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Maybe don’t stab someone 23 times?
Death penalty is wrong. We don't have it!
Justice (sentencing) has to be done. There are consequences for all of us for our actions.
Rest In Eternal Peace mijo 🙏
Sued to have his pastor to be with him while he peacefully died, yet his victim was left on the floor all alone to die after being stabbed twenty-nine times. The idiots who gave this disgusting murderer attention filming this documentary and actually believing he wanted redemption and regrets viciously killing Pablo Castro. The people who make these documentaries are only after money and attention. The don't give a damn about the victim, they only care about the murderer.
I grew up with John great kid only his real friends know his life story hopefully this film is truthful as for Mr.Pablo he also was a great person I was a regular at the store he worked at 2 great people lost only God can judge
They all caim to have found Jesus when they know their axx is about to be burned…
In reality they don`t regret a single thing they did. Evil eill stay evil and never change.
I go with religion, there is no forgiveness for murder, it is an unforgivable sin, remember that you muppets
это ведущая?😊 нет, это замечательно, не все тупые как в Казахстане. они проводят специальный кастинг, там образование не смотрят, участие в конкурсах красоты, есди победа или призовое место то вообще вне конкуренции, портфолио, стандарты рост, вес, параметры. ниже 178 не принимаются, возраст до 26 но это и в бортпроводницы то же самое. вот так вот. я журналистка но я не ведущая😊 поэтому я лично видела эти анкеты эти кастинги на должность ведущей.
As an Atheist I'm baffled why him believing in a superstitious diety makes him a better person? If he's remorseful so be it see what I did there lol. The DP is not a deterrent just vengeance LWOP is a greater punishment rotting till you die seems a just sentence. On average 3% of DP inmates are innocent !!!
Guessing he is classed as an Ex Veteran now 😂
Bloody justice is not justice . How you can all try to compartmentalise this state sanctioned murder and call it justice is wrong . the death penalty is an affront to justice . its about time America stops thinking problems can be solved with the firing of a gun . eveytime there is a mass shooting you make promises you clearly cant keep . you invade countries at the smallest slight and call it democracy .
she shows more concern and sympathy for the prisoner then the victim
I went to school with John Henry Ramirez and he was not a tough guy gangster bully or anything. He was just a regular kid that would try to fit in with the in crowd. Some of us think he just reacted without thinking while being under the influence. He probably wouldn’t have reacted that way if he didn’t have the training he learned in the military and I of course if he wasn’t under the influence. I also went to school with Mark Gonzalez. He wasn’t the D.A when John Henry did what he did. It’s just crazy how his case has made as much headlines as it has. Sad ending for both families on each side.
Why not be a better person when you were free? Why wait until you murder someone?
I heard some states are going to use fentanyl for the death penalty which is probably a way they would want to go out
Wow. Im crying for both of the sons. I hope somehow they are able to find peace.
Meanwhile . . . . Biden pardoned 37 death row inmates including an ex-Marine who SA'd and deleted two female Marines.
Democracy now is a communist propaganda outlet. 🖕
I believe that he did change and showed grace and dignity until his sentence was carried out! I also believe that there is a higher power. He was being prepared for the next life by having to go through the torture of repentance and redemption. Our actions always have consequences and death by execution was his. I am thankful that he repented for his actions prior to the sentence being carried out. May both Mr. Castro and Mr. Ramirez RIP and the families involved have peace and comfort.
The state of Texas has special qualifications for the death penalty to be given.
An example would be the murder of a child 12 years old or younger, the murder of a police officer, the murder of a corrections officer and there are certain aggravating circumstances of the crime that can make someone eligible for a death penalty sentence.
That is why, in the state of Texas at least, that certain convicted murderers are sentenced to death and other are not.
The other thing is, in most cases it's the sentence of death that promotes the change – had he not been given the death penalty, maybe he'd not have been as motivated to change
The worst thing about the death penalty is that it turns death row inmates into "victims – they get more attention and sympathy for years on end, than the names of the actual victims.
This is such a good short doc. Yall should watch the other interview he did, but I can’t remember who did it. But you can find it if you type in Death Row Documentary, and his name.
I like many do not believe in the death penalty!!!!!! Its an old system that was built on vengence!!!!!! An eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth!!!!!!!!!!!! we need too rexamine our thinking and not Let tradition. make decisions for us?
Death penalty should be banned it is vile and inhumane
We have no death penalty in Canada. As a former worker in the criminal justice system, early in my career I met Ronnie S. who had murdered his wife. At the time, I was fully in support of the death penalty and I was upset when it had been abolished in Canada 3 years earlier. This was an interim period between the abolition of the death penalty and the restructuring of parole legislation to provide for the minimum 25-year "life" that is now in place in Canada. On the old system, if a killer was not sentenced to death, he/she could be on parole in as little as 10 years on a life sentence. This was the situation in Ronnie S.'s case. At the time, I thought this guy was the poster boy for capital punishment. Long story short, 7 years later I was working as a parole officer and had determined that this career was no longer for me, On my last day of work, a colleague advised me that Ronnie, who had been on parole for about 8 years at this time, had gotten into a drunken argument with his neighbours the night before, unusual and highly unlikely since he was pretty much a tee-totaler. I accompanied my colleague when he met with Ronnie and was astounded to find Ronnie in tears begging for a psychiatrist to help him deal with his denial of the crime, denial that he had maintained for 20 years. It is important to understand that the denial was internalized to convince HIMSELF nothing had ever happened. That was the day my attitude to the death penalty took a 180. Here's a guy who worked every day of his life after release, had caused no problems whatsoever to his community, had reestablished a relationship with his daughter, and generally contributed positively to society; who was now truly remorseful for his crime. What right do I have, as a citizen of Canada, to demand that he should die? What right does my government have to kill him? In the end' I hope he got the help he asked for – I'm sure he did; my colleague would certainly have organized that. – and I wish him well.
Everyone gets religious when they know their deletion date. Once you cross the Rubicon, you cannot go back. Everyone should understand it.
The fact that he actually got to say goodbye to his son is a complete travesty, considering the victim was afforded no such clemency! Why is it always about the perpetrator as opposed to the victim?
Justice served.
It's terrible you show these killers compassion.
People do change. But many cases have shown that changed inmates are not spared the death penalty in the US because they have changed.
Remember justice is never about if the convicted learned their lesson, or feels bad, justice is for the victims family. Justice is also a deterrent. There isn’t a single person in this comment section with a murdered son or daughter. Unless you have a family member murdered violently I don’t consider your opinion on execution to be valid.