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Texas got another one!

bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,664 ✭✭✭✭
edited March 2012 in General Discussion
Yup, sent another scumbag to hell....[^][^][^][^][^]

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - The leader of the fugitive gang known as the "Texas 7" was executed Wednesday for killing a suburban Dallas police officer during a robbery 11 years ago after organizing and pulling off Texas' biggest prison break.

George Rivas, 41, from El Paso, received lethal injection for gunning down Aubrey Hawkins, a 29-year-old Irving police officer who interrupted the gang's holdup of a sporting goods store on Christmas Eve in 2000. The seven inmates had fled a South Texas prison about two weeks earlier.
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    montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 57,998 ******
    edited November -1
    Good job Texas. But the POS got to take the easy way out,unlike the victim.
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    we_dig_itwe_dig_it Member Posts: 6,614 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Its a shame it takes so many years for justice to be served.[:(!]
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    retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by we_dig_it
    Its a shame it takes so many years for justice to be served.[:(!]
    I've never understood that...

    If you're found guilty in a court of law...
    Why is it then several years or decades before sentence is actually carried out?
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    we_dig_itwe_dig_it Member Posts: 6,614 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by retroxler58
    quote:Originally posted by we_dig_it
    Its a shame it takes so many years for justice to be served.[:(!]
    I've never understood that...

    If you're found guilty in a court of law...
    Why is it then several years or decades before sentence is actually carried out?




    The criminal has rights, but I dont see it that way. Once convicted, you should loose your rights.
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    txlawdogtxlawdog Member Posts: 10,039 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    http://www.odmp.org/officer/15488-police-officer-aubrey-wright-hawkins

    Here is a link to the real hero of this story...
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    spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,724 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    11 years is a short time by most states standards of appeals, legal twisting, appeals, perp finding god, appeals, save the perp, hell with the victims relatives or friends, appeals, church groups protesting the implementation or real justice...did i mention appeals
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    TrinityScrimshawTrinityScrimshaw Member Posts: 9,350 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I remember that gangs escape from prison & several week long crime spree. Had forgot just how long ago it was. Texas does it right, but there should be an express checkout lane scumbags with twenty crimes are more.[V]

    Trinity +++
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    NavybatNavybat Member Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by retroxler58
    quote:Originally posted by we_dig_it
    Its a shame it takes so many years for justice to be served.[:(!]
    I've never understood that...

    If you're found guilty in a court of law...
    Why is it then several years or decades before sentence is actually carried out?




    Mandatory appeals. They can't even be waived if the CRIMINAL wants to!
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    RustyBonesRustyBones Member Posts: 4,956
    edited November -1
    quote:George Rivas (born May 6, 1970) was the ringleader of the infamous Texas 7 criminal group. Rivas, a career criminal, is on Texas' death row.

    He was born in El Paso, Texas and raised by his grandparents from age six, after his parents divorced. In high school, Rivas dreamed of being a police officer, but his interest in money and guns helped shape him into a criminal. He named his dogs Ruger and Beretta, after two gun brands.
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    320090T320090T Member Posts: 2,715 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ought to hook em up in series, more efficient.
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    TooBigTooBig Member Posts: 28,560 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Spot on Texas and why so long to carry the verdict
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    allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,229 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I saw a documentary on that jail break a few years ago.
    Those were some bad boys.
    That officer was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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    austin20austin20 Member Posts: 34,929 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by we_dig_it
    Its a shame it takes so many years for justice to be served.[:(!]
    Ain't that the truth.
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    TrinityScrimshawTrinityScrimshaw Member Posts: 9,350 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hmmmm, a lot of parallels here.

    I too was born in Texas & raised by my grandmother.
    I too ran with some unsavory sorts as a youth.
    I too like guns.
    I too wanted to be a Police officer (retired after 36 years)
    I too spent time in the Texas penal system (As an Internal Affairs Inv)

    And I too named my dogs Rugar & Kimber.[;)]

    Big differences though, I didn't become a victim of my surroundings, and I went out & made something of myself.[:(!]

    Rot in hell scumbag! [}:)]

    Trinity +++
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    1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
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    AAAAAAAAAAAY!











    may he burn in hell if there is one
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