Why Has "Night Stalker" Richard Ramirez Not Been Executed?

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

The Death Penalty in California is strange. Occasionally someone gets put down but no one as bad as Richard Ramirez. He operated for 2 years(1984-85) and killed 14 people, many incredibly sadistically physically as well as psychologically.

Why is he still alive? He couldn't still have more appeals, could he?

 

[Galactic]

Damn, what's with all the execution threads here lately? Are we really that bloodthirsty? Is it because Halloween is right around the corner?

To answer your question, I don't know, good question...so that doesn't help.

 

[STDiva]

Because he's handsome.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Damn, what's with all the execution threads here lately? Are we really that bloodthirsty? Is it because Halloween is right around the corner?

To answer your question, I don't know, good question...so that doesn't help.

Lots of people in LA want him thrown up on a pike which would allow his blood to run out for us to drink.

 

[georges]

he should have been shot with a 500 magnum bullet in the head point blank range a long time ago.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

he should have been shot with a 500 magnum bullet in the head point blank range a long time ago.

Those 500 Magnums are expensive. Save the state some money. Piss on a butcher knife then shove it in his belly.

 

[TheOrangeCat]

Because he has a nice personality and makes girls laugh.

 

[TheOrangeCat]

he should have been shot with a 500 magnum bullet in the head point blank range a long time ago.

Of course, georges' constant references to Magnums is really all about is this ...




That's whose weapon he'd like to unload

 

[Null8008]

The average death row inmate in the United States spends over a decade waiting to die. The average death row inmate in California spends almost 25 years. Between the multiple appeals (all of which take a very long time), and California's ever changing legal quagmire as far as capital punishment is concerned, they'd probably be better off just abolishing it all together.

Right now they are in a state-level legal debate as to whether their methods of execution are constitutional, as well as a separate debate on the constitutionality of capital punishment in general. And in the meantime, they keep sentencing people to death, while never actually executing anyone.

Consider the fact that since 1978 there have only been 13 executions in the state of California; and currently the state has over 700 people on death row, yet there hasn't been an execution since 2006.

When Ramirez was fianlly caught they found him being beaten by an angry mob in East LA. In hindsight the police probably should have just let the mob finish what they started.

 

[LukeEl]

Yeah what this guy said above me.

 

[Icewater Jones]

Isn't Manson still eating off my tax dollars? I personally don't feel anyone should be executed before Charlie.

Well...

maybe Ramirez, but he's about the only exception.

 

[Null8008]

Manson's death sentence was commuted to life witout parole when California abolished the death penalty in 1972. As far as I know it stayed that way when they reinstated it, so he's not even on death row.

 

[Will E Worm]

The Death Penalty in California is strange. Occasionally someone gets put down but no one as bad as Richard Ramirez. He operated for 2 years(1984-85) and killed 14 people, many incredibly sadistically physically as well as psychologically.

Why is he still alive? He couldn't still have more appeals, could he?

He should have been sent to the electric chair a long time ago.

Dahmer was not sentenced to death either. He should have been.

Of course, georges' constant references to Magnums is really all about is this ...

That's whose weapon he'd like to unload

The average death row inmate in the United States spends over a decade waiting to die. The average death row inmate in California spends almost 25 years.

That has to stop.

 

[BCT]

I've always wondered about this myself, a big reason is because it costs big money to give these guys the chair. I'm not joking the cost of Capitol Punishment is anywhere from 1.5 million to 3 million to put one prisoner to death!

 

[Kingfisher]

Rose Bird, Former and now for some unknown reason re-elected Governor Moonbeam... Fucked up and retarded California. That's why.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

The average death row inmate in the United States spends over a decade waiting to die. The average death row inmate in California spends almost 25 years. Between the multiple appeals (all of which take a very long time), and California's ever changing legal quagmire as far as capital punishment is concerned, they'd probably be better off just abolishing it all together.

Right now they are in a state-level legal debate as to whether their methods of execution are constitutional, as well as a separate debate on the constitutionality of capital punishment in general. And in the meantime, they keep sentencing people to death, while never actually executing anyone.

Consider the fact that since 1978 there have only been 13 executions in the state of California; and currently the state has over 700 people on death row, yet there hasn't been an execution since 2006.

When Ramirez was fianlly caught they found him being beaten by an angry mob in East LA. In hindsight the police probably should have just let the mob finish what they started.

I'm for the Death Penalty as long as death is involved. California is very inefficient in carrying out this ultimate justice. Probably better to abolish the Death Penalty here putting the inmates in GenPop so they look over their shoulders every day just like everyone else. Hello Scott Peterson.

Dahmer was not sentenced to death either. He should have been.

Dahmer sentenced himself to death. Dahmer was a bad man but had no where near the evil intent Ramirez had. Ramirez was a brutal sadist but Dahmer was more pathetic and desperately lonely.

 

[Will E Worm]

I'm for the Death Penalty as long as death is involved.

Also, rape and a few other things.
Some people just need to go.

Dahmer sentenced himself to death. Dahmer was a bad man but had no where near the evil intent Ramirez had. Ramirez was a brutal sadist but Dahmer was more pathetic and desperately lonely.

Premeditation was involved.

Lonely or not his crimes warranted the death penalty.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Premeditation was involved.

Lonely or not his crimes warranted the death penalty.

Yes. Absolutely. Ramirez should be killed twice though.

 

[hexsianide]

See you in Disney Land

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

See you in Disney Land

Disneyland sucks for all people over 10 years old. That's the perfect punishment. I'll even throw in a conjugal with Minnie Mouse so I don't seem completely heartless.