Should A Woman On Death Row Be Spared Today??

2015-09-28T16:00:50-04:00

A mother of two could be put to death tonight in Georgia.. She had her lover kill her husband several years ago.

Response by CPO Joseph Grant made Sep 28 at 2015 4:02 PM

2015-09-28T16:02:05-04:00

No. She was found guilty of murder.

Response by CW3 Kevin Storm made Sep 28 at 2015 4:03 PM

2015-09-28T16:03:29-04:00

This goes back to my previous statement "Rope, it is a renewable resource!"

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Sep 28 at 2015 4:03 PM

2015-09-28T16:03:51-04:00

No, Sgt Tom Cunnally she was found guilty of first degree capital murder of the father of her children. The fact that she was the birth-mother is irrelevant.

Response by Sgt Tom Cunnally made Sep 28 at 2015 4:04 PM

2015-09-28T16:04:09-04:00

ATLANTA — Two influential voices have joined the chorus of those asking that Kelly Renee Gissendaner be allowed to live. Gissendaner, convicted of recruiting her boyfriend to kill her husband, is set to be executed Tuesday in Jackson.

Her execution has been postponed since March when officials cited problems with the lone drug that would be used for the lethal injection.

Since then there have been vigils and rallies asking the state to spare Gissendaner. Her children have made a video asking for mercy for their mother. Then Saturday former State Corrections Deputy Director Vanessa O’Donnell and Norman Fletcher, former chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, joined the effort, asking the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles for clemency.

Gissendaner, the only woman on death row in Georgia, was sentenced in 1998 for recruiting Gregory Owen to kill her husband, Douglas Gissendaner.

Response by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made Sep 28 at 2015 4:08 PM

2015-09-28T16:08:20-04:00

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/27/us/georgia-sets-execution/index.html

For background.

The one thing that bothers me about this, is that the "actual murderer" (the one who killed her husband) plead down, while she will be given Death Row. This doesn't "feel" like Justice.

Death row inmate's children plead for her life - CNN.com

Kayla Gissendaner forgave her mother, Kelly, for having her father murdered. Now, she may also lose her mother, scheduled for execution Tuesday.

Response by MSgt Curtis Ellis made Sep 28 at 2015 4:13 PM

2015-09-28T16:13:12-04:00

Nope... It should be based on the crime, not the sex of the person committing it...

Response by SFC William Swartz Jr made Sep 28 at 2015 4:17 PM

2015-09-28T16:17:10-04:00

She was tried and convicted and the sentence should be carried out, her being a woman should have no bearing on it what so ever.

Response by SGT Scott Bell made Sep 28 at 2015 4:23 PM

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Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 28 at 2015 4:25 PM

2015-09-28T16:25:41-04:00

Sgt Tom Cunnally, I do not purport to be an expert on trial law or to know judicial law that well, but she’s served 17 years, no? She did not actually commit the crime, yes? Her three children have forgiven her, no? She has many witnesses of her remorse and her former Warden is willing to testify that the state parole board chairman, James Donald, promised her clemency, no? So, why are we still talking about her impending execution?

Response by PO3 Steven Sherrill made Sep 28 at 2015 4:26 PM

2015-09-28T16:26:34-04:00

Sgt Tom Cunnally was the woman thinking about her children dealing with the death of their father when she had her side piece kill him? Kill her. Make sure those kids get excellent therapy, there is no way that this doesn't fuck up a child in the head.

Response by Sgt Tom Cunnally made Sep 28 at 2015 4:27 PM

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Here's a comment from the link provided by Sergeant Aaron Kennedy:

"The clemency case is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court." & they have @ 2 1/2 hours to make a decision ..

Response by MSgt Donald G. made Sep 28 at 2015 4:31 PM

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Absolutely not! Women want equality, so why should 'sex' matter in criminal sentencing? Although, I've yet to see a woman get similar punishment as a male when its 'teacher vs student' sex involved. The females always get off light and the men get hammered. Where's the equality in sentencing. Why should the man get 10 to 20 or more and the women get 1, 3, or 5. She's just as guilty, so sentence her like a man.

Response by LTC Trent Klug made Sep 28 at 2015 4:47 PM

2015-09-28T16:47:16-04:00

I'll push the button, pull the lever, or however they do it in Georgia.
Her hired gun pled out so he wouldn't get the needle and testify against her. I don't care that he gets to live.
She, on the other hand, deserves everything she gets tonight. She could have pled out too, if only she had had the ovarian fortitude to kill her husband instead of farming it out.

Response by 1LT Aaron Barr made Sep 28 at 2015 4:48 PM

2015-09-28T16:48:27-04:00

Nope.

Response by COL Jean (John) F. B. made Sep 28 at 2015 4:55 PM

2015-09-28T16:55:23-04:00

Sgt Tom Cunnally - She should not be spared solely because of her sex. She was tried, convicted and sentenced to death.

If she is spared because of her sex, you will see a lot more "Bruce Jenners" on Death Row, claiming to suddenly realize that they are women. OK ... That was said "tongue in cheek" and I realize this is no joking matter, however, in this age of men claiming to be women, women claiming to be men, Caucasians claiming to be Black, etc., etc., I would not put it past anybody to try that to save their lives on Death Row.

Response by Sgt Tom Cunnally made Sep 28 at 2015 5:15 PM

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ATLANTA -- A federal judge Monday morning denied a request to stay the execution of Kelly Gissendaner, Georgia's only woman on Death Row, who is scheduled to die Tuesday evening for her part in the murder of her husband.

Gissendaner's attorneys immediately moved to appeal U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Thrash's ruling, in which he refused to reconsider an earlier lawsuit declaring lethal injection a form of cruel and unusual punishment.

Gissendaner was sentenced to death in November 1998 for recruiting her boyfriend, Gregory Bruce Owen, to kill her husband.

Owen, who stabbed Douglas Gissendaner to death in February 1997, is serving a life sentence and will be up for parole in eight years. He testified against Gissendaner, telling a jury how the mother of three carefully planned her husband's death.

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Response by LTC Bink Romanick made Sep 28 at 2015 5:23 PM

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Sgt Tom Cunnally Is it on pay per view?

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 28 at 2015 5:31 PM

2015-09-28T17:31:23-04:00

If she is without a doubt guilty, and was found guilty by the jury, carry on. Not sure why it takes several years of the tax payers money to feed and shelter people on death row. The sooner the sentence is carried out the better. Save the tax payers the expense.

Response by SPC Carl K. made Sep 28 at 2015 5:53 PM

2015-09-28T17:53:45-04:00

My response to this question would be: did she show leniency or mercy when she had her husband killed? No? There is your answer to whether she should be spared.

Response by SCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 28 at 2015 6:33 PM

2015-09-28T18:33:57-04:00

Why? What's your reason for asking? Because she's a she or because she's a mother? I couldn't care less. What she needs to be is dead in the morning!!!

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 28 at 2015 6:34 PM

2015-09-28T18:34:04-04:00

Is there new evidence? If not then, no. Would you say the same thing if the roles were reversed? How unfortunate for the children to loose both parents, I hope they are taken care of.

Response by SPC David S. made Sep 28 at 2015 6:48 PM

2015-09-28T18:48:14-04:00

While it is disheartening that two children will be losing their mother the fact that she hired some one to kill their father makes me question her maternal instincts. Galatians 6:7 says “A man reaps what he sows” - just happens to be a woman in this case.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 28 at 2015 7:09 PM

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Nope.

Response by CPT Aaron Kletzing made Sep 28 at 2015 7:34 PM

2015-09-28T19:34:12-04:00

No, death row should have nothing to do with gender.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Sep 29 at 2015 2:51 AM

2015-09-29T02:51:59-04:00

Sounds like she has it coming.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Sep 29 at 2015 3:05 AM

2015-09-29T03:05:50-04:00

I guess there are still some questions since I heard yesterday morning that she was granted a one week stay but we will see.

Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Sep 29 at 2015 11:08 AM

2015-09-29T11:08:55-04:00

Why is the Lady Justice wearing a blindfold?

Response by Sgt Tom Cunnally made Sep 29 at 2015 11:14 AM

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ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles plans to meet to consider new information in support of clemency for the lone woman on the state's death row.

Kelly Renee Gissendaner is set for execution Tuesday at 7 p.m. The 47-year-old was convicted of murder in the February 1997 slaying of her husband. She conspired with her lover, who stabbed Douglas Gissendaner to death.

A parole board statement said the board's members have reviewed a second request from Gissendaner's lawyers to reconsider their February decision denying clemency. The release says they're holding a meeting at 11 a.m. to gather additional information from Gissendaner supporters.

Two of Gissendaner's three children previously addressed the board. A lawyer for Gissendaner said her oldest son now wants to ask the board to spare her life.

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Response by Sgt Tom Cunnally made Sep 30 at 2015 7:20 AM

2015-09-30T07:20:07-04:00

Georgia Woman Kelly Gissendaner Sings 'Amazing Grace' During Execution

Response by PO1 John Miller made Oct 1 at 2015 3:14 AM

2015-10-01T03:14:17-04:00

She's dead so it's a null issue now. But based on everything I've read and my own personal opinion yes she deserved to die.

I for one am against prison overcrowding. One way to reduce this is to repeal sentences for people convicted of victimless crimes such as drug use.
Another way is to speed up the death row process. How many resources are used and how much money is spent on a single death row inmate who can sometimes sit on death row for 17 years (as Gissendaner did)?

Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 1 at 2015 7:25 AM

2015-10-01T07:25:55-04:00

my respond is too late ... she is gone, and I feel nothing. ;P

Response by SPC Luis Mendez made Oct 1 at 2015 11:59 AM

2015-10-01T11:59:11-04:00

NOPE, anybody, anyone proven without a doubt to have committed murder, regardless of age, gender, mental health or whatever else Criminal defense lawyers can come up with, ought to be put away.