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He was 14 yrs. 6mos. and 5 days old --- and the youngest person executed in the Unite
absolutely horrific. I am calling for an end to the death penalty. This story, althiufh was so long ago, made me cry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._United_States
still happening...
R.I.P Juan Almeida Bosque
"The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely
the oppressive situations which we seek to escape,
but that piece of the oppressor which is
planted deep within each of us." Audre Lorde
Nearly brought a tear to my eye
He is a spitting image of a 13 year old I know
When a government employs such vicious methods, and oftens uses them against innocents who have suffered miscarriages of justice, you have to wonder if that government has any empathy for its people. The use of the death penalty - an act of irrational vengeance and legalised murder by the state - is something that shouldn't have followed us out of the 15th century, never mind the 20th.
Actually it seems the Roper vs. Simmons decision finally made it illegal to execute minors in 2005. Still though... sick that it took that long.
but but but murderers and rapists and fascists gubgubgubgubgugbugugb
I'm on some sickle-hammer shit
Collective Bruce Banner shit
FKA: #FF0000, AKA Mistake Not My Current State Of Joshing Gentle Peevishness For The Awesome And Terrible Majesty Of The Towering Seas Of Ire That Are Themselves The Milquetoast Shallows Fringing My Vast Oceans Of Wrath
That pisses me off.
I dreamt of a flower that was so beautiful that when it whithered away and died a tear left my eye. I saw our births, our lives and our deaths. I felt fire paint me with pain and I felt a kiss on my lips with a knife in my neck. Love to heartbreak to self-destruction to birth and to finally learning to frolic back into the same trap with a warm smile.
O|O
My blog: The Riot Slut Rage
OMG:'(
"I am an anarchist! Wherefore I will not rule and also ruled I will not be." -John Henry Mackay
Jesus, I didn't know it used to be this bad this recently! It's going to take a LOT of work to get rid of the death penalty where I live, unless there's a national ban. It's great to be in Texas, huh?
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I wonder why does this matter. So if he was indeed guilty, executing him would have been less absurd?
If there is something we shouldn't seek about this, is "closure". As long as there is a death penalty, there is an open wound.
Justice?! What an imbecile thing to say. This boy is dead, and will remain so. What justice is there in a "pardon" that doesn't change the situation of its target?
Good grief. Unless they make these men alive again, there is no justice involved here.
Stupid criminal system.
Luís Henrique
This is fucking appalling...............
first thing in 3 years to get tears in my eyes.........
My thoughts exactly. He was murdered and clearing his name won't undo that. I can see why a family or community might want to prove that someone is innocent, but ultimately it isn't going to change anything.
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Just how did I know he was gonna be black?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxP442T-aZ0
Truly disgusting. Words fail me, I can't express how fucking vile this is.
The death penalty in general is disgusting. Such a barbaric and cruel practice.
Murder is wrong, no matter who does it.
