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Offline Tango

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Oldest Death Row Inmate
« on: February 14, 2010, 04:52:46 PM »
FLORENCE, Ariz.  —  The oldest death row inmate in the U.S. has died of natural causes at age 94.

An Arizona Department of Corrections spokesman says Viva Leroy Nash died late Friday at the state's prison complex in Florence.

Nash was still on death row, but spokesman Barrett Marson said Sunday he did not know if Nash died in his cell or in a medical facility at the prison.

Nash was born in 1915 and had a criminal record dating to the 1930s.

He spent 25 years in prison for shooting a Connecticut police officer in 1947, and was sentenced to life in prison for shooting a man to death in Salt Lake City in 1977. But he escaped from a prison work crew in October 1982 and fatally shot a Phoenix coin shop sales clerk a month later.

He was sentenced to death for that crime.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,585848,00.html?test=latestnews


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Re: Oldest Death Row Inmate
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2010, 09:22:34 PM »
Exactly.  But hey, he's dead, we got what we wanted.

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« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2010, 12:45:29 AM »
However that clerk would have been able to live his life if they had put him to death for killing the guy in Salt Lake, 5 years before. Seems they are more worried about protecting the killer than the victims.
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« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2010, 06:17:51 AM »
Thats why im all for a better death penalty system.

If you are convicted of murder and are 100% guilty without any doubts of falsehood, you are taken out back and shot. Would save the taxpayers $$$$
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Re: Oldest Death Row Inmate
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2010, 08:01:01 AM »
I agree
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Re: Oldest Death Row Inmate
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2010, 08:11:35 AM »
The holdup was that he committed the last crime in wrong state.  Had he done the crime in Texas.  The express lane would've speeded up the process.
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Re: Oldest Death Row Inmate
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2010, 10:01:01 AM »
Quote from: Meatwad on February 15, 2010, 06:17:51 AM
Thats why im all for a better death penalty system.

If you are convicted of murder and are 100% guilty without any doubts of falsehood, you are taken out back and shot. Would save the taxpayers $$$$

That's the trouble with it all.  You're never 100% sure if they did it.  It's like trying to get to the speed of light.

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Re: Oldest Death Row Inmate
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2010, 10:11:46 AM »
Quote from: Penguin on February 15, 2010, 10:01:01 AM
That's the trouble with it all.  You're never 100% sure if they did it.  It's like trying to get to the speed of light.

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If the punk is caught red handed or confesses (without coercion)...that's 100%...but not according to the law and whether or not a deal can be made.


The system isn't perfect, as stories of wrongly convicted death row inmates surface...but for a person like Nash, it should have been the fast track instead of $500,000+ to the tax payers.
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Re: Oldest Death Row Inmate
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2010, 10:19:28 AM »
See Rule #14
« Last Edit: February 15, 2010, 04:56:28 PM by Skuzzy »
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Re: Oldest Death Row Inmate
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2010, 10:48:58 AM »
Quote from: Penguin on February 14, 2010, 09:22:34 PM
Exactly.  But hey, he's dead, we got what we wanted.

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Im sure the coin clerk would agree with you if he weren't DEAD ALREADY.  
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Re: Oldest Death Row Inmate
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2010, 01:06:26 PM »
"What I always wondered was how they have the executions one at a time: why not just execute everyone was found guilty of a big enough crime at once?  It would really free up some space!"

And the 'Hang-'Em-High' brigade would have a great day out too.

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Re: Oldest Death Row Inmate
« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2010, 01:23:18 PM »
Quote from: Penguin on February 15, 2010, 10:01:01 AM
That's the trouble with it all.  You're never 100% sure if they did it.  It's like trying to get to the speed of light.

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Wrong.
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Re: Oldest Death Row Inmate
« Reply #12 on: February 15, 2010, 01:47:53 PM »
Quote from: Tango on February 15, 2010, 12:45:29 AM
However that clerk would have been able to live his life if they had put him to death for killing the guy in Salt Lake, 5 years before. Seems they are more worried about protecting the killer than the victims.


They do that because there is too much money involved keeping prisoners alive.  Greed. :mad:
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Re: Oldest Death Row Inmate
« Reply #13 on: February 15, 2010, 02:29:50 PM »
Such typical mis information posted by the pro death'rs here.

Life in prison is cheaper than death, do a little research if you don't believe me. Every single scientific study on the matter agrees.

Too many innocent people have been sentenced to death. No, a confession doesn't mean they are 100% guilty every time, almost nothing can prove 100% guilt in the majority of these cases.

Life in prison is punishment enough. Many lifers have turned their lives around and have done productive things from inside prison. No reason to kill these people.

The death penalty is outdated and barbaric. I think over the next few decades it will be abolished in the USA.

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« Last Edit: February 15, 2010, 02:49:42 PM by AKHog »
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Re: Oldest Death Row Inmate
« Reply #14 on: February 15, 2010, 02:57:03 PM »
Quote from: AKHog on February 15, 2010, 02:29:50 PM
Such typical mis information posted by the pro death'rs here.

The death penalty is outdated and barbaric.

Some people deserve to be killed.  Without doubt NEED to be killed.  The shame is people like you make it so damned difficult.
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