Several people gather in Norfolk to protest Virginia execution scheduled for tonight

[Disir]

Norfolk resident Steve Baggarly, 52, and two others picketed near the MacArthur Center Thursday against the execution of a Virginia man scheduled for tonight.

"We're against the death penalty across the board," said Baggarly, a member of the Norfolk Catholic Worker, "but in this case, William Morva had severe mental illness."
William Morva, 35, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 9 p.m. Thursday for the 2006 killing of a security guard and sheriff's deputy.
Several people gather in Norfolk to protest Virginia execution scheduled for tonight

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CBS Roanoke affiliate WDBJ-TV reports the government of Hungary, where Morva was also a citizen, and the European Union joined the final efforts to stop the execution.

"It's an extraordinary step on their part," Dawn Davison, a senior staff attorney from the Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center, told the station. "This is not something they ordinarily do. They met with him and asked that he grant clemency, and they also followed that up with a letter, which we're really encouraged by their interest in his case."
William Morva execution in Virginia divides victim's mom, daughter


This guy is mentally and yet there are 3 people physically protesting. It's even managed to divide a grandmother and granddaughter of the deputy. Of course it won't lead to changes with mental health care.

 

[deannalw]

3 people.
HAHAHA!

 

[MaryL]

Sorry, kiddo. I support the death penalty. In much the same way I support abortion. Life isn't as sacred as either side thinks. And besides, no law, no penalty ends crimes, especially horrendous ones. And being over reverent of a accused mass murderer's life in the scheme of things is just silly.
And, if he had been aborted instead of becoming a murderer, instead of being executed, I am good with that too.

 

[Dan Stubbs]

Norfolk resident Steve Baggarly, 52, and two others picketed near the MacArthur Center Thursday against the execution of a Virginia man scheduled for tonight.

"We're against the death penalty across the board," said Baggarly, a member of the Norfolk Catholic Worker, "but in this case, William Morva had severe mental illness."
William Morva, 35, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 9 p.m. Thursday for the 2006 killing of a security guard and sheriff's deputy.
Several people gather in Norfolk to protest Virginia execution scheduled for tonight

also here:

CBS Roanoke affiliate WDBJ-TV reports the government of Hungary, where Morva was also a citizen, and the European Union joined the final efforts to stop the execution.

"It's an extraordinary step on their part," Dawn Davison, a senior staff attorney from the Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center, told the station. "This is not something they ordinarily do. They met with him and asked that he grant clemency, and they also followed that up with a letter, which we're really encouraged by their interest in his case."
William Morva execution in Virginia divides victim's mom, daughter


This guy is mentally and yet there are 3 people physically protesting. It's even managed to divide a grandmother and granddaughter of the deputy. Of course it won't lead to changes with mental health care.

If anyone is that mental he should have been confined for his own safety and others. BUT the All Wise Courts ruled that these type of people have "Their Rights" and can not be confined against their will. It all started with the Court and ends with the court. Death is to good for them.

 

[jon_berzerk]

 

[Iceweasel]

Should be PPV, they're missing out on some bucks.

 

[deannalw]

I'd pay for that

 

[MaryL]

Cruel and unusual punishment is banned in the Constitution. Pay per view? Are we becoming barbarians now? It's odd, any form of punishment can be deemed unusual or cruel. Even incarceration is being called inhuman. It's unfortunate human nature is about power and how harm works in nature and in the human race to stop other people from harming US. Its pretty basic logic.

 

[deannalw]

You can speak of barbarism while advocating women killing their unborn?
Pfrt

 

[MaryL]

You can speak of barbarism while advocating women killing their unborn?
Pfrt

Hmm, that's head scratcher. I call abortion practical. You call it murder. I won't bother going there anymore than that. Call it god's mysterious will. Call it what you want.

 

[The Irish Ram]

Call it anything but god's mysterious will. Abortion has nothing to do with God.

 

[MaryL]

Call it anything but god's mysterious will. Abortion has nothing to do with God.

Isn't it? IF you believe God made everything, then he also made evil, too. Abortion isn't something we do for fun, sometimes it's the lesser of two evils. God put us in this position. It is gods will, after all.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Norfolk resident Steve Baggarly, 52, and two others picketed near the MacArthur Center Thursday against the execution of a Virginia man scheduled for tonight.

"We're against the death penalty across the board," said Baggarly, a member of the Norfolk Catholic Worker, "but in this case, William Morva had severe mental illness."
William Morva, 35, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 9 p.m. Thursday for the 2006 killing of a security guard and sheriff's deputy.
Several people gather in Norfolk to protest Virginia execution scheduled for tonight

also here:

CBS Roanoke affiliate WDBJ-TV reports the government of Hungary, where Morva was also a citizen, and the European Union joined the final efforts to stop the execution.

"It's an extraordinary step on their part," Dawn Davison, a senior staff attorney from the Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center, told the station. "This is not something they ordinarily do. They met with him and asked that he grant clemency, and they also followed that up with a letter, which we're really encouraged by their interest in his case."
William Morva execution in Virginia divides victim's mom, daughter


This guy is mentally and yet there are 3 people physically protesting. It's even managed to divide a grandmother and granddaughter of the deputy. Of course it won't lead to changes with mental health care.

How many of them will be "pro-life"? None of them I'd guess.

 

[Mousterian]

Call it anything but god's mysterious will. Abortion has nothing to do with God.

Isn't it? IF you believe God made everything, then he also made evil, too. Abortion isn't something we do for fun, sometimes it's the lesser of two evils. God put us in this position. It is gods will, after all.

The old Free Will/Omnipotent God question is just one of the conundrums facing those who would defend the Bible. A constant source of inventive logical gymnastics.

 

[Muhammed]

3 people.
HAHAHA!

Reminds of the time a couple of friends of mine protested the war in Iraq. That's all there was. 2 protesters... plus crews from every TV station in area.

 

[Iceweasel]

You can speak of barbarism while advocating women killing their unborn?
Pfrt

Hmm, that's head scratcher. I call abortion practical. You call it murder. I won't bother going there anymore than that. Call it god's mysterious will. Call it what you want.

Aborting a baby is practical but dispatching a murderer isn't? Fuuuuuuck......