A_HEART]

Did you know that there are some goodie two shoes trying to get the Miranda Rights rewriten?? Apparently criminals don't seem to understand the part about them having the rights to an attorney!


Famous Miranda rights warning could get rewrite

08:05 AM CST on Tuesday, December 8, 2009
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday seemed headed toward telling police they must explicitly advise criminal suspects that their lawyer can be present during any interrogation.

The arguments in front of the justices were the latest over how explicit the Miranda warning rights have to be, as justices debated whether the warnings police gave Kevin Dwayne Powell made clear to him that he could have a lawyer present while being interrogated by police.

Powell was convicted of illegally possessing a firearm after telling police he bought the weapon "off the street" for $150 for his protection. Before his confession, Powell signed a Miranda statement that included the statements "You have the right to talk to a lawyer before answering any of our questions. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed for you without cost and before any questioning. You have the right to use any of these rights at any time you want during this interview."

The Florida Supreme Court overturned the conviction on grounds the Tampa police didn't adequately convey to Powell that he was allowed to have a lawyer with him during questioning.

Joseph Jacquot, Florida deputy attorney general, argued that the warning given Powell "expresses all the rights required under Miranda."

Justice Stephen Breyer clearly disagreed.

"Aren't you supposed to tell this person, that unlike a grand jury, you have a right to have the lawyer with you during interrogation?" Breyer said. "I mean, it isn't as if that was said in passing in Miranda. They wrote eight paragraphs about it. And I just wonder, where does it say in this warning, you have the right to have the lawyer with you during the interrogation?"

This is the third Miranda case the court has heard this year. The justices heard arguments earlier over whether officers can interrogate a suspect who said he understood his rights but didn't invoke them, and whether a request for a lawyer during interrogation can expire after a lengthy period of time.

Decisions in all three cases are expected next year.

[larry kremis]

I hear ya Heart, bad people need more rights. Our one son in law is a cop, he's accustomed to reading criminals their rights. He's been very successful in getting them to talk without a lawyer present. He gets them to talk before he officially arrests them. It's only after the arrest that the Miranda rights kick in.

[jeff widdicombe]

I believe a lawyer should be present before any questioning starts and the only way an accused would be allowed to be questioned without a lawyer is after he or she dismisses them in person in writing preceding that interrogation.