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January 7, 2008
Posted: 02:22 PM ET

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So, the Supreme Court has heard arguments on whether the use of injected poison to carry out the death penalty is unconstitutional. But this case isn’t about capital punishment per se. This is about how we do it, if we’re going to do it at all…

Filed under: Death penalty • Jami Floyd • Last Word


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Lynn   January 7th, 2008 9:43 pm ET

Jamie,

When I can, I always listen to your last word.

I will be watching the wire this Sunday night. I didn’t even know the show existed. I mostly watch TV CourtTV.

Do you have a website that gives archieves of your Last Word? If so please let me know so I can look up what you had to say on the days I can’t watch.

Thanks,

Lynn

Paco   January 7th, 2008 10:46 pm ET

Jami Floyd… as usual, I completely agree with you. I am against the death penalty because I believe that we are better than that. I believe no civilized society should have the death penalty. I believe that lethal injection is cruel and unusual. Its unconstitutional. I hope the Supreme Court ends the death penalty once and for all and resets the punishment back to life in prison without parole.

Unreal   January 8th, 2008 6:04 am ET

Give me a break. Who cares if someone that is a murderer gets a painful death?? I am sick of a system that is so worried about the criminal and doesn’t worry about the victims. If it were up to me, the person would die in the same manner as thier victims. At the very least, bring back public hangings and firing squads. Why should the taxpayers pay for these monsters to take up space?? Our justice system is broken when it is geared more towards criminals’ rights.

ron scannell   January 8th, 2008 9:24 am ET

I am in favor of the death penalty and here’s why: If some one steals yourcar; you can get another car..if someone steals your money; you can get more money, but if someone steals your life, that cannot be replaced. And requires a punishment that fits the crime.

Joan   January 8th, 2008 9:44 am ET

I feel that the crimes commited by these perps are cruel and they do not deserve to live in this world. The only thing that makes me against the Death Penalty is the time it takes to inforce it and the money spent on known guilty perps.

I would like to see less deals worked out that allows a serial killer to get less of a sentence and escape the Death Penalty while another gets the DP for a less violent crime. If lethal injection is too cruel then go back to the electric chair or hanging.

If life in prison was worse then death then why all the appeals against death in favor of life. There were no appeals given to the victims. The victims did not want to die either.

The above is just my opinion.

Wife&Mom   January 13th, 2008 4:32 am ET

When these monsters viciously take another’s life then there shouldn’t even be questions of weather they feel pain or not when being put to death for their heinous acts upon humanity.

“If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the murderers.”
– Alphonse Karr (1808-1890)

Don   January 17th, 2008 1:04 pm ET

Jamie Floyd is a champion in my mind. not afraid to tell America how it is you go girl.get over it America…

evelyn   April 18th, 2008 10:59 am ET

Thank God for justice finally being done for Cynthia . What part of “reasonable doubt” do juries not seem to understand? Now, on to Melanie McGuire!

Kathy Youngs   September 4th, 2008 8:57 pm ET

Hi Jami:
I am a died in the wool Republican. I saw you on O’Reilly Factor on Fox News tonight, 9/4/08 and thought you were so honest and upfront without adding political spin. You were fair in comments to Governor Palin and I wanted to let you know that I really respect you for being fair in your analysis and opinion. I didn’t know how to e-mail you, so I’m hoping you get this. I wish more people could look at things like you do. Thanks for being fair………..

julie   September 10th, 2008 11:21 am ET

Ms Floyd:
Im just curious where the “stolen ” momorilibilia came from in the first place. It did end up in others hands, but was it sold or stolen from the estate of Nichole Brown Simpson during the incident at Rockingham? In the second premise ,shouldn’t the items have been reported stolen investigated and or returned to the true owner?

jackie o'malley   September 17th, 2008 1:20 pm ET

Jamie, I love to listen to you when you are covering the court trials. However, I would really appreciate it if you would keep your personal comments to yourself about the OJ trial. Once the guns appeared, the whole thing chanaged, and there is no way this case could have (or should have) been dropped.

Sherry   October 3rd, 2008 12:02 pm ET

Jamie,
You annoy me. I have been a victim of robberies. I called the police. I did not recover any of the stolen items. BUT I did not ask my friends to go help me get it back. OJ did something he should have not have done & in my opinion it was illegal. His loss was no different than mine, if I took a half dozen of big guys to recover my ’stuff’ it would be illegal.

Maria   October 6th, 2008 11:44 am ET

God help us all if this is justice from judges, prosecuters and jurers jurers that happened in the OJ case

Maria   October 6th, 2008 12:04 pm ET

I want to add to the O. J. Simpson verdict a white Judge, 2 white procecuters an all whit deliberating jury and 2 black defendends. The story of American Justice through the decades as we al know it. By the way I am white but this makes me sick

eldon janssen   October 6th, 2008 12:52 pm ET

Whats sad about our flawed court system is that IT did take an all white jury to fix what an all black jury did, obviously on racial bias, 14 years ago for a man that was with no doubt guilty. The verdict finally wiped that smerk off his face as i hopt the sentence does too

Susan   October 6th, 2008 4:09 pm ET

Hi Jamie,

My mom has been watching for a long time now; she said you always say “The System Works”; well the system worked in regards to Simpson! My mom says “Get Over It”!

Susan

Donna   October 28th, 2008 10:16 am ET

Jamie

I am so disappointed that the Tyler Edmonds trial, is not on live today. I read that In Session is there so why no live coverage?

Millie Fisser   November 7th, 2008 4:06 pm ET

Dear Jamie,

I loved your today’s “last word”, November 7, 2008. I am an in-between person as you called me and I have always said, “look beyond any person”. I have and am still working with hearing-impaired children and some that had more than one handicap.
You are right, we need to love one another. Thanks to this motto I go by, I have always managed to be a happy person, also trying to make others happy no matter who they are. It does not always work, but the attempt remains and thanks again so much for your “last word” today, I agree wholeheartedly!!!!! You are also beautiful, your eyes and hair!!!!!

Melanie   November 13th, 2008 1:48 am ET

Question why did you guys not update on Eric Mclean’s sentence? Also Why was Tyler Edmonds re-trial not covered? Id like to see more updates on sentencing of previous cases I had to google Eric Mclean to find out his sentence. I was dissapointed that no updates were given.

Dave Gilliat   November 14th, 2008 11:38 am ET

First of all I am white and was raised in with no racial prejudice. What I am seeing in this case is a white woman saying to herself, that no black woman is going to crowd in front of me and she intentionally elbowed the black lady. She started the altercation and simply lost. If the white woman got hurt, it was her own doing.

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