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Post by slappy on Sept 23, 2010 21:40:36 GMT -5
The first woman to be executed in the U.S. in five years has been put to death in Virginia for arranging the killings of her husband and a stepson over a $250,000 insurance payment. Teresa Lewis, 41, died by injection at 9:13 p.m. Thursday. She became the first woman executed in Virginia in nearly a century. Supporters and relatives of the victims watched her execution at Greensville Correctional Center. Lewis enticed two men through sex, cash and a promised cut in an insurance policy to shoot the sleeping men in October 2002. Both triggermen were sentenced to life in prison, and one committed suicide in 2006. More than 7,300 appeals to stop the execution had been made to the governor in a state second only to Texas in the number of people it executes. (Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) WHSV.com That makes it even worse. She hired the guys, she gets killed. The guys who actually kill, get life. What a country we live in. |
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Post by TheNinthCloud on Sept 23, 2010 21:40:40 GMT -5
Yeah, she deserved it.
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Post by Lk™ on Sept 23, 2010 22:35:11 GMT -5
Mentally disabled people aren't as stupid as you think. If she made a decision like that, she should be tried as an equal. That's a pretty elaborate plan to put together for a "mentally disabled" woman.
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Post by Lk™ on Sept 23, 2010 22:36:23 GMT -5
The first woman to be executed in the U.S. in five years has been put to death in Virginia for arranging the killings of her husband and a stepson over a $250,000 insurance payment. Teresa Lewis, 41, died by injection at 9:13 p.m. Thursday. She became the first woman executed in Virginia in nearly a century. Supporters and relatives of the victims watched her execution at Greensville Correctional Center. Lewis enticed two men through sex, cash and a promised cut in an insurance policy to shoot the sleeping men in October 2002. Both triggermen were sentenced to life in prison, and one committed suicide in 2006. More than 7,300 appeals to stop the execution had been made to the governor in a state second only to Texas in the number of people it executes. (Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) WHSV.com That makes it even worse. She hired the guys, she gets killed. The guys who actually kill, get life. What a country we live in. speak for yourself. canada is chill as hell. |
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Post by BCizzle on Sept 23, 2010 22:50:23 GMT -5
She's dead, one of the guys killed himself, now all we need to do is hope the other guy offs himself or gets shanked in prison. All three of them behaved reprehensibly. Killing people for money? People who do that have no place in this world.
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Post by slappy on Sept 23, 2010 22:52:29 GMT -5
That makes it even worse. She hired the guys, she gets killed. The guys who actually kill, get life. What a country we live in. speak for yourself. canada is chill as hell. Canada doesn't have the death penalty, I'd love for the US to be more like Canada. |
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Post by machoking on Sept 23, 2010 22:53:11 GMT -5
She's dead, one of the guys killed himself, now all we need to do is hope the other guy offs himself or gets shanked in prison. All three of them behaved reprehensibly. Killing people for money? People who do that have no place in this world. Soldiers are hired killers, what's your stance on them? Are they behaving reprehensibly. |
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Post by K5 on Sept 23, 2010 23:18:33 GMT -5
Think positive. Virginia's IQ just went up a good .8 points. i laughed.  |
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Post by Lk™ on Sept 24, 2010 0:38:18 GMT -5
speak for yourself. canada is chill as hell. Canada doesn't have the death penalty, I'd love for the US to be more like Canada. there's a lot of people here i wish would've got it. just less note worthy. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2010 0:44:55 GMT -5
Anyone who kills(not in self defense) or hires someone to kill is "mentally disabled" in my book.
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Post by Kliquid on Sept 24, 2010 1:11:54 GMT -5
Are you  ing serious right now? Really? She's not intellectually- disabled, man. Stupid, maybe. But intellectually- disabled? No. intellectually- disabled people cannot coordinate murders with hitmen. |
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Post by roh4ever on Sept 24, 2010 1:12:02 GMT -5
I think all that she did to make sure that her husband and stepson died proved that she wasn't really disabled. She had the right state of mind to hire two people, put up the pitbull they had so it wouldn't attack, and let the men in. She had plenty of time to change her mind but she went through with it and now she has to answer to God for what she has done. If she has to answer to God then why were we the ones to determine her date of death? Well, why was she the one to determine the date and time of her Husbands and stepsons death? She did not seem like your everyday mentally intellectually- disabled person, to be able to come up with this intricate plot to murder two people. Seems like something her defense put together. In the end, she got what she had coming to her. |
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Post by slappy on Sept 24, 2010 1:16:06 GMT -5
Are you ing serious right now? Really? She's not intellectually- disabled, man. Stupid, maybe. But intellectually- disabled? No. intellectually- disabled people cannot coordinate murders with hitmen. As I was saying, I guess that extra 1 point on her IQ test must be point that allows one to facilitate murder. If you have a 70, you can't do it, but if you have a 71, you sure as hell can. I hated using the word "intellectually- disabled," I do find it offensive when people use it as a put down, but I was quoting the Supreme Court. |
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Post by slappy on Sept 24, 2010 1:19:46 GMT -5
If she has to answer to God then why were we the ones to determine her date of death? Well, why was she the one to determine the date and time of her Husbands and stepsons death? She did not seem like your everyday mentally intellectually- disabled person, to be able to come up with this intrikit plot to murder two people. Seems like something her defense put together. In the end, she got what she had coming to her. So you are saying she outwitted several doctors and actually does not have a 71 IQ, but a much large IQ enough to fool doctor's into believing she is really disabled? She had the free will, apparently, to do this. The state does not have free will, they can choose to stop the killings at any time. |
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Post by Kliquid on Sept 24, 2010 1:20:59 GMT -5
As I was saying, I guess that extra 1 point on her IQ test must be point that allows one to facilitate murder. If you have a 70, you can't do it, but if you have a 71, you sure as hell can. I hated using the word "intellectually- disabled," I do find it offensive when people use it as a put down, but I was quoting the Supreme Court. So if I intentionally fail an IQ test, I should be able to avoid capital punishment? Do you not see why this IQ conversation is preposterous? Not to mention, yes, if it's determined that 70 is the cut-off, then 70 is the cut-off. In fact, it should be lower if someone with a 71 can put together a murder. That person is obviously not intellectually- disabled. I use the word "intellectually- disabled" because there is a such thing as mental retardation (just as there is physical retardation). This person is not it. |
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Post by slappy on Sept 24, 2010 1:24:24 GMT -5
As I was saying, I guess that extra 1 point on her IQ test must be point that allows one to facilitate murder. If you have a 70, you can't do it, but if you have a 71, you sure as hell can. I hated using the word "intellectually- disabled," I do find it offensive when people use it as a put down, but I was quoting the Supreme Court. So if I intentionally fail an IQ test, I should be able to avoid capital punishment? Do you not see why this IQ conversation is preposterous? Not to mention, yes, if it's determined that 70 is the cut-off, then 70 is the cut-off. In fact, it should be lower if someone with a 71 can put together a murder. That person is obviously not intellectually- disabled. I use the word "intellectually- disabled" because there is a such thing as mental retardation (just as there is physical retardation). This person is not it. Then why doesn't every death row inmate fake an IQ test to get off death row? So she was smarter than her doctor's who said she had that IQ? I mean she must have been to fool them into thinking she had such a low IQ. Well the Supreme Court were the ones to put the IQ level at 70 for mentally "intellectually- disabled." I guess she wasn't smart enough to really fail it if she couldn't score below the 70 IQ mark. |
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Post by slappy on Sept 24, 2010 1:44:26 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure we've executed a mentally disabled person since then. I looked it up it was the first time Virginia has executed a woman since 1912. Also, "her fate also had drawn appeals from the European Union, an indignant rebuke from Iran." My gosh, even Iran was condemning it and they kill people too, but apparently they stop at the mentally disabled. |
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Post by Oskanowski on Sept 24, 2010 2:14:35 GMT -5
I looked it up it was the first time Virginia has executed a woman since 1912. Also, "her fate also had drawn appeals from the European Union, an indignant rebuke from Iran." My gosh, even Iran was condemning it and they kill people too, but apparently they stop at the mentally disabled.  Kinda obvious it's stupid if it hasn't been done since 19 ing 12 people.. Quit thinking " nothings wrong " it's dumb, yeah she's an idiot for doing what she did, lock her up for life they didn't have to kill the woman.. *thinks to myself this is a perfect time to bring up how the Government wants to lower population* This just shows how the Government is trying to lower our population...  |
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Post by Sound888 on Sept 24, 2010 2:38:05 GMT -5
This whole debate shouldn't be over the IQ... What she did was a terrible thing, and deserves to be punished for it. I would feel the same way if it were to be anyone else.
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Post by Lord Ragnarok on Sept 24, 2010 6:17:51 GMT -5
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