Current Events > Another Texas inmate put to death last night.

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https://www.click2houston.com/news/texas/2021/07/01/texas-inmate-executed-for-killing-wife-father-in-law/

He said he was sorry for killing his family. Jesus what more do you want...

"A Texas inmate was executed Wednesday evening for an attack that killed his pregnant wife, 5-year-old daughter and father-in-law more than a decade ago.
John Hummel received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the December 2009 killings.

Authorities say Hummel stabbed his wife, Joy Hummel, more than 30 times, then used a baseball bat to beat to death his daughter, Jodi Hummel, and his 57-year-old father-in-law, Clyde Bedford, who used a wheelchair. He then set their home on fire in Kennedale, a Fort Worth suburb.

Hummel, strapped to the death chamber gurney, said a brief prayer that ended with him saying he would be with Jesus when I wake.

I truly regret killing my family, he said, then thanked friends for their prayers and support.

I love each and every one of you," he added.
As the lethal dose of the sedative pentobarbital began to take effect, he took a half-dozen breaths, then began snoring quietly. About a minute later, all movement stopped, although his eyes didn't completely close. He was pronounced dead at 6:49 p.m. CDT, 13 minutes later.

It was too easy, Cecil Bedford, whose brother was among those killed, said after watching Hummel die. It was like going to sleep. He said a punishment more severe would be more appropriate. A rope, a guillotine, a firing squad. There's all kinds of good stuff to kill people. They should get what they deserve. An eye for an eye. I'm sorry. I'm old school.

Prosecutors say he killed his family because he wanted to run off with a woman he met at a convenience store. After the fire, Hummel fled to Oceanside, California, near San Diego, but was later arrested. Investigators say he confessed to the killings.

Hummel, 45, who had worked as a hospital security guard, was convicted of capital murder for the deaths of his 34-year-old wife and father-in-law. He was not tried for his daughters death.

His attorney, Michael Mowla, did not file any last-minute appeals before his execution, saying all available legal avenues had been exhausted.
Appeals courts rejected Mowlas attempts to stop his execution because Hummel had not been properly assessed on whether he would be a future danger a question Texas juries must answer in death penalty cases. Mowla also unsuccessfully argued the appearance of impropriety as Hummels trial lawyer now works for the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorneys Office, which convicted him.

Hummel had been scheduled to be executed on March 18, 2020, but it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Bedfords sister, Cylinda Bedford, said her family still doesnt understand why Hummel killed his family. She described Joy Hummel, who worked as a massage therapist, as outgoing and bubbly. Jodi had been excited about starting school and Clyde Bedford, who was better known by his nickname Eddie, loved that grandbaby, Cylinda Bedford said."

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Cocytus posted...

It was too easy, Cecil Bedford, whose brother was among those killed, said after watching Hummel die. It was like going to sleep. He said a punishment more severe would be more appropriate. A rope, a guillotine, a firing squad. There's all kinds of good stuff to kill people. They should get what they deserve. An eye for an eye. I'm sorry. I'm old school.

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Cocytus posted...

It was too easy, Cecil Bedford, whose brother was among those killed, said after watching Hummel die. It was like going to sleep. He said a punishment more severe would be more appropriate. A rope, a guillotine, a firing squad. There's all kinds of good stuff to kill people. They should get what they deserve. An eye for an eye. I'm sorry. I'm old school.

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I'm glad he was sorry and I'm glad he regretted what he did, but this man deserved to die

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Cocytus posted...

He said he was sorry for killing his family. Jesus what more do you want...

Well to start with, probably not beating his 5-year-old daughter to death with a baseball bat.

I'm not even pro-death penalty, but don't be fucking absurd.

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"i know i killed my family but im sorry your honor!"

yeah, that will work...

Turbam posted...

arent there also studies that say that the people usually suffer for those 15 minutes? Theyre just paralyzed so you cant see it.

also read Alexis Texas. Lol.

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wait wait wait wait wait. hold on. hold on. wait.

...cecil is a guy's name?

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He beat his 5 year-old daughter to death with a bat

Why not do the same to him? Normal people would have filed for a divorce instead of brutally murdering his family

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12 years of tax money just to retire this piece of shit from this plane of existence

The old school way was better

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Cocytus posted...

It was too easy, Cecil Bedford, whose brother was among those killed, said after watching Hummel die. It was like going to sleep. He said a punishment more severe would be more appropriate. A rope, a guillotine, a firing squad. There's all kinds of good stuff to kill people. They should get what they deserve. An eye for an eye. I'm sorry. I'm old school.

Ah, so not justice, but revenge.

Northlane posted...

12 years of tax money just to retire this piece of shit from this plane of existence

The old school way was better

Yes, the days when you could string up cattle rustlers and freely lynch people without due process. Surely that has never been abused.

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I'm not exactly for the death penalty I'm not going to be upset this piece of shit was executed.

And yeah, it's a little fucked up, but a family member of a victim is going to be upset over something like that and would want to lash out so to speak.

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Tbqh I'd rather he spend more than 10 years regretting the horrible stuff he did, but death penalty is what they gave him so that's what he got

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Choco posted...

wait wait wait wait wait. hold on. hold on. wait.

...cecil is a guy's name?

Never played Final Fantasy 4?

Cocytus posted...

It was too easy, Cecil Bedford, whose brother was among those killed, said after watching Hummel die. It was like going to sleep. He said a punishment more severe would be more appropriate. A rope, a guillotine, a firing squad. There's all kinds of good stuff to kill people. They should get what they deserve. An eye for an eye. I'm sorry. I'm old school.

Ehhhhh, death is death. No need to drag it out.

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That won't be Jesus he will be seeing in the afterlife.

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Cocytus posted...

He said he was sorry for killing his family. Jesus what more do you want...

His blood on Texans hands

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Conflict posted...

Stabbed his pregnant wife and brutally beat his child and disabled father in-law. And then set his home on fire. Yeah I'm not exactly gonna shed tears for this man dying.

All over a woman! Like wtf man

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Choco posted...

cecil is a guy's name?

yes; off the top of my head, cecil rhodes

i believe cecile/cecille is the feminine spelling of the name

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stabbed wife and bludgeoned his daughter and father in law to deatht so he could be with another woman he met at a convenience store? fuck that guy. he could have left and never came back.


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This topic is bait

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bnui_ransder posted...

He beat his 5 year-old daughter to death with a bat

that alone i can see the reasoning why cecil wanted the firing squad obviously for revenge
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DeadBankerDream posted...

Well to start with, probably not beating his 5-year-old daughter to death with a baseball bat.

I'm not even pro-death penalty, but don't be fucking absurd.

I think your sarcasm detector is broken.

It seems so.

*Does the whatever of shame*

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bnui_ransder posted...

Why not do the same to him?

Because, imo, that approach only brings us down to that level of barbarism.

Choco posted...

wait wait wait wait wait. hold on. hold on. wait.

...cecil is a guy's name?

I don't think I've ever in my life heard of a woman with the name Cecil.
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eston posted...

All over a woman! Like wtf man

I know right!

Turbam posted...

TwoDoorPC posted...

Yall are right. He deserved much worse then those. Rope is too racist and not good enough, guilliten is too quick, and so is the firing squad. Dude deserved to be blood eagled or that one where you ripped his limbs off with ropes by tightening them. Fuck this piece of shit.

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Cocytus posted...

Because, imo, that approach only brings us down to that level of barbarism.

Some times an eye for an eye is justified.

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dr_strangelove posted...

"He was not tried for his daughters death." huh?

I think they hold off on that in case the guy found a loophole or something that would get him liberated from the first prosecution, then they would be able to nail him on the daughter.

yutterh posted...

Yall are right. He deserved much worse then those. Rope is too racist and not good enough, guilliten is too quick, and so is the firing squad. Dude deserved to be blood eagled or that one where you ripped his limbs off with ropes by tightening them. Fuck this piece of shit.

Take some deep breaths, calm down, and think about what possible benefit to society there would be in satisfying your demented bloodlust.
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yutterh posted...

that one where you ripped his limbs off with ropes by tightening them

dismemberment.
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kingdrake2 posted...

dismemberment.

Drawn and quartered I think it's known as too.

don't mess with texas

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I'm not gonna shed any tears over this dude not being part of the world anymore but the death penalty is always wrong and exist just to satiate some primal bloodlust. I get it with the brother of the victim, I'd probably want the guy brutalized too if I were in his shoes, but a lot of the other post in this topic pretty much reinforce the idea that nothing about capital punishment is based in justice or making the world safer. It is entirely about catharsis and bloodlust.

The world is the exact same as it was when he was alive yesterday. It isn't safer. No victims are restored. The only difference is that a lot of time and money went into executing this man and the world sees no actual benefit.

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I mean, I get saying this man deserved the death penalty.

But fantasizing about all the ways he should have been tortured prior to death is....ehhhhh

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dr_strangelove posted...

"Hummels attorney also argued that his client suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and other issues related to his military service that caused him to snap one night"

was he mentally ill?
should the mentally ill be executed?

Eh, that almost never flies around here. Some people make the argument that almost any murder is done from insanity, but, ya know...

Some psychos in this topic deffo need to be on a watchlist

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Abolish the death penalty, and seek life imprisonment for former state executioners.

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Compsognathus posted...

I'm not gonna shed any tears over this dude not being part of the world anymore but the death penalty is always wrong and exist just to satiate some primal bloodlust. I get it with the brother of the victim, I'd probably want the guy brutalized too if I were in his shoes, but a lot of the other post in this topic pretty much reinforce the idea that nothing about capital punishment is based in justice or making the world safer. It is entirely about catharsis and bloodlust.

The world is the exact same as it was when he was alive yesterday. It isn't safer. No victims are restored. The only difference is that a lot of time and money went into executing this man and the world sees no actual benefit.

More time/money would go into keeping him incarcerated for decades.

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WashYourHands posted...

More time/money would go into keeping him incarcerated for decades.

Except that absolutely is not how it ends up working. The cost to execute someone is much higher than life in prison. And they aren't cost that you can really reduce either without causing more innocent people to be wrongfully executed.

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Awesome news! My weekend is off to a GREAT start.

Solution_45 posted...

Awesome news! My weekend is off to a GREAT start.

o__O

For people like him, they need to just crucify them in the hot sun. Let them meet Jesus the same way he went out.

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Fair, next

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