CRIME DOCUMENTARY: WITNESSING an EXECUTION (A View to a Kill)
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This is the terrible story of Linda Kelley, whose family in 1996 became the first to witness the execution of a man responsible for killing two of its members. The man, Leo Ernest Jenkins Jr., killed the Kelley's children Mark, 25, and Kara, 20, during the robbery of their Houston pawn shop in 1988.
Linda Kelley, her husband Jim, daughter Robin, and grandmother Angeline reveal how they faced the violent death of the couple's two other children, and how they prepared themselves to watch Leo Jenkins Jr., the murderer, die of lethal injection. They take a tour of the death chamber, and fret about the proper dress code for an execution.
Kelley's emotional litany of feelings as she watches Jenkins Jr. die includes frustration with an American legal system still arguing about the value of the death penalty as a deterrent. Directed by British filmmaker Rod Williams and produced by Roger James, this documentary raises deep questions about the psychology and ethics of retribution, and encourages public discourse on a volatile issue. Does retribution give us what we want? This film is of historical interest but the issues raised are still current.
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When your child has been killed you never ever forget the pain! It's unbearable
What the hell are they implying, the guy's a cut throat scumbag so give him the most invasive punishment the State can impose. Historically the death penalty then and now has always been with a guaranteed right of the Governor of the State to swear out a death warrant for whoever they arbitrarily would like and most likely feel real swell about it.
At one point in history New York State's Sing Sing Maximum Security Prison was infamous world wide for the death penalty. The inmate would be sentenced to death and a month or 2 later they were electrocuted at Sing Sing. The 1930's was the busiest decade for executions. Sing Sing was derived from a local Indian Chief named Sing Sing.
i felt bad for the lady who lost both her kids......until she went all racist with her "no speaky thee eenglish, no speaky thee eenglish" comments toward the Hispanic traffic worker
@@nappssnapps2891
Yeah, this was back in the 80’s though. You don’t hear that talk today.
@@nappssnapps2891 I'm glad it wasn't just ME that felt like that. Yes, I sympathised with the Kelly family, but I thought the atmosphere was a bit uncomfortable, Also, it's one thing to carry out an execution, but if the 'condemned has atoned and prayed before execution, then it's up to God where they go, afterwards. Did the daughter HAVE to smile and joke quite as much?
My parents had 5 children. They buried their oldest at 26 and their youngest at 47. My heart goes out to anyone who has lost a child.
That is so sad.
I did a little bit of digging in my family's history during Covid and I found out that, back in the 18th century, one of the families buried 9 of their 10 children in a whole year, including 2 kids at a 2-week interval. There was an epidemic of an infectious disease in the area where they were living. The only kid who survived was a young girl who was 16 year old when the epidemic struck. A 12 year old girl died towards the end of the epidemic, she must have been nursing her younger siblings and eventually caught the disease from them.
My poor grandmother buried three of hers before she passed. My mother and two uncles.
I watched my eldest daughter die for 9 years! My heart died every day. I knew we would never be able to save her. She was 35yrs old. Cancer killed her at 45yrs old. My heart has a big hole in it. I cry 😢 a few tears almost every day. But I thank God for taking her. She had so much pain from the cancer. ALL glory to our loving Saviour. One day I will be able to see and talk to her. I miss her so!
I'm glad you understand that she is healed now. In our Hopi Tewa way of life, when we lose our loved ones they are healed in so many different ways but of course it's having to accept the loss is extremely difficult and very hard to deal with and yeah it takes a lifetime to truly heal from something like that. I put myself in their area of healing and do my best to celebrate for them instead and know that where they are is completely unimaginable and so profound a place of pure joy and happiness and love and peaceful where they will no longer be in any kind of danger or pain. If we could just put ourselves in their place I think we would be healing ourselves as well.
MAY THE GREAT SPIRIT BE WITH YOU ALWAYS
Jesus failed again like usual
My condolences to you & your family miss Beverlywilson 🙏 I recently lost my cousin
@@scottr3484 She’s grieving. If that brings her comfort, then great. I agree with you but you don’t need to say that to a person who lost a child.
@@wenmcbrainvansandt3030your a very wise lady
May 24, 1979 Valdosta Ga. A day I will never forget. I lost a person that was as close as a mom could get. She was taken at the age of 33 by the man that was supposed to love and protect her. I have forgiven him, never will I forget him. He was released from prison 11 1/2 years later. God comfort and strengthen this amazing family….
💔🙏🏿💔🙏🏿
If she was my daughter he would not be free for very long if you know what I mean.
The grandmother was one tough lady…she wanted to see it thru till the end and she did
i felt bad for the lady who lost both her kids......until she went all racist with her "no speaky thee eenglish, no speaky thee eenglish" comments toward the Hispanic traffic worker
Need more programs like this, to show the grief the family has to deal with for the rest of their lives.
You are a sick, close-minded person. I am so fortunate to have cut all relations with murderous pro-death penalty individuals. You are a disgrace and a monster, and I hope your vengeful tendencies never give you peace. I am disappointed in you.
The killers family dies also
Highly Recommend Werner Herzog’s documentary INTO THE ABYSS and his series 1&2 - ON DEATH ROW - In these deep eerie documentaries the criminal, the crime, the family of victim(s) perspective is shown with great depth. Also the preacher at the executions speaks and in one the executioner.
Thank you. I’ll check it out. Don’t know how I missed this when it was moving through the festival circuit .
No we don’t.
We all experienced grief.
We know what it’s like.
My daughter’s heart is a part of me. How do these victims of crime put one foot in front of the other when a major part of their hearts are missing.
I don't care what he thinks about the Kelly's being there, he forfeited the right to have an opinion when he killed their two children...the nerve! 🤬
i felt bad for the lady who lost both her kids......until she went all racist with her "no speaky thee eenglish, no speaky thee eenglish" comments toward the Hispanic traffic worker
@Napps Snapps considering that the worker helped her, even not knowing the language, that was a terrible comment she made 😢
No one can tell this family how to grieve and how they want justice. They lost their children. We don't know until it happens to us. I feel for the family.
God bless her and her children may they be in Heaven
No-one can tell others how to understand someone's grief or whether them agreeing with the desire for justice and the method of choice is right or wrong, regardless of whether or not the same circumstances befall them. Why would you presume that people would "tell this family how to grieve", or judge, "how they want justice", the solemnity of their situation is hardly lost on anyone, you would be extremely hard pressed to find someone who would cast aspersions at this family for how they chose to deal with having had something as gravely and deeply upsetting as this happen to them.
That’s true but on the same token the victims family doesn’t decide where the condemned is headed after this life.
i felt bad for the lady who lost both her kids......until she went all racist with her "no speaky thee eenglish, no speaky thee eenglish" comments toward the Hispanic traffic worker
@@nappssnapps2891 He clearly did NOT speak English. It's not racist to simply acknowledge a fact that is before your eyes.
I totally agree with this and she's right. You never really know how it feels unless it's happen to you.
I agree,..I think they suffocate with a paralyzed body and are aware of everything but cannot move.Torture.
That is so very true I thought I knew what I was going to do and I was totally wrong. It wasn't my daughter but it was a friend of mine
It seems like the killer gets more sympathy than the actual victims!!
Yes, how soon we forget the pain of the victims!
@@victorcontreras9138 they need to forgive for themselves.
About her kids dying was all written maybe they here to learn about forgiveness .
I had a NDE and i was told we need to forgive especially our enemies the ones the do us the most harm .
That man that didn’t ¨speaky de English¨helped you when you needed it didn’t he?? That mom loved the spotlight. I am sorry for their loss though.
I agree, I thought that was cringey and bigoted.
This family has paved the way for all other families, and for that, I thank her. Strong women in this family.
Agreed!
Thank you
This family has had 27 years of shear pain. We never know what we would do or how we’d react if we were in their shoes. I feel what we’re seeing is a final release of all their pain & suffering. Hope and pray this family has found some kind of peace.
And these are good Christian people......smh.
I'm Robin Kelley in this video. Its about my family. My parents found peace after execution. It was true justice. However, they never found real peace from Mark & Karas murders. Because the system didn't protect us. If they hadn't released Jenkins out of jail 4 years early, he wouldn't have been in our pawnshop that day. He would've been in jail. I'm the last living family member of this story. Accomplice Hart is now out on Parole & wants his GPS monitor taken off after 1 year out of prison. I worry for my safety. Hart could find me & approach me. His "heart" is same as Jenkins. Cold.
i felt bad for the lady who lost both her kids......until she went all racist with her "no speaky thee eenglish, no speaky thee eenglish" comments toward the Hispanic traffic worker
I won't pray to your vengeful god so that someone may find peace in the death of someone else who also has parents. Sorry.
@@dorisjoseph8269 Right?!
I have never believed when a criminal "finds God"... I can't help but think they are just looking for a loop hole...
When a criminal says that, the judge, or warden, should reply: "Good. Great to hear. That means you are ready to take the trip to see Him soon. Buckle up ol' boy!"
Not just when criminals say it.
If they really do they should be at peace with accepting their punishment.
Me too
I don't believe any criminal finds got in prisons especially the child molesters bc God doesn't like child molesters
- God has forgiven me - MY ASS!
Shooting a rabid dog isn’t particularly pleasant thing to do. It just has to be done occasionally. Don’t make him suffer. There’s no need for that. The main thing is to get him dead.
It’s so upsetting to me the fact that a perfectly normal person who has lived a whole live and has a future planned out and is just living there life that the Lord gifted them can be snuffed out in seconds, years wasted in seconds it’s so sad.
I am sitting here thinking this is old, then I see the date, and I realized I was 16 then. Now I feel old!
I was 6. I feel old too. 😔
It goes so fast doesn’t it?
@@dewilew2137 You’re not. 30s are the best years. Enjoy them and don’t waste a moment. They go by so fast.
My refrigerator is older than you.
@@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime Thank you 😊 🙏 💓
My auntie lost her son aka my cousin to a senseless robbery and murder back in 2018. I wouldn’t wish losing a family member on anyone. Rest In Power to all the children who lives have been lost and sending my love to the parents/family grieving.
My mom always said if you want kids, have 2 when I asked why she said because, sweetheart, if God forbid you lose one, at least you have a reason to keep going. I always thought that was a sick thing to say. I now have 2 daughters, and she was right. If I lost them, I don't think I could cope she is one hell of a tough woman! Thank God for her beautiful 3rd child 🙏 ❤️ 🙌 💖
Good idea I would have to go kill his mother for giving birth to him 🤷🏻♂️ might just save me
She is a monstrous bitch, and so are you!
i felt bad for the lady who lost both her kids......until she went all racist with her "no speaky thee eenglish, no speaky thee eenglish" comments toward the Hispanic traffic worker
“NOT an easy death?”
Hm. How easy was the death of the two young people who worked in the pawn shop?
Exactly!!!!!!!
I'm like one of those survivors of the victims. I want them to suffer like their loved ones suffered Lord forgive me, but that's how I feel
Don't appreciate the light hearted jocular way in which some of these people are expressing themselves. Very unfortunate.
If my child was murdered I guarantee it wouldn't faze me a second to see the perp executed. I surely hope this never happens but if it does I will be there for every court appearance and the execution.
That's if there is a death sentence, doesn't always work that way
When my sister's son was killed,our only concern was that the guy didn't hurt anyone else,but personally he didn't get anymore of our energy, our loved one was gone,so someone killing him didn't change our circumstances, he took one life,he wasn't going to change us to be a killer like him.
That prison offical was like taking them on a tour of a museum
Don’t call him animal, it’s an insult to my pets.
He committed a crime punishable by death he paid his lot. He's dead as the family of the victims wanted. It did not bring their loved ones back and it will never bring closure. Now they will have to live with the fact their loved is still gone and the prize is to watch for a few minutes another person dying as a result of the state killing him.
Until you walk in the victims family’s shoes . Shutup 😮
Until you walk in the shoes of the parents of the convicted, you shut up !
Beautiful story. Thank- you for sharing. God bless all the parents who has lost someone in such a cruel way.❤👄🙏
@21:00 when Linda stated that she did not have to worry about anyone in Parents of Murdered Children telling her to *"get over it"* 😳😪💔
I really liked this lovely lady who experienced such awful loss. I love how she created that organisation to help the families of murder victims. I'm normally strongly against the death penalty. Somehow, I understood why it was necessary here. 2 fine young people murdered for nothing. May they rest in peace.
You are a sick, close-minded person. I am so fortunate to have cut all relations with murderous pro-death penalty individuals. You are a disgrace and a monster, and I hope your vengeful tendencies never give you peace. I am disappointed in you.
Was that "lady" "lovely" when she mocked someone she didn't think spoke english??
It's complicated.
poor souls life taken by an evil monster may they rest in peace so heart breaking
Two more lives lives lost as a result of cocaine addiction
One thing in Iranian law is good. The family of the victim decide the fate - death or life in prison.
They can also pay the family and get spared and released. If the victim was very poor and the killer rich, it’s gonna be hard if not impossible to turn down that kind of money when they have a big family.
Wow, that's like half good but half dangerous. My girls have 2 dads, my ex, who has 2 older 6 one of six marine brothers, and their mom me carrying a pewpew.
@@allylabar21 "pew pew", I love that.
i lost my daughter so heart breaking bless them
If that was my family I would throw the switch. Eye for an eye!
Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord.
Damn right.! I would too Jennifer.
Eye for an eye out of context
I would pull the trigger or lever.
No Jen you wouldn't; you're not part of the execution team. 😐
"He's potentially dangerous"
"Mr Kelly had a strong dislike for him" What stupid statements.
I'm not religious in any way shape or form, but doesn't the bible say, "Revenge is mine, sayeth the lord?" That doesn't mean the state or the average person. My point is this; Revenge carries a debt. Revenge in your heart will ultimately kill you.
Mama and Sissy act lik they’re going to a party. Mama lit up when she saw the cameras.
How inappropriate.
I just don’t understand what they have to smile for. I really don’t. Death is death, from both sides. It’s a serious matter. I’m against it, but even if you’re pro death penalty, why the smiles? I understand that they lost loved ones, but it isnt’t a party.
We can’t judge , because we didn’t live through the horror. There reaction is not ours to judge.
Sometimes people smile to hide discomfort. We can not judge.
How about have some compassion for those people who lost their 2 kids, and that man won't be able to do it again.
Strongly agree it really send wrong messages make you think 🤔 wow why laugh about this not funny and someone should put stop to it but I don't think this behavior is allow now I believe that change cause it's not right regardless what happen it fo matters but shouldn't be laughing or the remarks
@@md21656 no one judging but it really not funny matter until you lost a love of such I lost my brother he was 10 years old.
This right here just not funny on either side it's hurtful situations 😪 he paying for his crime with his life so there no need to act unprofessional about it but that was then couldn't do that no more not today it's not allow I'm glad
I do believe in Executions, but I don't believe it should be made into a Circus, which this was.
Those parents should be allowed whatever they want!!!What right do they have to stop those parents!!??😡😡😡😡😡😡!,
i felt bad for the lady who lost both her kids......until she went all racist with her "no speaky thee eenglish, no speaky thee eenglish" comments toward the Hispanic traffic worker
Yeah, that ticked me off. She’s entitled and racist.
I agree she did didn’t even have the grace to not be racist on TV
Exactly, how disgusting
this family's a bit...overexcited...
People Magazine.. hahahahahaha.. Cheeky little misfits! Getting back on topic -
So much toxicity and poison and anguish and hate and racism and "me no speakety english" on the faces of these scally-wags. Getting even more on topic rip to the victims of this story..
God Bless to the 90 year old lady who said she forgives the perpretrator.. She is likley the only one who will heal.. ❤
I agree I was offended by her racism, not that she would care one bit.
My father was murdered in 1994. Shot to death. Both men were drunk, but Frank Varnell had the final decision on whether to let my 66-year-old father live or die. Dad woke up while Frank was trying to rob him by getting his wallet out of my dad's back pocket. My dad slept with a gun under his pillow. When dad awoke and realized what Frank Varnell 42-years-old was doing they fought for the gun and of course Frank won. He stood there and made the decision to shoot and kill my dad. With my dad wide awake and on his knees looking up at Frank Varnell wondering is he going to kill me, I know he was scared looking into the barrel of his own gun wandering what would Frank do. They were supposed to be friends I talked to Frank Varnell about a month before this happened and ask him to please look in on dad and let me know if dad needed anything. Dad living in Des Ark, Arkansas and I lived in Alabama. I was not able to check in on him except for the phone. Frank Varnell decided to shoot my dad between the eyes killing him. When I heard his sentence at the end of the court case, I could not believe the judge gave him only 17 months in jail. How could this happen how? I know my dad had a bad temper and he shot at Frank first. Remember Frank Varnell was trying to rob him when he woke up, but also remember Frank had the choice of taking my dad's life or just leaving. He made the choice of murder. and just received (SEVENTEEN MONTHS IN JAIL!) HOW IS THIS RIGHT?
Do u know where he is?
I’m sorry. That is so bad
I am so sorry for the loss of your family member and I pray that you are doing better now.
My heart goes out to this family, the strength they must have, God bless them.
beyond justice is mercy
18:30 there's nothing you can say to these murderers that's going to move their eyes, but I guarantee you if theses Godless murderers knew that they were going to be Executed 7 days after receiving The Death Sentence like it use to be, a big change will happen in their eyes, the fear of death and hell will fill their Souls.
I don't know if the 90 yr old statement about forgiveness is something truthful, because I feel that, based on my experience, this isn't the way to forgive. Like that she said, "I will forgive him, but I cannot forget the day he committed it." I think, that's a shallow kind of forgiveness.
It's just on the surface, probably because she's trying to cover up her own feeling of being brutal back to the suspect. And I understand her for that. She's still angry.
But with me, who has experienced sexual abuses, coming from different people of our own, it's the most unforgivable feeling I've had to have survived, because I chose to truly forgive them, although it took me 20 yrs to entirely understand my own grief in that long process.
In the end, the people who had done it to me just died normally, but I am glad today that I have no guilt of this same thing here on the video. I feel that it's a better thing I did, though I had grieved so much for years. Now, I am feeling truly peaceful in my heart.
When we want to truly forgive, there should be no "buts and ifs" about it. We just decide to give it for free and then we move on, while carrying the peace in our hearts, which God has let me experience until today.
I understand though that some people cannot tolerate it this way the way I had. Because in the end, I still couldn't forget that we are "still a family".
Some may wonder why I had to endure it this way, and it's because of my faith in the Lord Christ. Because like He says, love comes from enduring the pain, too. Just as how much he had to face it himself until he died on the cross. Now, I am 37 yrs old, it's been a long, long time already since that had happened. And I am truly at peace with myself.
Jenkins was right with his statement, that by killing him this family isn't truly be granted with peace.
Maybe for an angry family, this is only a temporary relief, but not true joy and happiness, or peace.
I can feel like the mother speaking is no longer the one she used to be, as she said she's a very compassionate person. Now, I can barely see it in her expressions as she's laughing it out.
Screw that! Vengeance is a dish best served cold. There is much satisfaction in seeing those who have wronged us suffer ten-fold.
I am sorry for your loss. Judging others based on your perceptions-beliefs. Slippery slope. My 90-yr old grandmother in this film - Catholic and forgiving. However, she watched, as I did, my parents' suffering from depth of their soul. Doing something to deliberately cause suffering to another (killing or sexually assaulting) is unforgivable.
they seem to be really enjoying it
you never get over it. I have no idea what its like to lose a child to murder but my grandfather was murdered while driving a taxi in Wichita Kansas in 1972 and over 50 years now, I cant get over it. It affects my life now because it has for 50 years. I cant speak for anyone else. And I feel so bad for the parents of murdered children. I cannot imagine the grief. The anger. I can only wish you peace.
i felt bad for the lady who lost both her kids......until she went all racist with her "no speaky thee eenglish, no speaky thee eenglish" comments toward the Hispanic traffic worker
This was difficult to watch , but I do understand the need to see the execution if you are strong enough to hold up to it morally and not feel bad after the fact , but this family the mother is a sweet and lovely person and was robbed a lifetime of happiness from this rotten man ! She is strong with her conviction to her children and the future grandchildren they were to enjoy , they were to experience in love of their family 😢
You are a sick, close-minded person. I am so fortunate to have cut all relations with murderous pro-death penalty individuals. You are a disgrace and a monster, and I hope your vengeful tendencies never give you peace. I am disappointed in you.
i felt bad for the lady who lost both her kids......until she went all racist with her "no speaky thee eenglish, no speaky thee eenglish" comments toward the Hispanic traffic worker
@@nappssnapps2891her 2 children were murdered and for you to take that out of all of this is what is wrong with this world....
Parents of victims should be able to choose method of death of their choice and participate if they wish.
Except that would make them no better than the killer. I'm for the death penalty but it must follow state and federal law.
The deeper the love the harder the grief.
The remaining daughter is so pretty she looks like Julia Roberts.
And she knows it too
@28:30 Man. Talk about the ultimate “this is what you have done”. Imagine being almost forced to have your last sight in this world be the victims of your crimes. Absolute justice! A piece of 💩 murderer HAS to either pick to see nothing in your final moments (close their eyes) or take a gaze upon your victims as you die. Powerful as heck.
You are a sick, close-minded person. I am so fortunate to have cut all relations with murderous pro-death penalty individuals. You are a disgrace and a monster, and I hope your vengeful tendencies never give you peace. I am disappointed in you.
I absolutely believe in justice ,and this family does have a right to want justice for their loved ones .But justice,and being happy that someone’s life is going to be taken is completely different things .To be honest that family , and in particular the mother of the 2 victims is sicker then the man that the state of Texas executed..And her “high and mighty “mentality is uncalled for,and she has no right or knowledge to Judge the status of one’s soul ..The condemned was acting more Christian then the victim’s family ..
My dad was brutally murdered by being shot in the face during a botched robbery.
He tried to get away and his truck rolled backwards a bit. I seen him slumped over the steering wheel with a hole where his eye was.
This was October 2003, but murder hits you differently. When one parent dies it feels like part of you died, but with murder, it’s an evil black hole that never closes. I went through two years of therapy for PTSD and it helped me greatly, as I could barely talk.
But it still feels like yesterday it happened. They never caught the person responsible for my dad and I am partly against the death penalty but I would love to see that person executed.
When suicide/murder or violent crime happens, it affects everyone around them. My family has fallen apart, my sister had to take a Valium when she found out, my other sister refused to believe it happened, my brother became a drug addict and my quiet brother just closed off entirely.
It rips you apart.
So sorry that happened to you. I hope at least time has healed you a bit..and to think the one who did it is still walking around free😥
I hope that somehow new developments in forensic science can tell you did it and if still alive, bring them to justice.
What took them so long to Juice him? It should have been dome within 30 days at the most.
35:55
You could’ve fooled me.
All the giggles and smiles.
Pray that men do not hurt their children anymore!
The attending preacher seemed genuinely glib.
If no one searched the father's briefcase he probably was going to kill jenkins but changed his mind at the last second realizing the guy wasnt worth killing, sad situation really. Hardcore stuff
No speaka the english? Wtf was that about
Exactly that’s what I said
U never get over losing a child never ever
I like the way shes " putting makeup on" to go to an execution...itll all come off if you cry
Notice,they're ALL mothers and grandmas standing in the Death Chamber...ALL women,theres nothing like a mums love..😅❤❤❤❤
They lady putting on makeup must have though she was going on a date 😂
😂😂😂Lol, she like a Kardashian
I can’t believe just how it seems like she is doing a movie scene. Can’t go anywhere without full makeup and jewerly. Am I wrong? It’s not my place to pass judgement. I do hope this does give them closure. ❤
😂 Wow in the same sentence you say "Not your place to pass judgement as you judge openly on something as silly as makeup and jewelry. Just yuck. Pray extra for yourself at church this week.
😂 Wow in the same sentence you say "Not your place to pass judgement as you judge openly on something as silly as makeup and jewelry. Just yuck. Pray extra for yourself at church this week.
😂 Wow in the same sentence you say "Not your place to pass judgement as you judge openly on something as silly as makeup and jewelry. Just yuck. Pray extra for yourself at church this week. You are completely wrong and pretty pathetic you most likely consider yourself a woman of God....yet so openly petty.
I think she is a true Karen. She was racist and rude towards the guy who helped them in the traffic jam.
@@nickyjones867I caught that too. You are right. She has a right to be there and feel that it was justice fulfilled. But where’s the Christianity when she says she knows he’s in hell. Doesn’t her holy book claim all are forgiven if they repent. She has a right to her feelings, but I didn’t see a Christian woman here. And before anyone snaps at me, I have buried a son under horrible circumstances. I know that pain.
He looked so evil. Good documentary for the victims families explaining everything. Its not for the faint of heart. Must be strong to go see that. I wonder what they think before they are put to death.
I hate you with a burning passion. Two wrongs never make a right, and only a sick and close-minded person would think so.
i felt bad for the lady who lost both her kids......until she went all racist with her "no speaky thee eenglish, no speaky thee eenglish" comments toward the Hispanic traffic worker
@@nappssnapps2891will you shut up already !!!!!
12:36
So what are you, a cartoon? 😂😂😂
At least one state gets it right. It's not about actual Justice. It's not about closure. Like everybody says, the victim doesn't come back. What it does do is intimidate future offenders (no matter how much they say that it doesn't). If you look at the statistics of people facing the death penalty being offered a life sentence instead, many provide information and they can't provide it fast enough. It also helps prevent future murders because they can and sometimes do get out. They do escape. All kinds of horrible things can happen after inmates get out of prison. Every single time I see somebody has been released after what amounts to a travesty of a few years, I double check to make sure their victim didn't come back to life. If you choose to take the life of somebody else, you should pay with your own. The Code of Hammurabi.
Completely agree with you. If you purposely take a life, it should cost you yours.
You make a lot of good points. I e read books about people who killed in non DP states because there was no DP. I absolutely think the death penalty will deter crime in some instances.
Too many evil creeps who get a life sentence, then get paroled early for good behavior, etc., get out and resume being the same monster, only to murder again. Fry the mf so there is NEVER a chance for them to kill again. Especially today, with DNA evidence and if the crime is 100% proven the murderer is known. We have too many of these scumbags on this planet, and it is just getting worse by the minute. Pass the popcorn and a cold beer.
Grief never leaves you mind 😪
Demons in a human body have no remorse be aware
God bless you granny for forgiving him.
Wow, thank you for sharing. Blessing to see.
The desire for the condemned to experience physical pain throughout the execution process, is an understandable emotion, for myself I couldn't harbour the excruciating intensity of craving for that kind of vengeance, it would scare me to feel that sort of satisfaction, I believe it would put me in the mindless hatefully cruel intention that the condemned was in when they murdered my loved ones, I wouldn't want to feel what he felt, the ugliness, the hate, to me it would feel like falling from grace.
Couldn’t agree with this more
i felt bad for the lady who lost both her kids......until she went all racist with her "no speaky thee eenglish, no speaky thee eenglish" comments toward the Hispanic traffic worker
@@nappssnapps2891 Same. When she turned into a Texas Karen, I found myself wondering how many underprivileged people her pawn shop exploited, and I wanted to point out that it was not a “no peekee engleee” who harmed her family. I’m not saying that she deserves her grief, but my respect for her diminished when I saw her behavior.
@TAO TAO you you are exactly right. Turns out it was her fellow white that did her kids in. But hey, Karen's will karen
@@nappssnapps2891 IKR?!?!
Have a great weekend! ❤️
I just want to ask two questions. One, does watching the execution bring back your loved ones and two is vengeance ours?
That poor woman, crafting at the graves of her children.
Of course I feel for my loved ones who are in pain and there is no question whether I want to imagine having to bear their unimaginable grief, which no one wants or can even begin to do.
Please don't misunderstand or think I'm not sensitive enough to such fates
but what still strikes me at this time, apart from the tragic story here in the film, is the fact that I don't want to know how many innocent souls were judged at that time, i.e. in the 70s, early 80s and logically in the years before . For the simple reason that DNA was still a foreign word and, as we know from today's perspective, there have been countless cases in which corrupt or greedy investigators either misrepresented the facts without any evidence or questioning.
Or because of the classic, which even today is often used in reality in many interrogation methods, to psychologically massacre the accused until he makes a false confession. (which I think, by the way, with the resulting consequences, is at least as bad as murder)!!
That doesn’t appear to be the case in this situation.
I understand what you're saying no and you're right there were many people that were on death row that were innocent because either evidence wasn't allowed to be submitted - and I never understood that, or because DNA hadn't been used yet. A lot of the times they just be looking for a conviction, it didn't always matter if they had the actual suspect sometimes.
@Catherine Grace and@@fightingtosurvive6527
You're absolutely right, that's why I tried as best I could to keep it separate. I mean, I drifted off a bit, of course, but that's what came to mind at that particular time. And unfortunately I also have to emphasize that even if that sounds very media-related or "seems" directed, but there are a huge distance to the white population, the Afro-American citizens, in whom countless cases, in which on end such an absurd and disproportionate judgment comes out that you actually only have to look at the most famous documentaries to be driven out of your mind as a viewer.
By far the most violent and shocking me to this day is the case of 137 shots. short and sweet. A man is driving down a street, his exhaust bangs, 2 cops are parked at the same height at the moment, think he shot out of the car, call for backup, half a town cops are chasing the car, surrounding it, all hell breaks out come on, the car is being shot at from all sides like in war, with one of the cops even climbing on the hood of the pursued and in the end a total of 137 damn shots were fired by countless officers. So far so good. And now follows what buries any understanding.
The driver was unarmed, the cops' defense is that they did so because they were all so scared of the situation.
VERDICT: ALL INNOCENT, NO ONE WAS ACCUSED !!!!!
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sorry but unfortunately it couldn't be shorter, this story makes you so incredibly angry..
And now what some Americans don't want to hear at all in arguments or discussions (which I really can't understand).
I'm from Germany and as far as I'm realistically able to judge all of this remotely,
so I ask for your understanding for the bad grammar etc. 😇
Greetings ✌
I would like to know how one gets the death sentence and the other one life that's not right both should have got death they were both in on the crime two sorry worthles punks who took those precious lifes
So so sad she lost her kids horrific .
This is sad
Only sad for those unwrongly accused and convicted.
@@shswnacallison7706 *wrongly
May all the victims rest in peace. May all the families found peace and forgiveness in their hearts by the will of God and Jesus Christ. God bless you all.
May all find peace, no matter how you call your Higher entity.
Don’t apologize Mrs Kelley. You have every right to feel the way that you do. I’m so glad that you finally got your husband back. Leo’s last statement I didn’t care for. But I’m glad that you got to witness the execution y’all needed that.
His final statement was just self-serving and not contrite at all. He may have manipulated the pastor into thinking that he was contrite so that he would continue to garner his attention, but his last statement showed what he truly was. Good riddance; the world is a better place without him.
why don't you keep your lust for blood to yourself? You know nothing of what spiritually may have gone on between the pastor and that man. your speculations and assumptions derive from your own craving for vengeance.
@@mari-greciaodal2436 If he wasn't a sociopath or a psychopath, he surely did a good imitation of one. Glib, superficial and manipulative, they barely qualify as human. I'm sure the pastor did his best but they never change. If you don't like my opinion on the matter, tough. Neither of us had a say in his fate and what was done is finished.
@@mmedefarge your opinion matters little to me. I'd ask what training have you had to come to your diagnosis. But, I have no interest in doing so. I haven't any training whatsoever by which to diagnose this man of "this or that." far as the pastor is concerned, only he knows, as much as he'd hope, what transpired between them. and its trueness. However, being that he is officially a man of faith, who knows, he may have given Jenkings the benefit of the doubt. I'd like to believe in that, with or without your permission? than you.
@@mari-greciaodal2436 You are the one telling me to shut-up because you don't want to see my opinion. Too bad about you, Karen. Your opinion is PURE speculation. 14:24 he was a danger to prison personnel and other inmates. Prosecutors, judge and a jury of 12 agreed that he was too dangerous to continue to live, so I'm hardly alone in my assessment.
I hate you! You are a worthless bitch!
It’s a shame 3 lives ended. I don’t know how I would feel. Never been there and hope I never am. I feel like death is not really a punishment if you don’t care about life in the first place. I don’t know how I would react but I do know killing is wrong no matter who is doing it. Prayers to all families involved that they all find peace
“…you’d think there’d be SOMETHING. Some sort of pain for what they’ve done…” They’re being EXECUTED. I’m pretty sure that counts as something.
Shame they weren't thinking about that before planning and shooting their victims in the head...
@@elizabethbathory6144 Don’t get me wrong. I’m merely commenting on what the one woman said about how there should be “some sort of suffering.” They’re being put to death. That’s some sort of suffering, leading up to that.
@@msannthrope1863 their death is very painful they do suffer they might be sleep but you feel the pain I know my doctor put me to sleep but when he cut my wrist I felt it and jerk my hand he didn't give me enough numbing medicine on my hand not enough to put me all the way sleep so they suffer they can't catch they breath they know they dying that torture mentally emotionally so he definitely paid for what he done to those kids wasn't a cake walk but still for her to ask that or say that on social media she couldn't do that today it been edit out they should edit out this time very cruel thing to say you do evil for evil or wish it either it is written
i felt bad for the lady who lost both her kids......until she went all racist with her "no speaky thee eenglish, no speaky thee eenglish" comments toward the Hispanic traffic worker
@@mrsstrawberryluv1 whatever you felt was your Dr's error. As a medical professional, I can assure you, they do not feel a thing. Do you think everyone who has surgery feels it? If that were the case, they wouldn't be doing surgery
Make executions pay per view. Use the money gained wisely. Waste not, want not.
Very interesting video. I didn't catch how many years that he was on death row before his execution.
Probably too many.
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Seven and a half
I'm Robin Kelley in HBO film. Jenkins sat on Death Row 6 yrs. He was in jail approx 2 yrs before that. From Aug 31 1988 to Feb 6. 1996.
Jenkins in jail Aug 31 1988 until Feb 3 1990. Then moved to Death Row until Feb 6 1996.
I like to think that if I were the victims parents, I could show love and forgive. But I also think that's something you don't know until you're in that position. Hopefully, I'm never in that position. We gotta love, tho we just gotta love everyone and stop hurting each other.
I wouldn't go to an execution just something I would not want to witness
Losing someone to illness or accident is bad enough but for selfish POS to take another’s life is horrific. What is worse is people standing in the way of removing the waste from society. To say it’s inhumane is ridiculous they basically fall asleep then die.
There is no such thing as painless execution,and there is no justice.
If I lost a famy member to murder, I would certainly want to see the justice done. I would demand to throw the switch or serve on the firing squad.
You are a sick, close-minded person. I am so fortunate to have cut all relations with murderous pro-death penalty individuals. You are a disgrace and a monster, and I hope your vengeful tendencies never give you peace. I am disappointed in you.
My heart goes out to the family, but they have alittle to much redneck pride. They seem to think they’re alittle better than everybody, they’re human you know. The way they talked to & about the Mexican dude pissed me off. I’m a Texan & live in Texas but I sense a ugly pride about them. I figured with their loss they’d be humble. Anyways my heart goes out for them
They're trifling acting very cocky
@@theresawarren8814 how dare anyone judge them. They deserve to feel a certain way. They are victims.
Yeah..what shocked me is that I'm for the death penalty but not so much after this...
Like them or not, their innocent children were murdered by that creep.
@@timwarcloud I'm too a victim but I'm not being harsh about it are making rude comments about it not in or social media I know how they feel my brother was rape murder by 21 year man shot him in his face chest with saw off shot gun so I know how they feel you be anger hurt but when you're in public eyes views you must hold composer be little humble professional no matter what especially when public watching we know some don't care but it's the demeanor or they words what's get me action it's very unkind.
And I get it I promise you I do but they would get way more compassion if they just wasn't so mean about they words and death penalty of someone been put to death my heart out to her and her family 💔 😔 I feel her pain she mad she suppose too but sometimes we must hold it for right time but oh well too each it own maybe they couldn't so I'm try be more understanding