Inmate Executed After Glitch, Judge Prevents Appeal

exactly, all of the above
no matter which way we see things, prevention is better than trying to find a cure
whatever happened to that man in his childhood had a profound effect upon his thinking, sadly he needed for some reason to control something, and that is not an excuse for his behaviour in anyway it is simply a truth.
we must all come to the understanding there is an effect for every action, and so on and so forth, global warming is an effect of natural things, yet at the same time in the mix, also an effect of the seemingly way we have of being so lost in the greed mentality, we havnt given enough care to our planet, so once again mankind is seeking a prevention, lets hope we are not to late, as you or me or anyone on this earth cannot pop down the road and buy another planet earth, god bless us all as we watch mankind trying to prevent his own self decieving course he has set upon for his own destruction, this is one prevention i pray we pull off.

would venture to say that Michael Richard grew up in a less than favorable environment and was subjected to trauma of his own before he resorted to taking "control of his life" by taking control over the life of the victim he raped and murdered. That or he suffered from some mental defect (and by defect, I mean a chemical reaction or lack there of that prevented him from taking better control over his actions). I am in no way excusing him from his actions or crimes, but rather saying we should see if there was a way the crime could have been prevented had Michael Richard had better access to prevention or treatment of any conditions that contributed to his actions (such as sexual abuse as a child or an affliction of a mental illness or chemical inbalance).

It is sad... the entire criminal and justice system is based on a "sweep under the rug" approach. They never tackle the real problem by simply "lockin' 'em up and throwin' away the key". If we really wished to deter would be criminals, we should find ways to provide social and rehabilitation programs to either prevent or attempt to understand criminal activity. It is fact that most convicted criminals had a juvenile record and were put through the juvenile system (a system which has been proven and shown time and time again to allow a lot of the "delinquents" in their custody to suffer physical and sexual abuse, sometimes at the hands of the guards). Also most violent crimes have been committed by people who show signs of increased aggression and antisocial behavior before they committ them. We don't have a good understanding of mental illness or conditions which serve to increase the number of offenses perpetrated by those behind bars or soon to be. A person's mental state at the time of or prior to a crime can be influenced not just by genetic predisposition, but also conditions in their social environment. It is always in hind sight we hear of events or actions that the criminal committed before their more violent crimes from the people around them, such as teachers, perents, or friends. We need to realize the reason crime is so often committed is because we (everyone on this earth) tend to turn a blind eye when it comes to preventing and understanding criminal offenses.

i do not disagree with any of the above
yet in all things of life, individual responsibility is something this world is very short on,, and like all things in this world, it always comes down to money, so what good is a system that payes out for all that time, the financial recources could be used in other ways, and people like yourself would have nothing to gripe about., as for climate change, it is in its own process, and we carry on, with wars, bullets and bombs, destroying our planet, not very intelligent are we for the most intelligent species on the earth.

I've come to believe rape and murder should be abolished.

This killer committed his crimes in 1986, and has since been given 21 years on this planet that he did not deserve.
How much has he cost the American tax payers since then? His team has had plenty of chances to bog down our legal system and cost us money that could be going to care for the homeless and handicapped, clean up the environment, research alternative "green" energy sources to prevent global warming, provide healthcare and education to our children, and improve law enforcement, helping prevent more young women and girls from being brutally raped and murdered.

I applaud the court clerk who stuck to the rules, and helped put an end to this killer, and I'll bet that you would too if you had to wait 21 years for justice, had the victim been someone close to you.

this is sad, like many things of our world today
and another effect of the inhumane way of human beings towards other humans. Whoever answered that call from the lawyers should be sacked,, everyone in the system should stop and think, then learn a very big lesson from this, be a little kinder to your fellow human beings.

This happened in George Bush's Texas. I bet if you research this a bit you'd find the court clerk and the judge are right-wing, fundamentalist, right-to-lifers.

Such hypocrisy!

Stories like this make me sick to my stomach. Someone is about to die. The least you can do is give their team every chance they can to prevent that irreversible step from being taken.

Having covered 3 executions during my days in radio...I've learned a lot about the process, the legal maneuvers etc., and I've also come to believe capital punishment should be abolished.