I think if we still had hangings on the court house square and it was mandatory that all citizens attend, that our crime rate would be real low........... Guess you now know where I stand on the subject. LOL Elaine Peggy Allen wrote: > I definitly believe in excutions, as a former correctional officer. I say > let the punishment fit the crime. They should be excuted by the same means > they killed someone. Peggy Trammell Allen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jan Cortez" <janacortez@charter.net> > To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 9:42 AM > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Executions Link > > > >> Tis an interesting website, but, YUCK, how barbaric. Sorry, I don't >> believe >> in executions, plus it costs the taxpayer more money to execute some one >> than to keep them in prison for the rest of their life. >> >> Now my hubby the retired police officer would disagree with me, so I guess >> I'll go back and slide under my rock. >> >> Jan >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jo" <bjcb@bellsouth.net> >> >> >> Some of ya'll might have found this already, for me it was new and >> interesting. >> >> Eecutions from all the way back to 1827 for most of them it appears >> to list date of death county how they were executed race and gender it >> also list the crime and there is also a place where stories are being >> listed from local papers on the execution not sure if you would want >> to list all of the info or link to it. >> >> >> http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution.htm >> >> Jo >> Deaf Smith Co. >>

Amen to that.   Jo === Chahta Ohoyo Holahta, Honorary --- On Fri, 8/21/09, Elaine Martin <mcstumped@suddenlink.net> wrote: From: Elaine Martin <mcstumped@suddenlink.net> Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Executions Link To: txgen@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 5:56 PM I think if we still had hangings on the court house square and it was mandatory that all citizens attend, that our crime rate would be real low........... Guess you now know where I stand on the subject.  LOL Elaine Peggy Allen wrote: > I definitly believe in excutions, as a former correctional officer.  I say > let the punishment fit the crime.   They should be excuted by the same means > they killed someone.  Peggy Trammell Allen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jan Cortez" <janacortez@charter.net> > To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 9:42 AM > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Executions Link > > >    >> Tis an interesting website, but, YUCK, how barbaric.  Sorry, I don't >> believe >> in executions, plus it costs the taxpayer more money to execute some one >> than to keep them in prison for the rest of their life. >> >> Now my hubby the retired police officer would disagree with me, so I guess >> I'll go back and slide under my rock. >> >> Jan >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jo" <bjcb@bellsouth.net> >> >> >> Some of ya'll might have found this already, for me it was new and >> interesting. >> >> Eecutions from all the way back to 1827 for most of them it appears >> to list date of death county how they were executed race and gender it >> also list the crime and there is also a place where stories are being >> listed from local papers on the execution not sure if you would want >> to list all of the info or link to it. >> >> >> http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution.htm >> >> Jo >> Deaf Smith Co. >>      ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ooooo, Elaine! Yes, we get it! :) Donna Bandera County ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine Martin" <mcstumped@suddenlink.net> To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Executions Link >I think if we still had hangings on the court house square and it was > mandatory that all citizens attend, that our crime rate would be real > low........... > > Guess you now know where I stand on the subject. LOL > > Elaine > > Peggy Allen wrote: >> I definitly believe in excutions, as a former correctional officer. I >> say >> let the punishment fit the crime. They should be excuted by the same >> means >> they killed someone. Peggy Trammell Allen >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jan Cortez" <janacortez@charter.net> >> To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 9:42 AM >> Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Executions Link >> >> >> >>> Tis an interesting website, but, YUCK, how barbaric. Sorry, I don't >>> believe >>> in executions, plus it costs the taxpayer more money to execute some one >>> than to keep them in prison for the rest of their life. >>> >>> Now my hubby the retired police officer would disagree with me, so I >>> guess >>> I'll go back and slide under my rock. >>> >>> Jan >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Jo" <bjcb@bellsouth.net> >>> >>> >>> Some of ya'll might have found this already, for me it was new and >>> interesting. >>> >>> Eecutions from all the way back to 1827 for most of them it appears >>> to list date of death county how they were executed race and gender it >>> also list the crime and there is also a place where stories are being >>> listed from local papers on the execution not sure if you would want >>> to list all of the info or link to it. >>> >>> >>> http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution.htm >>> >>> Jo >>> Deaf Smith Co. >>> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Think that you are absolutely right there. Half the people would probably be in mental institutions afterwards. Personally I think that it would drive me right over the deep end. Murder is murder whether you do it within your laws or out of them. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine Martin" <mcstumped@suddenlink.net> >I think if we still had hangings on the court house square and it was > mandatory that all citizens attend, that our crime rate would be real > low........... > > Guess you now know where I stand on the subject. LOL