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Hell no Capitalism is the key!!
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Sweet, let's rape and pillage!
[quote author=arrogant braggart link=topic=2452.msg124974#msg124974 date=1167198504]
Hell no Capitalism is the key!!
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Sweet, let's rape and pillage!
do we have to AGAIN
I touched the hand of God.... but girls seemed to hold my attention better.
It's for the good of our democratic society. You must.
ok.... :|
I touched the hand of God.... but girls seemed to hold my attention better.
At least Ron agrees with me. 8-)
"People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."<br /> - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard
Update (tho an old one)
http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=18537
Jury gives sentence of 65 years in murder trial
BELTON – Tye Swearingen was sentenced to 65 years in prison today after being found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in the death of his wife.
Swearingen took the stand earlier today to tell the circumstances of his wife's death from his viewpoint. The jury retired for deliberation at 2:40 this afternoon and returned with a sentence after just more than two hours.
The guilt/innocence phase in the murder trial of Swearingen took just over six hours Wednesday and ended with a jury convicting the Fort Hood soldier in the death of his wife, 23-year-old Stephanie Swearingen.
The punishment phase of the trial then got under way with arguments from both sides as well as emotional testimony from the parents of the victim.
The punishment phase resumed today at 9 a.m.
The guilt/innocence phase of the trial took less time than Tuesday's jury selection as the panel of seven women and five men came to a quick conclusion, deliberating 62 minutes before convicting the 26-year-old Killeen man of killing his wife.
Since the time of the staff sergeant's arrest in October 2006, neither he nor any member of his defense team has publicly challenged the man's responsibility in the death of his wife. Defense attorney Michael White said before the trial began that the main point of contention they would be fighting for, the concept of sudden passion, only had bearing on the punishment phase of the trial.
Swearingen's signed statement made to police graphically describing his role in killing his wife was presented to the jury. Assistant District Attorney Stephanie Newell read the statement in open court Wednesday morning. Swearingen described the events of several days leading up to the killing during which the couple fought repeatedly and eventually acknowledged that divorce was inevitable.
Swearingen said that when his wife began flaunting her infidelity by talking about her ongoing sexual relationship and sexual acts with another man, he became enraged.
"She told me she started seeing this guy for about three months and talked to him on the computer," the statement read. "I returned home and I was locked out of the house ... I kicked it in. She was arguing with me more and said I would never see my daughter again, and said she was going to sell all my stuff when I go to Iraq. She said she cheated on me (many times)."
He described how he took her to the ground and wrapped his hands around her throat. Their daughter Sarah, only weeks shy of her second birthday, stood nearby.
"She attacked me again in the same manner (as a previous fight the day before)," the statement read. "I threw her on the ground and I choked her. I don't know if Sarah was in the room. I had my hands around her neck, and she became blue and I could see blood coming out of her nose."
Uncertain she was dead, Swearingen said he picked up the body of his wife and tossed it in the bathtub, which was still full of water, and submerged her head. And he left her there. But as he took her outside to dump her body in the trunk, he wrapped her up in plastic so he wouldn't get water on the carpet.
He added that while the body of his wife was in the bathtub water, he made dinner for their daughter before disposing of her mother's body.
Newell focused on the mind-set of Swearingen throughout these acts in both her opening and closing statements Wednesday as she impressed upon the jury the "words of a killer."
"You can infer someone's intentions from their acts," Newell said. "He knew what he was doing. He knew he was taking the life of Stephanie Swearingen. And just to make sure, he put her head in the bathtub and went and made dinner. And he did it in front of their daughter Sarah, who was just 2 years old.
"This man, after killing his wife, took her to the Live Oak Cemetery, and buried her on top of an existing grave in an attempt to cover his crime."
Officer Laura Duskie from the Killeen Police Department testified that she took Swearingen's statement, then escorted him out to the spot where Swearingen indicated his dead wife was buried, more than four days after her death.
"He told us he buried her in a cemetery, and he took us out to a cemetery off of (Farm-to-Market) 2484," Duskie said. "He pointed out the grave he buried her in. It didn't look like someone had just dug it up. There was a little mound in it. There was no grass on top of it. It was just dirt and sandy."
Detective Karl Ortiz with KPD was at the site during the excavation process, which lasted more than seven hours. He identified photos taken at the scene during the excavation as well, which showed the gradual uncovering of the decaying body, buried in a 30-year-old grave.
"We found pieces of bark, leaves, what could be human hair, as we dug up the body," Ortiz testified.
In Swearingen's statement, he talked about burying the body, and telling his mother of his acts in the days before the burial.
"I went to lunch with mom and I told her I had killed her," Swearingen said in his statement, going on to describe the burial. "I had a red-handled flat-tip shovel along with her party clothes inside the trunk ... I drove past Live Oaks Cemetery (and decided then to bury her). I dug all the way down to the casket that was already in there, then I put her in it and filled it in."
Dr. Tracy Dyer from the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office was the state's last witness to testify before the jury began deliberations.
She said the body of Stephanie Swearingen had deteriorated to such a degree that a cause of death could not be determined. But it was clear to her that Stephanie Swearingen was the victim of a homicide.
Swearingen faces five to 99 years in prison for first-degree murder. White said he will be attempting to drop that to second-degree murder in the punishment phase, arguing that Swearingen's acts were a crime of passion. That carries a range of punishment from two to 20 years in prison.
WOW!
What a sick fucker. I have to admit though, burying someone in an already occupied grave is pretty crafty..although, you'd think he would've picked a grave that wasn't 30 years old. He probably could've gotten away with it if he'd picked a fresh grave and not told. This totally makes the list of one of the weirdest stories I've read here. I think his mother should be brought up on charges, too.
Rest in peace, Stephanie. I hope your baby girl isn't scarred forever by this. :\
I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for someone I am not.
I agree it was pretty clever to bury her on top of a grave..but yeah a new one might have worked a bit better. I feel the worst for the little girl. :(
I just have to say daaaaaaaaaamn. I read this one yesterday and didn't have time to comment. Became kind of a battleground with the gossipy chick and Stephanie's friends. I was a little put off by the insinuation that people felt bad for him. This struck a little too close to home and it rubbed me the wrong way.
Suzanne Knight (21) brutally raped and devoured 3 toddlers while on a meth binge before hanging herself Marky69: If those toddlers didnt want to be eaten then they shouldnt of looked so god damned delicious. RIP Suzanne
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I agree it was pretty clever to bury her on top of a grave..but yeah a new one might have worked a bit better. I feel the worst for the little girl. :(
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I always feel horrible for the children put in situations like this. He said he didn't check to see if the baby was in the room before he strangled her mother? Geez. One can only hope she didn't witness that, even if she was only two. Things like that mentally scar children, even if they can't remember it.
I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for someone I am not.
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