James Byrd’s killer: 'I’d do it all over again' .

[CatWoman]

kind of hard to feel sorry for people who say things like this :(

HOUSTON—Beneath the guard towers and behind the razor wire of a Texas prison, Lawrence Brewer lifts his arm to display his racist tattoos.

“Like a cross burning and an intertwined KKK,” he explains, showing off the images cut into his flesh that turned his body into a billboard for hate.

Along a lonely country road in East Texas, something horrible happened. And yet, the man who’s facing execution for the crime still says he didn’t commit murder, and that he was just going along with friends for a ride. He said that he wouldn’t do anything differently.

“As far as any regrets, no, I have no regrets,” Brewer says. “No, I’d do it all over again, to tell you the truth.”

http://www.wfaa.com/news/130280013.html

[chelsea0011]

1. I do not believe in the death penalty, but if you have one shouldn't you

have to die the same way one kills someone?

[EOTE]

19. Why? Wouldn't that just reenforce the notion that the DP is for revenge

rather than for public safety?

I am also very much opposed to the DP.

[joeybee12]

2. Hmm...lots of remorse there...nt

[tblue]

3. Rotten to the bone.

Faretheewell.

[Horse with no Name]

4. No pity for him.

I still don't believe in the DP, but I won't be losing sleep tonight over HIM.

[me b zola]

5. Its not about feeling sorry for him

For me being against the death penalty isn't about the guilt or innocence, likability or hatred of any particular person.

For me it is the deeply held belief that murder is wrong. That we are diminished as a society for giving the state the authority to kill someone in cold blood. That justice is not served by seeking vengeance.

[Bandit]

6. I think death is too easy an out for him

I think he should stay in a cage the rest of his life....and have a long life to boot....

[Parker CA]

11. I agree with this completely.

[hifiguy]

12. +1 nt

[Warren Stupidity]

7. being insufficiently contrite does not justify state executions, nt.

[CatWoman]

14. I saw several stories this morning stating this man should have clemency

(The Nation, etc.)

so I googled his name and this article is the first that popped up

[WinkyDink]

8. And the State will have no regrets, either.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

9. But wait...he's a CHRISTIAN!!!!! n/t

[fishwax]

10. wow. despicable.

:puke:

[11 Bravo]

13. I'll bet he doesn't get the chance to "do it all over again".

But have a nice day, Larry.

[hfojvt]

15. uh, he said that he was not the killer

just a dude riding in a truck.

The only thing he said he "would do all over again" is ride in a truck with Shawn Allen Berry amd John William King. Berry was the guy who drove the truck and he only got life in prison (and he also claimed that the other two were responsible). Because he was not a known white supremacist he only got life in prison.

So if wiki can be believed, Lawrence Russell Brewer is apparently going to be put to death because of his racist beliefs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Byrd,_Jr.

[The Magistrate]

16. And That, Sir, Is Not Only Just, But Something Of An Advance In Our Society....

[Leontius]

18. So killing someone for their beliefs is just and an

advancement for society., I thought the "Dark Ages" had ended, my mistake.

[The Magistrate]

20. Killing A Racist Murderer In Part Because He Is Racist Does Not Trouble Me In the Least, Sir

"ThoughtCrime does not entail death, ThoughtCrime is death."

[CatWoman]

17. you truly believe that?

[hfojvt]

21. I am just pointing out what he said

He never said that he would kill Byrd all over again. He said that he would not do anything different, but he also said that all he did was ride in the truck. To say that he says he would drag Byrd to his death all over again, does not fit what he actually said.