Saturday, June 21, 2008

James Reed lynched

a kid was literally lynched last night, a dark night without stars ....
he was crying for help a so long ago !!!!

today is the world peace and prayer day, i was wondering if there is some prayer for James because i can't pray .... i don’t believe in god, i always knew if there was a superior power it would be the father of evil.
sometimes i stay too much sensible with this kind of injustices and i should be used to,

but the truth is i hate these killings and oppressive countries
and
I hate Amerikkkaaaaaaa !!!


SC executes James Earl Reed by electrocution
© Associated Press
published on: June 20, 2008

A South Carolina man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents 14 years ago was executed in the state's electric chair Friday night after a last-ditch effort to halt the sentence was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court.

James Earl Reed was pronounced dead at 11:27 p.m. Friday in the state's death chamber in Columbia. He did not issue a final statement.

The execution, first scheduled for 6 p.m., had been put on hold as defense attorneys successfully obtained a stay from a federal judge, only to see it vacated by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Their attempt to get the U.S. Supreme Court to block the execution was subsequently denied.

Reed, 49, was the 1st person electrocuted in South Carolina in more than 4 years. He had been on death row since 1996, when he was convicted of murdering Joseph and Barbara Lafayette in their Charleston County home 2 years earlier. Prosecutors said he was looking for his ex-girlfriend.

When the curtain to the death chamber was drawn, Reed was seated in a chair in the middle of the room, with leather straps at his wrists, biceps, chest, waist and ankles. A prison official placed a brown hood over Reed's face, on which there was also a cap connected to the ceiling by a thick, black cable.

A series of thumps followed a moment later, as Reed clenched his fists and his body stiffened, lurching back in the chair. Several minutes later, Reed's body relaxed and slumped forward slightly.

A technician then entered the chamber to disconnect the cable from Reed's head, and a physician checked his pulse and pupils before officials announced the time of death.

Several relatives of the Lafayettes witnessed the execution, including 1 of their 3 children.
"They were in the prime of their lives ... when their lives were cut short. They were not here to share the happiest days of our lives," said the Lafayettes' youngest daughter, 37-year-old Marsha Aleem, of Tampa, Fla.

During his trial, Reed fired his attorney and represented himself, denying the killings despite a confession and arguing that no physical evidence placed him at the scene. Jurors found him guilty and decided he should die.

Reed tried to argue in one appeal that the trial judge shouldn't have allowed him to defend himself, but the state Supreme Court said he had been warned.

Reed then tried to waive further appeals and have an execution date set. Last year, the state Supreme Court ruled that Reed could not drop those appeals or continue to represent himself.

In the request for the stay that was granted Friday, the defense attorneys cited a U.S. Supreme Court decision made the day before regarding defendants' rights to represent themselves. The high court on Thursday said a defendant can be judged competent to stand trial, yet incapable of acting as his own lawyer.

The last person put to death in South Carolina's electric chair was James Neil Tucker, who was executed in 2004 for killing 2 women. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 8 other states electrocute inmates.

In South Carolina, anyone sentenced to death may choose the electric chair or lethal injection. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 8 other states electrocute inmates.

Reed was the 1st man electrocuted in the U.S. in nearly a year. Daryl Holton, a 45-year-old Tennessee man, died in the electric chair in September 2007 for killing his 3 sons and their half-sister, according to the center.

4 Comments:

Blogger CherryPie said...

I can do some prayers xx

I do believe and I know there is something better to come.

Sending you lots of love and some peaceful thoughts xoxoxoxoxoxox

6/21/2008 5:32 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

James is in my thoughts too !!

I was reading the news and I'm so sorry, I don't know what to say more, Lu ...

Beijos muito grandes

6/21/2008 6:30 PM  
Blogger luisa brehm said...

thank youuuuuuuuuuu !!!
love you !!!

7/04/2008 10:11 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

James Reed shot and killed a police officer on March 27th, 1907.He then fled in a boat in an attempt to avoid arrest for the murder. He was caught half way to Virginia on the Chesapeake Bay and returned to Crisfield, where the crime was commited. Even though 100 deputies were on hand to STOP any lynching, the crowed gathered was so large as to sieze Reed and hung him from a telegraph pole. Justice was not carried out with a trial as should have been. However the murder in a hard time and place was also not uncommon. We have come a long way. Let us keep going in that direction!

11/04/2009 4:27 AM  

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