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North Carolina Death Row Inmate Writes Letter About Life of 'Leisure' (ABC News) Enlarge Photo North Carolina Death Row Inmate Writes Letter About Life of 'Leisure' (ABC News) A convicted murderer on death row in North Carolina wrote a taunting letter to his hometown newspaper about his life of "leisure" in prison and making a mockery of the legal system. was found guilty of murdering 17-year-old Heather Catterton in 2009 and was sentenced to death on Nov.
"Is the public aware that I am a gentleman of leisure, watching color TV in the AC, reading, taking naps at will, eating three well balanced hot meals a day," Hembree asked in the letter. "I'm housed in a building that connects to the new 55 million dollar hospital with round the clock free medical care 24/7." He also asks if the public knows that the chances of his "lawful murder" taking place in the next 20 years, if ever, are "very slim." Hembree has also been accused of killing two other women. One was 30-year-old Randi Dean Saldana, whose burnt remains were found near Blacksburg, SC in 2009. The other was 30-year-old Deborah Ratchford, whose body was found in 1992.
He is scheduled to go on trial for Saldana's killing in March. Hembree confessed to killing the three women during recorded police interviews, but later said the confessions were an attempt to cover up a string of armed robberies, according to the Gaston Gazette. "I laugh at you self righteous clowns and I spit in the face of your so called justice system. The state of North Carolina has sentenced me to death but it's not real," he wrote. North Carolina State Representative Paul Stam told WTVD that the letter is a travesty of justice. He said that it is more likely that Hembree will die of natural causes than of the death penalty. "His punishment does not fit his crime at all," Stam said. Hembree tells the citizens of Gaston County, NC, that they should petition that state and force them to carry out his "murder sentence." The Gaston County District Attorney's Office did not immediately respond to request for comment.
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Beth o 9 hrs ago No money around for free lunch programs at schools, yet these creeps get hot meals? Feed them cereal for breakfast, and cheese and balogna sandwiches for lunch and dinner.
I lived in Huntsville TX, home of the Texas prison system. There was manufacturing that produced cleaning products used by the TX school systems. Inmates learned skills that would help them after release. It was voluntary, you didn't have to work if you didn't want to, but most did work because they were paid small wages that allowed them to purchase personal items. The prison system actually turned a profit for the State, instead of costing the taxpayers. "In 1980 federal district judge William Wayne Justice issued a ruling in a class action case, Ruiz v Estelle, filed by inmates in 1972.
Federal judges have passed so many rulings in favor of treatment of prisoners that the system has turned into something of a joke. Also, our legal system feeds off of itself by allowing ten years of appeals even in cases where it is cut n dry. Prisons are breeding grounds for lawlessness and the young kids are taught by pros who still directly control their operations on the outside even though they are inside. It is easier to buy drugs in prison than on the streets.
I quit because I could not work there and enforce such a life on CONVICTED CRIMINALS. It is such a shame that they love that life, but it is our own fault for providing such a cozy free place for them to spend their years.
Fat Mat o 11 hrs ago It takes the very criminals that commit these crimes to bring light to our failed systems. I hate the man for the crimes he committed but have to give him a little bit of credit for proving the point that the death penalty is in his case "just".
Carteret, New Jersey o 7 hrs ago Only in the USA are criminals ENTITLED to health care, but the working, law-abiding people are not. If you are a female and you pump out "fatherless" children, you are entitled. If you are a drug addict that refuses to quit, you are entitled. The only ones not entitled are the responsible, working people.
Bergenfield, New Jersey o 11 hrs ago You know our "justice" system is broken when under SOPA you can get 5 years for illegally downloading Michael Jackson songs, while the doctor responsible for killing MJ only gets 4 years.
Mike o 9 hrs ago That's why they should go back to busting rocks and working most of the day without any recreation, just work, why is it like it is, if you want to deter crime then stop making prison life so attractive.
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