Ted Rall for June 30, 2015
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In the middle ages, it wasn't enough to execute a criminal. He'd be drawn, have his entrails burned- then hanged. Woman: You face 9 murder charges. Each carries the death penalty. Man: They want to kill me 9 times! Woman: Also, the feds are gonna file hate crime charges. Each is a life term. Man: 9 executions plus 9 life sentences? in what order? Woman: You'll also be sued in civil court by the victims' families they'll get all your property. Man: Now you're starting to get my attention.
Funny toon Teddy, but there’s a good reason why we have the death penalty. Ask the people of Up-State New York that have had to deal with weeks of terror from the escapees…..RICHARD MATT
Date of birth: June 25, 1966
Hometown: Tonawanda, New York
Convicted of: First-degree murder, kidnapping, robbery.
“Richard Matt’s former fiancee, a step-brother and co-defendant took turns at Matt’s trial providing details of the 1997 kidnap, torture and hacksaw dismemberment of Matt’s 76-year-old former boss, whose body was found in pieces in the Niagara River.
William Rickerson spent 27 hours on a snowy December night in the trunk of a car in pajamas while his killers drove from New York to Ohio and back, angry because he wouldn’t tell them the location of the large sums of money Matt was convinced Rickerson kept on hand.
Co-defendant Lee Bates described how Matt at one point opened the trunk and bent the duct tape-bound elderly man’s fingers back until they broke. After driving some more, Matt snapped Rickerson’s neck with his bare hands."Oh and then he killed a guy in Mexico.