tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post4431619289716680980..comments2024-01-25T14:51:13.377-05:00Comments on Gamso - For the Defense: we have stopped being a civilized nationJeff Gamsohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09869425697771419546noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post-41840868103028143832018-11-15T21:55:26.662-05:002018-11-15T21:55:26.662-05:00Whatever the merits of the death penalty in the ab...Whatever the merits of the death penalty in the abstract, and putting aside the 30-day issue, the 33 years is, indeed, a travesty - and torture. Jeff Gamsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869425697771419546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post-77279008271594729352018-11-15T19:25:39.889-05:002018-11-15T19:25:39.889-05:00Here's what bothers me about this case.
April...Here's what bothers me about this case.<br /><br />April 16, 1985 Paula Kay Dyer (b. March 5, 1978) is killed.<br />April 17, 1985 Billy Ray Irick is arrested and confesses to murdering Paula.<br />October 26, 1986, Irick went on trial for killing Dyer.<br />November 1, 1986, Irick is convicted<br />December 3, 1986, Irick is sentenced to death<br />May 4, 1987, Irick's first date of execution<br />August 9, 2018, Billy Ray Irick is executed by the State of Tennessee<br /><br />So 33 years, 3 months, and 24 days after the murder of Paula Kay Dyer, Billy Ray is executed. This isn't justice; this is torture.<br /><br />I'm not arguing for a repeal of the death penalty. What I'm saying is that real justice in a case like this should take no more than 30 days, and the method of execution should be, beyond any question, a firing squad. This being Tennessee, the State should be able to find six volunteers who will not only execute the prisoner, but will supply their own rifle and ammunition.<br /><br />But 33 years? The time in prison is absolutely obscene. <br />Mad Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190137186843630543noreply@blogger.com