On Tuesday, The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stopped the execution of 28 year old Heliberto Chi, a native of Honduras, who brutally murdered an Arlington clothing store manager 6 1/2 years ago during a robbery. Attorneys had filed appeals to halt his execution that was set for Wednesday, based on claims that lethal injection is unconstitutionally inhumane. Chi would have been the 27th killer executed in the state of Texas this year. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals gave the state of Texas and prosecutors 30 days to prove that his lethal injection or execution would be unconstitutionally inhumane. The Texas Attorney General's Office and Governor Rick Perry, who issued the 30-day reprieve, said that the case is in the hands of the court to justify the matter. Early last week, the courts allowed Texas officials to execute Michael Richard for a slaying 21 years ago that took place in Kentucky. However, the courts reprieved a man earlier this year who slaughtered his parents in Texas. This recent reprieve of a slaying in Texas has brought alot of controversy from Chi's Lawyers. The Texas Government doesn't know whether they should execute him for murder or give him a full reprieve for violating his rights.
Should he be given a full reprieve? In My opinion, to put it bluntly, no. Although this man is an illegal immigrant from Honduras, what he did is still morally wrong and cannot but justified in any way but sick. Although he was not from this country, that doesn't change anything. Your rights should be taken away when you commit an act of violence toward an innocent human being. Does he deserves a vote by the court on the matter? Yes. But will the vote change? Probably not. The man who was reprieved in Texas was from Texas. That doesn't mean that because he murdered a man in Texas that he should be let go. It was that he was from Texas and as a citizen of the United States he still had his rights and his attorneys could act accordingly. In Chi's matter, that is not the case.
The article affects all inmates on death row in the state of Texas. Some of whom are illegal immigrants too. This ruling could change matters on the future rulings of lethal injections in the state of Texas which has the highest execution rate in the country. There are still 3 more inmates who have execution dates this year in the state of Texas. The fate of some of those rests in the hands of the courts decision on this reprieve ruling. So, what is the lesson death row inmates should learn from this? Don't mess with Texas.
article link:
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/gen/ap/TX_Texas_Execution.html
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It is ironic that murdering bastards think they deserve humane treatment.
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