Comments on: Cantonment Man Indicted For Highway 29 Murder

By: kim

kim — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 05:56:06 +0000

i dated isreal in the late 90’s for 5 yrs. he never showed acts of violence towards me or my children and they loved each other dearly….i kno isreal he would never do a thing like that … so for all of you trying to play god and judge …sit down sum where thanks and have a blessed day

By: jaime

jaime — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:02:07 +0000

i disagree this is my step father and all i have to say is they have nothing on him he was no where around when this girl got shot your right only time will tell but he was at my moms work when the cops responded to the shooting and you no its a black and white thing just because he is black doesnt mean he shot this girl they dont even have the weapon and found no gun resadew on his hands soo please dont talk mess until you know the facts thanks

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sun, 22 May 2011 20:56:45 +0000

REGARING:
“Well David we can do away with juries while we’re at it. That would solve the problem of murderers going free”

Nope. There’s always the chance you or I might be accused of a crime and we’d want the odds in our favor rather than just saying, “He’s accused; let’s hang him.” With a jury, the accusers have to convince several neutral parties we actually did the bad thing.

David for planning ahead

By: whitepunknotondope

whitepunknotondope — Sun, 22 May 2011 01:51:55 +0000

Well David we can do away with juries while we’re at it. That would solve the problem of murderers going free

I wouldn’t trust 12 people off the street to have any more common sense or brains than 12 chickens.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sat, 21 May 2011 20:12:00 +0000

REGARDING:
“The death penalty should be a mandatory sentence for all convicted murders.”

Hard to justify that statement when you consider the fact that it includes the thought that some people deserve killing. (Not that this instance comes close to being justified, just talking in general.)

Consider: sometimes people get in fights and one dies. That might well get a second degree murder conviction even if the one who died threw the first punch, made the first stab or slice, fired the first shot, or just provoked the one who did.

It’s a bad thing, but maybe not deserving of the death penalty.

And then there’s felony murder: a person is involved in commission of a felony in which any reasonable person would know there was a danger someone would be killed. Then someone IS killed. That person is guilty of felony murder if you can convince the jury.

One of the most interesting things about felony murder is that the main felon may be killed by the ones he was trying to harm and his fellow felons are then guilty of his murder. It makes sense but juries often don’t buy it.

Maybe he deserves to die too but it would be harder to convince a jury if they knew that was the only possible response to a guilty verdict. In fact, all automatic death sentences have been ruled unconstitutional.

Anyhoo, the danger is that making things too strict might result in more murderers going free than otherwise.

David still thinking in general,
not regarding this specific case

By: 429SCJ

429SCJ — Sat, 21 May 2011 16:03:15 +0000

Dust off old sparky and I will throw the switch

By: conniek

conniek — Sat, 21 May 2011 06:14:50 +0000

Yes it is a shame that two young lives have ended. one doesnt know what went wrong. I know the shooter.he worked for me for about a year.he was dependable, but had a life of turmoil & despair. these two people had a volatile relationship. it wasnt all him. it was both. my heart goes out to both familys. and now there is a baby girl with no parents. i wish i could of been there to stop & separate these two before it came to this.

By: Atmore G

Atmore G — Fri, 20 May 2011 21:56:56 +0000

This guy shot a young woman five times in the head in a public place! If anyone deserves the death sentence, he does.. I agree with Joe that the death penalty should be mandatory in these type cases.. This young woman was brutally executed and I hate to even think of what may have run through her mind if she saw him before he started firing..

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 20 May 2011 19:29:55 +0000

Maybe the lawyer that unsuccessfully tried to sue the
Burger King on Hwy 29 on that shooting death, should
try to sue Circle K / Wendys on this shooting.

Maybe he’ll get lucky this time.

(totally ridiculous, frivolous law suit !!!)

By: whitepunknotondope

whitepunknotondope — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:31:50 +0000

I agree with Joe.
Murder, rape and aggravated assault should all result in death sentence carried out within 4 weeks of sentencing. You physically violate another person, you die.

But what about all those innocent people who were wrongly convicted?
Easy.
Pay compensation to their families of 2 million dollars upon irrefutable proof that they were innocent.