Justice, Texas Style

[rpm]

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Robert Neville has been executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Wednesday, a week shy of the eighth anniversary of Amy Robinson's killing.

Robinson was a slight, dark-haired 19-year-old girl who had Turner’s syndrome, which inhibits physical development, and a diminished mental capacity.

Neville, now 31, and Michael Hall, now 26, had been fired from the Kroger, where they met Robinson. They later told reporters that before being arrested on an Arlington warrant while crossing into Mexico, they planned to become serial killers who targeted racial minorities.

“We had a bet going to see who could shoot and kill the most people between the two of us,” Neville told the Star-Telegram in a jailhouse interview two weeks after his capture. “No matter if it was blacks or Mexicans - anybody as long as they weren’t our color. ... I’ve always liked to live my life on the edge.”

They went to the Kroger on Sunday, Feb. 15, 1998, looking for a mentally retarded black man who worked there. When they discovered he was not working that day, they checked the schedule and found that Robinson, who was part Native American, would be at work soon.

Knowing that she rode her bike down Division Street, they found her and offered her a ride to work. They put her bike in back of Neville’s Chevrolet El Camino and drove to Mosier Valley Road, near the Fort Worth-Euless border, just outside Arlington.

There, they shot her with a pellet gun to torture her. They laughed during interviews as they described how she begged for her life.

Neville, who said they did it “just for the adrenaline rush,” ended her life with a shot to the head from a .22-caliber rifle.

Both men said they killed Robinson because she was “easy,” a trusting target who couldn’t fight back.

“They chose someone weak,” Barker said. “They were cowards.”
Neville, who initially waived his appeals and asked for the death penalty but later fought it, has all but exhausted his options. The Texas Criminal Court of Appeals declined Monday to stop the punishment.

Neville’s attorney, Richard Allee, told The Associated Press that he is taking the case to federal courts, saying the drugs used in the execution constitute cruel punishment and are unconstitutional.

Allee also said Neville may be mentally retarded and suffering from the long-term effects of lupus, which would make him ineligible for execution. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2002 that executing the mentally retarded is cruel and unusual.

“That doesn’t mean we’re exonerating him, but the ultimate penalty of death is simply not appropriate,” Allee told the AP. “He didn’t choose to be born with lupus. And because of that, he does not have the kind of controls built into him that other people do.”

Barker became a victim’s-rights advocate and joined several groups after Robinson’s death.

An Amy Robinson Memorial Act was introduced in Congress but never passed. It would have required employers to notify employees if they were working with a sex offender. Neville had been required to register as a sex offender because of a conviction for indecency with a child.

Arlington police homicide Detective Jim Ford said the case drew community interest and ire because of its shocking nature.

“There was nothing more terrible than the kidnapping and murder of a child. This child was mentally handicapped,” Ford said. “This is one of the most terrible cases.”
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[SMIDSY]

that aint texas style. texas style is with old sparky.

[SuperDud]

HAHAHA, he tortures a poor girl with a pellet gun, let alone the mental trama she must have went through. Then has the balls to whine about cruel and unusual punishment/death. People who preform and admit proudly they did something like this deserve much worse. They get off way to easy.

[fartwinkle]

Robert Neville has been executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
have a nice stay in he11:furious

[SMIDSY]

i personally dont believe in hell, nor do i believe man has the right to kill other human beings for any reason except in immediate self defence. but that's just me.

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by SMIDSY
i personally dont believe in hell, nor do i believe man has the right to kill other human beings for any reason except in immediate self defence. but that's just me.

Neither does Texas.
thats why he was executed

[SOB]

Originally posted by SMIDSY
i personally dont believe in hell, nor do i believe man has the right to kill other human beings for any reason except in immediate self defence. but that's just me.

Tell ya what, next time we'll keep them alive and just put a lean on your paycheck for their upkeep.

Man, 8 years is a lot, but I guess it's a step in the right direction.

[RAIDER14]

good old sparky:aok

[Maverick]

AMF bobby. You're really on the edge now bud!

[Slash27]

Originally posted by rpm
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Robert Neville has been executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. .
RIH

Rot in hell mother ****er.

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

My MOTHER has Lupus, she's had it for decades. Funny, I don't seem to remember her ever torturing and killing anyone. Cruel and unusual would be what I would do to him, the state was MUCH nicer.

What I want to know is where Hall is, and if he is still breathing, WHY is he still breathing?

[lazs2]

yep... best way to deal with the whole thing... The guy was a rabid dog and in pain... best to put him out of his misery and protect everyone else.. They put him down with as little pain as possible.

Better luck in your next life fella.

lazs

[Thrawn]

I am totally against the death penalty...in theory.

[texace]

Yep, that's how we do it in Texas. You come here and kill someone, we'll kill you right back. It's our policy.

/Ron White

I never understood the "cruel and unusual" bit for mentally retarded people, but then again I'm a bitter, angsty young man with a different view of society.

Better luck next time, chief.

[Sandman]

... week shy of the eighth anniversary of Amy Robinson's killing.

A little slow for Texas.