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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -8/+522Aside from the murder, he's a pretty cool guy.
- Pottersquash, on 10/12/2007, -11/+315"how about we kill him how he did the murdering?"
Because such a policy would cause a rash of nerds raping a supermodel until she dies. - zlintux, on 10/12/2007, -20/+306Lethal injection consists of sedatives that (in theory/are supposed to) have you peacefully lose conciousness. Then, they pump you with another drug that stops your heart.
As such, the only pain is supposed to be the IV being inserted... But, there has been at least one notable instance in recent times where this proved untrue.
Finding a way to humanely kill a person is a contradiction in terms. I would hope even death penalty supporters could see that -- there's nothing humane about it. Call it revenge, justice or deterrence, but don't pretend it's humane. - WhiteIce89, on 10/12/2007, -25/+203VEGETERIAN pizza? I thought beggars can't be choosers.
- mulling, on 10/12/2007, -32/+207It's a good thing we kill people to show everyone that killing is wrong.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+161You can say that...oh wait.
- BGFeltenink, on 10/12/2007, -3/+144Feel however you want, he made mistakes but Google him and see just why he was on death row. http://www.ccadp.org/philipworkman.htm
Convicted on the testimony of one witness... and then put to death. Think on that. There are a lot of undesirable people I usually don't care about, but if we're going to play "Master of Life and Death" I would at least like there to be some serious connecting evidence and a hell of a lot less emotion, scapegoating, and outright vengeance before we make their hearts stop beating. - grandmagrandpa, on 10/12/2007, -13/+143My opinion is that this death row inmate at least thought of someone other than himself before his time to be put to death. Kudos for him.
- coolian, on 10/12/2007, -19/+140Awww. What a nice guy.
- senaber, on 10/12/2007, -1/+118my favorite quote?
"We can get some special things for the inmate but the taxpayers don't really give us permission to donate to charity" - vanimal, on 10/12/2007, -2/+104Seems pretty ridiculous to deny his request. It's not exactly money well spent feeding someone who is about to be put to death.
- z00k, on 10/12/2007, -7/+86Yeah lets Pardon a dead guy.
Hell maybe then we could feed him to the homeless. - tomithy, on 10/12/2007, -6/+76Overdosing on OTC sleep medicine is a horrible, horrible way to die. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphenhydramine
- gshipley, on 10/12/2007, -12/+71Pizza for the homeless = penance for brutal murder?
How 'bout not killing anybody and still giving a pizza to a homeless guy. That'd be super. - Derrekito, on 10/12/2007, -8/+62@drathosx3 (#6599316) said: "Aside from the murder, he's a pretty cool guy."
They also pointed to the recanted statements of a key eyewitness who now says he lied when he testified at Workman's trial that he saw Workman shoot Oliver.
and his appeal was denied? hrm... I think I read the article wrong... - kaelyiesta, on 10/12/2007, -9/+62@malakym
the concept of deserved harm for its own sake is barbaric and has no place in modern civilization. What good would come of hurting someone in the process of killing them? This eye for an eye ***** needs to stop. The purpose of punishment should be for correction and prevention, not for sick ***** to get their kicks by getting revenge on someone. Dispensing harm should only be acceptable in order to prevent them from harming others. - garbs, on 10/12/2007, -5/+52Yeah, because a lethal injection doesn't mess with any organs...
- politechaos, on 10/12/2007, -3/+44And here's what you don't know:
Evidence in the case shows that the police officer was shot by his own gun at the scene, not Workman's. However, the Supreme Court would not reopen the case.
I'm going out tonight, purchasing one Papa John's Vegetarian Pizza and delivering it to whoever I find on the street in Santa Monica. Regardless of whether you think the man is guilty or innocent, or whether his request is ridiculous or altruistic, doing what's right is what counts. - countrygirl31, on 10/12/2007, -7/+46"We can get some special things for the inmate but the taxpayers don't really give us permission to donate to charity"
What is welfare then? - zlintux, on 10/12/2007, -1/+40Okay, go find a homeless guy and a pizza...
- chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -3/+41It amazes me how people don't mind paying millions of dollars keeping inmates on death row and killing them, but as soon as you start talking about government using tax-payer's money to help the less fortunate (and using it for good in general,) then it becomes a problem.
- futureb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+39for all you people claiming it wasn't him that fired the fatal shot -
there is a crime in almost all states called felony murder, whereby if a person is killed during the commission of a felony (or during the resulting chase) and you are guilty of the underlying felony...then you are guilty of felony murder. this would be true even if the cop was killed by friendly fire. sounds crazy, i know, but if you rob a Wendy's and a cop chasing you shoots another cop, then you can be guilty of felony murder. in most states that have the death penalty, you would be eligible if found guilty of felony murder.
so while i'm personally against the death penalty, and this person may not be guilty of firing the shot that killed the cop, he is still legally culpable for the death. unless of course you're saying he didn't rob the Wendy's. just something to chew on... - Homunculiheaded, on 10/12/2007, -2/+39While not excusing murder, this isn't just one pizza, this is someone offering up their last meal on earth to someone else.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+40pottersquash:
"'how about we kill him how he did the murdering?'
'Because such a policy would cause a rash of nerds raping a supermodel until she dies.'
'I think you misunderstood that concept.. that would result in the nerd getting raped until he dies.'"
You didn't finish...the nerd would be raped to death by a male nerd as she was...theres the deterrent. - GeorgeinBoise, on 10/12/2007, -3/+32He didn't ask for penance, he seemingly wanted to do something nice as he went out. I hope my last moments of clarity are about others and are not selfish. Maybe this might serve as a lesson for us all.
- kidc, on 10/12/2007, -16/+44Yeah I only wished he had thought of someone besides himself before he murdered whoever he killed rather than giving a homeless person a pizza :-/
- Pottersquash, on 10/12/2007, -5/+33 Also if you do one specialty murder you can get one medium murder FREE!!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -8/+35You can say that again!
- kilroy0097, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27The law tends to over look glaring evidence against a crime when the law is convinced that the criminal killed one of their own. Evidence will be lost, it will be changed and it will be overlooked as soon as a police officer or other agent of law enforcement is injured or killed in a crime. They don't care if the guy is guilty. They just want to someone to pay, anyone. It's the biggest form of fraud of the judicial system we have. Kill a gang member on the street in broad daylight in front of multiple witnesses and they get 10 years. Kill a police officer, even by accident, and prepare to be put in jail for life or get the death sentence.
How can a citizen expect their rights to be secure when the judicial system so clearly demonstrates favoritism?
(Disclaimer: I do not infer that ALL law enforcement is corrupt. Only some.) - Zarxrax, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28Am I the only one who's seeing where the article says
"His defense said that new ballistics evidence suggests Oliver died from friendly fire at the robbery scene."
and
"They also pointed to the recanted statements of a key eyewitness who now says he lied when he testified at Workman's trial that he saw Workman shoot Oliver."
???
Why the heck is this guy being killed again? When it sounds like there is some evidence that maybe he didnt murder this police officer after all? - kaelyiesta, on 10/12/2007, -3/+29AAAAH TIME WARP!
- Malakym, on 10/12/2007, -9/+31Since when does ordering a pizza for someone less fortunate earn you a free pass from punishment for murdering someone? If that's all it takes, I'm entitled to kill....at least 20 people.
- thecmgeek, on 10/12/2007, -5/+25@dasilva333 -
Many of us vegetarians are so because we think the way animals are treated before becoming our dinner is inhumane. (Some would oppose to killing any animals for food, some are OK with concepts such as "free range".) From what I've read this guy may actually be innocent, and this seems to be a protest against the death penalty.
Additionally, there are so many people in American jails that are not being rehabilitated or treated. The money spent to imprison people especially for minor or illegitimate offenses could certainly be better spent on things like feeding the homeless. - tekmonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19C'mon guys... pizza delivery has been around for 50 years. How hard can it really be to fulfill this request?
- LeeSoong, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21PIZZA HUT AD links on this Page: Priceless!
- GeorgeinBoise, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18I'll do the same in Boise .. it is the little things that count. Random acts of kindness .. hmm pay it forward .. it has to be better than watching the newscast watching the newscaster tell everyone about this death and not even shedding a tear for the victim or the execution. BTW I am pro death penalty.
- griz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Sad part is that the killer thought to donate his last meal and yet the prison couldn't see fit to make that happen because they were worried what taxpayers were going to think about what the $20 was spent on. Personally I would much rather see my $.00000007 going to the homeless guy than to the murderer.
- eezzzz, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19Priceless: Douchers digging down the people who are mentioning the fact that this man may have been innocent.
People are more concerned with Digg than the loss of trial by jury. Weeee! - Conwaysb0718, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16I'm usually a stickler for rules, but 20 duckets is 20 duckets. If that dude wants to donate his last meal to somebody, so be it.
- thrallie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Isn't morphine a painless way to die? That's what many cancer patients have their loved ones do to them when under extreme pain.
I am against the death penalty because of the 200+ innocent people who were freed from Death Row. I am also against it because I think a person in a small room for the rest of their life is more of a punishment than dieing. - HayString, on 10/12/2007, -7/+20"Overdosing on OTC sleep medicine is a horrible, horrible way to die. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphenhydramine"
I just want to make sure that everyone knows that Diphenhydramine is Benadryl(yea, the allergy medicine), so if you've been buying Sominex or Simply Sleep, start saving yourself a few bucks. - andy2na, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16maybe he knew the homeless guy and knew he was allergic to vegetables :P
and lethal injection is horrible, I had to do a writeup about it and the horrible things it does to your insides is nasty. And yes, it hurts like hell, you're just paralyzed so it seems to the watchers that its painless. - dbarbour, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14When a homeless guy doesn't have an address, probably pretty *****' hard.
"Uh... He's usually seen around the alley connecting Main and Paradise... you know the one with all the trash cans in it." - BGFeltenink, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15We shouldn't be in the business of giving death without red-handed guiltiness in a heinous crime anyway, but if we're going to murder people shouldn't we stop being so ***** wasteful? At least use methods that would allow for the extraction of the organs or something.
- TomorrowLand, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14What an all-around disgraceful story. Not only do the prison officials refuse his request to have a pizza delivered (because it's SOOO expensive!), but the guy's original conviction is all kinds of tainted and the police officer might have been killed by either a friendly fire incident or an accidental discharge during the robbery.
Oh, and Tennessee's lethal injection procedures apparently can't even pass the higher courts' muster.
What a shameful story. - griz, on 10/12/2007, -9/+21So let me get this straight? The guy murders someone, makes a friendly gesture but it is denied, so you want say lets "get him a pardon"?
Here's a better headline we should rally around.
BREAKING NEWS: Thousands of homeless on the streets without pizza, lets get them fed!!
Naa, on second thought, lets just get a pardon for the murderer. - merreborn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13""We can get some special things for the inmate but the taxpayers don't really give us permission to donate to charity"
What is welfare then?"
The corrections department doesn't distribute welfare. - spudnic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12@dasilva333 (#6600188)
He's just trying to do something nice. I know it's hard for some people to accept; but not all criminals are complete monsters.
It's just easy to think of them as that because we don't like believing humans can do horrible things. - mythandros, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16BUMPINVOLVO:
" think you misunderstood that concept.. that would result in the nerd getting raped until he dies."
Isn't that just called "prison"? - mille716, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11The people saying he should be pardoned aren't saying it because he ordered a pizza for the homeless. They're saying he should be released because the prosecution's evidence was not credible.
Note: Just making a point about diggers reasons for pardoning, not taking a position on the case. I don't really know anything about it. -
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