Comments on: Smith Indicted In Ax Murder Case

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:38:32 +0000

I’m assuming none of you know this man being charged with this crime, but I did. He was a very sweet intelligent person whom I havent seen since high school. But in the time I did know him he would never have done something so irrational and extreme had he not been provoked. I’m sure none of you can understand someones hanius actions if you’ve never been put in a situation where your own mother was being beaten and humilitated for years with you having to stand idly by, watching her make mistake after mistake. Watching this horrible man belittle and dehumanize your own mother. A situation where you have to watch and hear the beatings and tortures without interfering due to reprocussions. All of your comments are sprung from your own ignorance and watching too many unrealistic television scenarios. You should all stop and think about your quick to judge attitudes before you jump to conclusions without knowing facts. I bet most of you consider yourselves to be forgive and forget Christians. You people who are quick to persecute others should be ashamed of yourselves.

By: TERESA

TERESA — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:43:16 +0000

Judge..

I could almost agree with you there…Except when he said he loved it and enjoyed it…..Even if it was self defense you wouldn’t love doing it…Unless you were a psychopath……

By: judge not

judge not — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:57:54 +0000

Wow you people are way off here. You dont know the situation but presume to know all the details. Any child would want to defend their mother. None of you would feel rage if your mother was being attacked? I dont think he has rage issues…..I think he had love issues……for his mother. What he did was so very wrong and no it wasnt the solution to anything but he snapped. I guess none of you on here have ever had a moment when you were so angry that you lost control of your words or your actions? I am not saying you lost it to the extent that he did but we have all lost control at some point. I am not even going to pretend to know the solution to this because quite frankly all the facts arent out yet. I read somewhere that this may very well have been self defense…….who knows and we will not know until all the facts are out. Why is it as a society we are always so quick to judge others but when it happens in our own family we want love and understanding? Cut this guy a little slack until the whole story is out and his family. He will pay for this in so many ways and so will his family. I feel awful for both sides on this equation because it is such a tragedy for both families. One side buried a child and the other will lose a child to prison. As for Nate he served his country and defended all of us. I am thinking if he has issues maybe they stem from coming back from overseas.

By: oh well

oh well — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:38:57 +0000

I’m totally with C. Proud

Work them in the ground.
Keep them in for as long and you can.
Take away all privilege ’s.

It is a prison after all.

By: Chumuckla Proud

Chumuckla Proud — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:45:34 +0000

Citizen X…..lol…you know, I never even gave that a thought but you are spot on! Wendy is having pipe dreams… I am thinking one of her dearest loved ones is locked up in the pokie somewhere and she is trying to invent ways of getting him/her released!

By: Citizen X

Citizen X — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:54:24 +0000

Wendy, maybe you could get him a job where you work. Hopefully your company’s Workplace Violence Policy is stringent enough to deter him from killing one of his co-workers.

By: Chumuckla Proud

Chumuckla Proud — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:20:43 +0000

Wendy,

I agree with prisoners earning their keep but releasing them to 24 hour surveillance is definitely not the answer! That would cost us even more millions of taxpayer dollars!

If they brought back the old prison camps and forced these guys to earn their own keep…(self sufficient)..then we’d be on the right track! They need to be raising their own livestock, farming their own vegetables, working in the kitchens, cleaning their own cells, and to be denied recreational privileges until all of their jobs have been completed 100%! Once these people see that being in prison is definitely not going to be a “free ride”, then there may be a deterent!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:37:12 +0000

If I am not mistaken, I believe that a deputy’s annual salary is significantly less than the cost of housing an inmate in prison for a year. It might be better and cheaper to employ more deputies and put criminals under 24 hour surveillance. We could force then to report to work every day to support hem selves, protect society from them by being there all the time, save lots of tax dollars and reduce unemployment all at once.

By: Chumuckla Proud

Chumuckla Proud — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:03:43 +0000

Sadly, this man has deeply imbeded rage issues which no amount of rehabilitation in prison will cure. He needs to be incarcerated for the remainder of his life.