Editor’s note: This story is very graphic and disturbing and may upset some readers.
A death row inmate in Texas, who gouged out both of his eyes in jail, eating one of them, has been told that his severe mental illness is not reason enough to commute his sentence. However, alleged racial bias by the jury may be.
Andre Thomas, who was sentenced to death for the brutal murder of his estranged wife, their son, and her baby daughter in 2004, was ruled to be sane enough to be executed by the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals. Thomas, 35, who was born to a mentally ill mother and has been battling with mental illness issues accompanied by substance and alcohol abuse since his teens, said he butchered his family, carving out the children’s hearts and putting them in pockets because God told him to.
Shortly after his arrest, he plucked out his right eye, taking a Bible verse literally that read: “If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away.”
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7 comments:
He's a murderer, he gouged out his eyes and ate one, he is now a burden on society because he can't fend for himself, he is in Texas, execute him, Problem Solved!
If he's that crazy execution might be the only humane action
He's got to go
Oh, he is on death row now because he is black? Not because of what he did? People are ignorant. This animal needs to die. We should not have to take care of garbage like this the rest of his miserable life. He will not be able to be released back into society. I am so sick and tired of all of this racist claims. There is no where near the amount of racism as they claim there to be. It's all a lie to further an agenda.
Give him a loaded gun and lock him in a room by himself. Problem solved!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Oh, he is on death row now because he is black? Not because of what he did? People are ignorant. This animal needs to die. We should not have to take care of garbage like this the rest of his miserable life. He will not be able to be released back into society. I am so sick and tired of all of this racist claims. There is no where near the amount of racism as they claim there to be. It's all a lie to further an agenda.
June 13, 2018 at 11:59 AM
Yes there is that much racism, it's just the blacks that are the ones who are racist.
I hope he gets away with stopping his execution. I want to see all the other death row inmates start pulling out and eating their eyeballs. Better than any death sentence.
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