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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:15 AM
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Inmate, 77, faces death
The Mississippi Supreme Court has set a Dec. 14 execution date for a 77-year-old inmate on death row.

In an order filed Monday, the high court denied a motion by John B. Nixon's attorney, David W. Clark, to vacate his death sentence and also refused to hear oral arguments on the matter.

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Nixon was convicted of capital murder in the Jan. 2, 1985, murder-for-hire of Virginia Tucker in her Brandon home. Tucker's ex-husband, Elester Joseph Ponthieux of Raymond, is serving a life sentence for hiring Nixon.

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Nixon is the oldest inmate on death row. The last execution in Mississippi was Dec. 11, 2002.

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051129/NEWS/511290363/1002/NEWS
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kurth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:44 AM
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1. But... it's the "rule of law"
"Justice must be served"
"Closure for the family"
"We want to watch him die"
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Frances Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 11:03 AM
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7. Closure for the family
In this case, it was family (the husband) who hired the hit man. Wouldn't the rest of the family feel that the husband was the cause of the wife dying? After all, guns (er, hit men) don't kill, people (in this case, the husband) do.
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liberalnurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:45 AM
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2. So.......
He knew the consequence when he took the job on to assassinate Virginia Tucker...He was 55 years old then. No doubt not his first hit-job.

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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:40 AM
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3. which is the best possible argument that capital punishment doesn't...
...deter crime. "He knew the consequence...."
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Midwest_Doc Donating Member (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:53 AM
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4. Well put n/t
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Rolexman Donating Member (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:54 AM
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5. Absolutely.. He knew the consequence..
On with it...
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liberalnurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 11:47 AM
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9. If the community and his peers
support the death penalty then I will honor and respect their decision. The community sets the parameters for acceptable/unacceptable behavior and the consequences.

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anotherdrew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 03:54 PM
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14. yes but what good does killing him do?
killing him only let's him go from punishment. Keep them alive and in "punishment" as long as possible if you want a deterrent.
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Frances Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:58 AM
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6. Shouldn't the husband who hired the hit man
get the same sentence as the hit man? After all, if the husband had not hired the hit man, the wife would be alive today.

Just wondering.
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 11:27 AM
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8. Yes, that does seem strange
If the death penalty is meant to deter, then this is an encouragement to hire hitmen - maybe it's just a capitalistic way of increasing the money circulating in the economy.
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Briar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 11:48 AM
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10. Presumably
a husband who can afford to hire a hitman can also hire a better lawyer.
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 12:08 PM
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11. right - my thoughts as well
The husband seeks out & hires a hit-man and the husband gets life? Makes no sense.
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demobrit Donating Member (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 12:33 PM
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12. State sponsered Murder
Thou shalt not kill applies to the state
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michreject Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:17 PM
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13. Yikes!!!!
Virginia Tucker is my wife's name.:wow: Gotta go home and give her a big hug.

We have been fueding the past few days, no more.
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MnFats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 04:02 PM
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15. funny how those things come up, huh?
give her a hug and more.
and hey, welcome to DU!
see, you've already benefitted from coming here...
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RaRa Donating Member (705 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 04:10 PM
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16. God, that title is obvious, don't ya think? n/t
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