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we paid a whole lot more to take her out of it.
It is a lie to say that the death penalty saves money.
“I am loving and caring person” - except when I’m a psychopathic raging rapist and murderer, that only happens sometimes. >

Nobody's perfect. >

Pobody’s nerfect >

Not the first time a murderer rapist has been executed though, which is the important thing. >

The issue is that the jury were deadlocked and didn’t rule for the death penalty. Missouri is one of two States (the other being Indiana) that allow a judge to overrule the jury and arbitrarily impose the death sentence. >

I'd be really interested to know what the jury vote on that was. If it was 6 to 6 it would be pretty outrageous that the judge handed down the dp, 11 to 1 maybe not so much. Obviously death penalty opponents were unsuccessful in the appeals courts on this point. >

I did find out that:

[The jury] rejected three out of four aggravating circumstances that would allow for a capital sentence, but couldn't decide on the fourth

This being the case, the judge l’s capital penalty sentence does feel more capricious than not. >

No, how many of the 12 jurors voted for the death penalty vs those who voted against? That they rejected 3 of the 4 aggravating factors is irrelevant because they obviously accepted one which is all you need to impose the death penalty. >


they obviously accepted one

They didn't, though. The jury unanimously rejected 3 factors, but the fourth was split with some jurors rejecting all 4. >

My man, at least some of them voted for the fourth. The question is, how many? >

Gender does not matter when you murder another human being. >

I would bet that it does in most places. >

Murdering rapist put down for their crimes. >

unjustly without a jury >

What does gender have to do with killing a killer? >

Maybe don't commit murder >

It wasn't just murder, also stalking and rape. >

Why the fuck does it matter that the person is transgender? >

thats how u get clicks >

Well, that’s a real step forward for diversity and inclusiveness. Good job by her. >

From life to death?  Yes. 
And HER transition. Don’t be that guy. That guy’s a douche. >

It’s a male. He sexually assaulted a child, then raped and murdered a woman. This is not a crime committed by a tragic woman-in-a-man’s body. Stop being such a handmaiden for actual rapists and murderers. Chrissakes. >

Would you misgender a cisgender person if they were heinous enough?
No? Okay? So why are you misgendering this person? Being trans and being an absolutely deplorable individual aren't tied to each other, they can coexist. >

I really hate that people think transgender is a necessary angle to this story. 'Murderer and rapist was executed' - simple. >

Exactly. As a trans person myself, i can say the the point is often that things don’t need to be unnecessarily gendered. This is one of those times. >

Is this supposed to portray her as a pioneer in equality? >

Representation matters >

They raped and brutally murdered Beverly Guenther, yes you can repent all you want but it doesn’t change the fact that you took someone’s life. A crime was committed. >

Who the hell cares about the gender identity of a scumbag criminal >

I dunno, other scumbag criminals? >

Why is it at all relevant that she is transgender? >

Why not use inert gas asphyxiation or firing squad? 
Lethal injection is a ridiculous parody of a medical procedure that often time results in a painful death. In other words, cruel and unusual. >

Inert gas asphyxiation takes a long time and will cause the body to turn pale sickly blue in front of witnesses. A firing squad is gory and if they miss or the first shot doesn't do it then they have to fire again on a potentially screaming inmate. Lethal injection is chosen because people think it will be easier to watch or to do to someone >

Ugh, that sounds too plausible >

Honest question…what does her gender have to do with the crime?..if she did the crime the result is the same. >

The death penalty makes me incredibly upset, but it’s not like she was innocent. Gender doesn’t really matter in this situation - it just feels like clickbait. She committed a serious crime, as have plenty of other people who find themselves in prison or on death row. It’s no different than any of those cases. >

This is ground-breaking and very progressive of Missouri. Kudos. >

End the death penalty. >

She did it back at 2006! Why it took so long to her execution? >

Executions always take a long time to happen due to appeals and the red tape involved in ending a human life. >

Its intend to be slow. To make damn sure the person is worth of being killed, and even then they get it wrong >

She'll always be a part of the history books now. >

The headline implies this was because they were trans, not because they were a murdering rapist. So, someone needs to update that. >

Not really, it's pretty common to write that kind of detail into the title e.g. "first woman to be executed in this state" etc. >

It’s disingenuous to do that, and causes conflict. They should write, “rapist and murderer to become first openly trans person to be executed” but they don’t. >

Hey guys good news. We no longer have to pay for a murderers stay in prison.