Tennessee's first execution in 40+ years

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This morning at approximately 1:00 AM in Nashville, Robert Glen Coe was finally executed for the rape/murder of an eight year old girl he committed 21 years ago. He was a known flasher who was driving around one day looking for someone he could flash when he spotted Cary Ann Medlin riding her bicycle. He got her into his vehicle by stating that he needed to see her father and wanted her to show him where she lived. He took her into a wooded area were he raped, sodomized and then murdered her. I will not go into how many appeals his case went through because it was almost endless. You would have thought the state was executing a choir boy that had accidentally broken the neighbor's window for all the protesting by the anti-death penalty groups, ACLU, etc. I honestly believe that if Jesus Christ came back today and he was nailed to the cross again you would not hear a word of condemnation from these groups. I just do not understand the concern some misguided people have for the well being of vicious criminals who have absolutely no regard for another person's life. Well, Coe is a start. There is a cop killer who has been on death row about the same amount of time that has a last minute appeal being reviewed now. He has found Jesus, naturally, and the bleeding hearts are all crying for him because he has found religion and is a changed man. The only thing they forget is that his victim is dead and he left behind a family. Is it not amazing how easy it is to forget someone who can't speak for themselves.
 
George, here in Texas, I am proud to say, we have been doing our share for the criminal overpopulation. (Thank you Dubya)!

I also want to congratulate you guys for getting the job done, even during 'Holy Week'.

As for the cop-killer, I am elated that he has found Jesus, accepted Him as saviour and Lord. I vote we send the cop-killer home, since ..."In my Father's house are many mansions...", so I reckon there's plenty of room for him up there.
 
1 down, 75,483 to go !
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Update on the Coe execution. Heard a radio news report about his last statements before the drugs put him under. He did not express any remorse for his crime but did forgive the state for killing him and forgave Cary Medlin's mother for helping the state kill him for a crime he did not commit. Strange how he claims innocence when they have been airing on television his taped confession in which he admitted killing the child. How noble of him to forgive everyone, excuse me if I am not impressed. TMoney, I lived in central Texas for a few years. Wish I was in the position to move back there. Texans definately have a different attitude.
 
Notice there are no protests and bad-mouthing of Algore....while a few months ago they(Dems) were trying to crucify Bush for so many Texas executions.

Also re Coe...he raped and murdered a child, so how does that support the liberal bellyaching concerns about protecting the children?

Line 'em up and burn 'em down by the numbers

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POS should have fried 20 yrs. ago. Should have known it would take this long to rid us of this human debrie. TN supreme court wouldn't allow Hitler to be executed if they had their way. Four or five years ago the TN supreme court overturned the death sentence of a local sewer dweller who pumped ten rounds of .22lr at point blank range into a highway patrol officers head while he sat in his crusier doing some paperwork. Seems they didn't think his confession was adequate, he MIGHT have given it before his Miranda rights---he didn't. The gun in his possesion and a motive didn't matter a tinkers damn. Did manage to get one of those leftist recalled as a result of this decsion however. A death sentence in TN has been a joke up until last night.
 
Liberal pinkos in my state of Florida are taking away "old sparky" for a more humane method of execution.

Of course, I don't believe in the electric chair either. Yup. I am more of an electric bleachers type of guy...
 
Yes, good riddance to him. I'm truly sorry to see anyone killed for any reason. But the sad truth is that some crimes are so heinous that humanity needs to be cleansed of their perpetrators or it will suffer from the taint for years, perhaps generations. I think the family members of the victim will rest a little easier after the death of this monster, and they deserve that little comfort.
 
The only consolation to taking this animal 20 years to die would have been if he had been slowly tortured to death for the past 20 years. Unfortunately, we are theones who have to endure the years of torture and abuse while these &^*$^#^(^$ live, breathe and eat off of our hard earned dollars. I wouls love to see one of those liberal anti death sentence people send their kids for a night in jail with one of these newly born mass murderers. Maybe then they'd get the point.
 
This hang 'em high stuff is all well and good.

But when you have a state like Illinois that has just admitted to making a "mistake" with 7 out of 14 recent murder convictions overturned, just how sure can we be that innocent men and women aren't going to the chair. Don't read me wrong on this, I'm all in favor of a punishment that fits the crime, but our justice system is insufficiently robust to deliver the kind of accuracy that the death penalty demands, the OJ trial certainly highlighted that fact for all the wrong reasons. And just how loudly will we all be cheering when the first homeowner is executed for "unjustly" killing an intruder. We may just be the Turkeys that are looking forward to Christmas.

Mike H
 
tn wants a lottery!!!i suggest a new lottery.everyone pays $500 for the chance to pull the switch or inject the stuff.or better yet to pull the trigger.what do yall think ?
 
It had been 40 years since the last execution here in Tennessee.
This was the first by lethal injection.
His death leaves 94 men and 2 women left on death row.
Don't think we'll have to wait as long ever again.

I would rant on, but some things are so despicable and disgusting, that nothing else needs to be said.
Robert Glen Coe was one of them...
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The reason George W. Bush was criticized was for the execution of Carla Faye Tucker. She was, white, Christian, female, and well spoken. Apparently you cannot excute white female Christians in the US, espescially if they call Pat Robertson and ask him to do a CBN News broadcast about it.

Let me see if I have this strait, we cannot execute white Christian females, but Lewis Farakan and Jessie Jackson can tell us that the death penalty is racist because of the large numbers of black Islamic males on death row.

I personally am for capital punishment, but I also recognize that it needs to be done in a fair and just manor. I have little problem with watch-dog groups that make sure all of the constitutional safe gaurds are intact. But I do have a problem with all of the media grandstanding by anti-capital punishment groups. If you remember the Carla Faye Tucker incident, you will remember all of the Christian groups that said we should forgive her because she found Jesus, well if that is the case, then she is up there with him now. We cannot create a "Christianity defense" for death row inmates. The law is the same for everyone, no exceptions or special cases.
 
It's funny, I'm often called a radical conservative, but I've never been very comfortable with capital punishment. If somebody is threatening myself or my family, I'll shoot the bastard if I have to in order to save my life, or the lives of those I love. To me it is a question in that instant of self defense the prospect of killing somebody is not something I enjoy thinking about, but I would do it under those circumstances. In that situation you are dealing with an immediate threat. When you take somebody who is brought in in handcuffs and chains and strapped to a gurney I don't see them as a threat anymore. I find that killing somebody under those circumstances reduces you to their level, it becomes murder. Don't misunderstand, I don't condone their actions and I feel that people that commit these atrocious crimes deserve to spend their lives behind bars. Lets face it, if are criminal justice system worked as it should, that would be a perfectly acceptable alternative. These people would be out of circulation, period! The problem is that are criminal justice system doesn't work perfectly, which means that they make mistakes. It's a hell of a lot easier to release somebody who's been wrongfully accused and imprisioned than it is to compensate their families for executing them. It's also easy to talk big such as when some of you say you'd be happy to trip the switch yourself, I think I can safely say that the day you take another human life will be the absolute worst day of your life. If it isn't, than I fear you have lost what it means to live like a human being.

.... any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee. John Donne
 
OK, we eliminate the death penalty and only use the life without parole sentence for capitol murder. Now you have a bunch of cold blooded killers in jail for the rest of their life with no thought or hope of being able to get out of prison. Because the maximum charge for murder is life in prison with no parole, which they are already serving, what deterrent is there for them not to kill other prisoners or corrections officers? Lock them up in solitary until they are so old that they can't physically harm another, put them in handcuffs and leg irons so they can't hurt someone, give them lobotomies so that they don't have any notion of what or who they are. Those or any other draconian methods would have the ACLU all over it? I guess you could have another trial and charge them with capitol murder and sentence them to life with no parole. What will happen is that some scum loving liberal will come up with the idea that to keep the prisoners docile there must be hope for the murderer that he will some day be released from prison if he behaves himself. Prison officials and politicians will go for it because there are no other option that will not violate the POS civil rights, and to protect their guard personnel. So much for life without parole. There has to be the ultimate punishment for those who cannot under any circumstances be released back into civilized society because they are so vile and dangerous. There is only one absolute in life, you will eventually die. There is no guarantee that an innocent person will be executed, but that can be reduced by insuring ALL evidence is heard by the jury so they can render the best possible verdict. Anti death penalty groups often cite that the US one of the few countries with a death penalty but if you check you will also find that we are one of the few that have the life without parole sentence. How long will it be until the whiners start crying about how awful it is to be kept in a cage for the rest of your life. It is a slippery slope just like the gun control laws. Once you start to give a little it dosen't stop.
 
Hmmm...where do I stand on capitol punsihment??? Let's see....I'm a native Floridian, and I'm currently stationed in Texas. Both states lead the league in sending convicted murderers to meet their final judge. Come to think of it, I'm proud to call both states home
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I'd like to quote one of my favorite Criminal Justice professors, "The death penalty may not be a deterent to crime. We may never know the answer to that question. I do know, however, that it is 100% effective against repeat offenders!"
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I've changed my mind. In fact, I don't think that capital punishment is punishment enough. I think we need to find better methods of execution. Personally I think that burning at the stake or impailing people in front of state capitals where we can watch them suffer for awhile would be in order. Most of you sound like you would like to watch some suffering going on anyway. Maybe we could take it a step further and televise the executions and set aside some slots in school (kind of like recess) where we can show are youths what happens to dangerous criminals. If you start them young enough (like pre-school) maybe we can change some of them and prevent them from taking that first step up that slippery slope. I think this would all be beautiful, I mean here is something that we can share with our President. He agrees with capital punishment, but than again he's a swell guy, he also agrees with abortions. It's really amazing, some people wonder why our country is going to hell and are young people have no respect for human life.
 
I can't speak for all young people, but I bet there would be more respect for life and law if it hadn't taken 21 years for Mr. Coe to meet his justly-deserved fate.
 
After the cheering and "high-fiving" is done here, how about thinking about those 17 men in Illinois that were just released from death-row after it was proven that they were innocent of the crimes they were convicted of. Sure people who murder should be put to death, but... how are you going to feel when you find out in six months or ten years that Glen Coe's confession was beaten out of him? (after all he was a filthy flasher, he must be guilty) or someone comes forward with a deathbed confession? It has happened before. It can happen again.

My solution is the sentance all capital criminals to forever (until they draw their last breath) in prison. That way no murderer is ever released and no innocent person is murdered by the state. I would rather let 1,000 guilty men live than to wrongfully kill one innocent man.
 
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