tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post5919941280293210386..comments2024-03-27T07:18:58.033+00:00Comments on Frances Garrood: Letter from Death Row (Texas is executing more prisoners than ever this year)Frances Garroodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-8066831238180577232013-06-13T05:35:38.329+01:002013-06-13T05:35:38.329+01:00what a letter. we warehouse the underclass and for...what a letter. we warehouse the underclass and forget about them. the power structure feeds on them. it's more than sad. it's a crime. thank you for posting. ed pilollahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810299925068571517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-55716542410458132312013-06-06T09:30:10.951+01:002013-06-06T09:30:10.951+01:00When I first read this post I just stared at it fo...When I first read this post I just stared at it foe ages in a sort of dumb sadness. Now that I'm trying to catch up after a month of little time in Blogland I still feel the same. I really find it hard to find any adequate words for the situation.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-3097506227993577002013-05-15T13:52:49.099+01:002013-05-15T13:52:49.099+01:00I really admire you having the courage of your con...I really admire you having the courage of your convictions and getting involved in this, Frances. It's horrific - as you say, an animal would be treated better.Rosemary Gemmellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311840205603508422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-14194006041155615762013-05-15T10:52:34.094+01:002013-05-15T10:52:34.094+01:00A dreadful way to treat people, Frances and worse ...A dreadful way to treat people, Frances and worse that they don't care either way about innocence or guilt. It is a wonderful thing you are doing xTeresa Ashbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350697922935549188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-6651825423003636842013-05-15T09:38:35.898+01:002013-05-15T09:38:35.898+01:00Hi, Wendy. You probably haven't heard me going...Hi, Wendy. You probably haven't heard me going on about this before! But if you - or anyone you know - would like to write to a prisoner, there are more than 200 waiting for pen friends..? It can be very rewarding. The two I've had have amazing spirit and sense of humour, despite their appalling existences.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-38240181885681324252013-05-15T09:36:02.130+01:002013-05-15T09:36:02.130+01:00It's dreadful, Wendy. This treatment of human ...It's dreadful, Wendy. This treatment of human beings is diabolical. As Yvonne says, if you did it to an animal, you'd never get away with it.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-6482698555005945112013-05-15T09:34:10.851+01:002013-05-15T09:34:10.851+01:00Not a heroine, Adrian. Just a woman with a mission...Not a heroine, Adrian. Just a woman with a mission!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-91486458511715968292013-05-15T09:32:54.092+01:002013-05-15T09:32:54.092+01:00Thank you, Yvonne. The big problem is that not eno...Thank you, Yvonne. The big problem is that not enough people know about it (one of the reasons I keep banging on about it). I'm sure I've said thsi before, but Rick Perry. Texas governor, can be seen on video saying he wouldn't lose sleep if innocent men were executed (he of course has the power to prevent each execution). Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-83310921154239460732013-05-14T23:15:39.191+01:002013-05-14T23:15:39.191+01:00I am shocked and horrified. I come from New Zealan...I am shocked and horrified. I come from New Zealand where (to my knowledge) we do not have institutions such as this nor do we have the death sentence - thank god. Just Wendy https://www.blogger.com/profile/05268645629027109282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-47436505990231485812013-05-14T18:55:53.555+01:002013-05-14T18:55:53.555+01:00This is so very sad, Frances.This is so very sad, Frances.Wendy's Writinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960941625432714363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-9764191252610517902013-05-14T15:36:32.849+01:002013-05-14T15:36:32.849+01:00You are a heroine.
We all know that certain factio...You are a heroine.<br />We all know that certain factions of American society are still living in the last century.<br /> I did hope they would grow up. Texas will be the last stronghold of the idiots. Big hats, big cars, big guns and tiny,tiny brains. <br />I also hoped Obama would stop them...he is perhaps right not to, with what I saw of Idaho they would have another civil war.<br />All countries are a little bit daft but when I heard the outcry over the bombings from Boston my feelings were less than charitable. The ex-Irish Bostonites feeding the coffers of the IRA getting blown up did my heart good...Shame on me. Double shame for lumping all Bostonians in the same pot... I quite like Boston except for them tipping our tea in the harbour and not being able to finish with road works. ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.com