Just miles away from death row in Arkansas, Genie Boren waits for the scheduled execution date of her husband’s killer, Kenneth Williams. Williams is one of the previously eight scheduled executions in a 10 day span in Arkansas.
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Death Penalty Countdown: One Family Waits For Execution Day In Arkansas | NBC News
The south is so backwards
I’m absolutely for the death penalty but one of the reasons why they draw these appeals out is because crooked prosecutors like KAMALA HARRIS railroad innocent people into prisons (as she actually did). Think about that before you vote Democrat.
AMERICA LOVES DEATH BUT HATES FREEDOM
4:26 – liberal PARASITES!!
Moord voor moord. Is oke
A lethal injection is far too kind. They should be tortured to death.
The pain and the sorrow the family go true is unbelievable Death penalty is the consequences for murdered ,others 😥life is about choice right o wrong,🇺🇸
Why not use the drug they use in the Dignitas Clinic in Switzerland. The person drinks it and they die.
How about before condemning everyone to die people think about the ones been exonerated from prisons and death rows all over after this corrupt system has finally had to admit they was wrong?? It’s easy to judge till it’s you being prosecuted
Maybe because they are making them compete in the kingdom of heaven?
And telling them who they shall be?
End the death penalty?
I don’t think años ain’t going to be executed
So what proof did they have that kenneth killed her husband? Was he just a black man lost walking by the wrong house at the wrong time and got pointed as the killer by the real killer 🤔
He was serving a life sentence for killing a cheerleader, escaped a year later, that’s when he murdered Mr. Boren. He stole his car, drove it to Missouri, crashed it killing another driver, Michael Greenwood, & that’s how they caught him. If you would pay attention instead of assuming the poor black man’s just getting picked on, he admitted to it twice then apologized to the family before the execution. He never denied it.
I don’t support capital punishment
Eye for an eye is more than fair.
Two wrongs don’t make it right. what would Jesus do?…
Now then…would he take an eye for an eye, or turn the other cheek?
He gave his life to Christ……and He has his reward. Most of you, if not all, are under the wrath that is to come. For you’re the ones that the judgment will come swift. God judges the heart friends. Its Blasphemy to say, “What would Jesus Do?” Read his word, and you’ll know that on the day of judgment, he will separate the sheeps from the goats(Matthew 25:31-46)remember, we look outwardly on man…while God looks inwardly.
I’ll take the firing squad
They should have just switched to whatever they used to use in Arkansas before lethal injection became the thing. As far as I know, methods such as firing squad, electric chair, and hanging are still lawful methods in the U.S. Gas chamber likely is too, but that would likely be a very complicated and expensive process to get up and running unlike those others.
FYI, I was several minutes away still from the lady saying pretty much all the above; even the bit about the gas chamber not being practical. Freaky.
EXECUTION IS JUSTIFIED!!!!
What was that family involved in shot and stabbed to death
Sorry but if you willingly take someone’s life and your proven guilty you deserve the death penalty not my tax dollars 💵
a split second , one bad decision can alter your life , generally these ” killers ” have made bad decisions most of their lives .
Why do they wait 17 years to carry the death happen surely it could be done sooner it is more crucial to leave these people so they hope it won’t happen
Whack them…
What a beautiful loving caring and heartbroken family that murderer took away a great husband father grandfather for what! Its unforgivable period
Fire up ol’ sparky boys, it’s time to ride the lightning
furonda from antm. wooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwww
VOUS VOYEZ LES RETOMBEEER!!! CHEH! CHEH! CHEH!
The death penalty is a strong bargaining chip for finding buried bodies from serial killers and many other heinous crimes . We need it now, more than ever .
❤️God Bless ❤️ from India🙏
jesus is the way
Let’s put some fear into the bad guys arena, instead of a long drawn out wait for a death penalty with appeals, taxpayer assistance, attorneys game etc….take something precious away from the criminals, by permanently blinding them…..yep take away their eyes, and then put them on the street or in general population…..give THEM a living nightmare…..see if crime slows down then….they can’t hurt what they can’t see….
hopefully he turned to christ before death
@;,Lord. Prey. for. des guys 🙏🏼🙏🏼😢👿demon. Work.
I don’t agree with the death penalty and you can ask me why anytime cause I’m not dead yet
That’s the devil at work. Some people just cant forgive. I think God should be the only one that should, and could take a live. I dnt believe in the death penalty nor the wrong place at the wrong time. Or coincidence. Things happens for a reason. Or it was just meant to be. When its ur time too go theirs nothing a person can do to stop it..
While other folks talk about how certain people deserve it, I only think about the thousands of innocents that were wrongly executed. The justice system isn’t always accurate. They don’t always have the right guy. Do you believe the execution of 100 people is also worth the execution of 1 innocent?
True. Why they should only execute if 111 per cent positive they have the culprit. Too much controversy and life imprisonment is the best way. But i still believe the murderers should die.
@ClydeJarrod37UK there are story of the innocent being killed how do you explain that to the family you can’t just say opposite and give them money when you wrongfully killed someone
@Evee Lee As i said 111 % certain. Like Bundy.
I’ve been reading the comments. And I must say that this is a very difficult position for the victims family as well as those of the condemned. There have ben cases were innocent people have been put to death as well as known killers getting off. This is the deep south and whether people think it or not the death penalty is used against people of color and poor whites. Its not up to me or anyone else to judge how a family should or shouldn’t feel. There by the grace of God go I 🙏
Why do Americans say shot to death it just doesn`t sound right surely it should be shot and killed?
Can’t help but wonder sometimes how come he didn’t go to church with her on the Sunday morning that Williams escaped, or had help escaping, from prison.
To this very day, I still believe that there was a cover-up pertaining to how Kenneth Williams managed to escape from prison after he was sentenced to life for killing Dominic Hurd, a UAPB cheereader.
I think somebody in the prison either helped him escape, or seriously dropped the ball, and the truth was covered up.
I mean, because if he really did escape through a foodwaste chute in one of the prison kitchens and slid down into a filthy foodwaste sloptank and waited until it was unfastened from the building and taken out to the fields for the animals to consume, shouldn’t there have been cameras that would have videotaped that, or armed guards/ towerguards who should have seen him slide out of the sloptank to the ground and make a mad dash for the highway that was close by???😳😳😳😳
I mean, what did he do??!:
Lay there on the ground underneath hundreds of pounds of filthy, disgusting foodslop and wait about 30 minutes until the sloptank tractor left, and then take off for the highway!!!!???
That doesn’t make SENSE!!!
That makes as much sense as L.A. prosecutors saying that OJ Simpson drove his white Ford Bronco over to his ex-wife’s condominium and killed her, but in spite of the fact that most of his Brentwood California neighbors were very wealthy people who had residential video surveillance security systems, he wasn’t recorded in the Bronco on any video surveillance cameras that night.
An entire family is being executed? 😱
No its not u morron. Dont be stupid
What’s really unfair is all the Dogs and cats and animals automatically sentenced to death in animal shelters cause they don’t get a home. Or can’t go somewhere and be able to retire sports animals to where they can respectfully live out there lives..
Complain to PITA, they put down more animals than any shelter & animal rights group in existence.
U take a life, then your life is taken. Fair enough
La pena di morte è inconcepibile in un mondo cosidetto civile
Does the state have a 3 strike law were you can get the death penalty for any 3rd felony like 3 grand theft charges
Line em up & put em down……en masse ! 💉⚡
Oh shut up you stupid ads
Stupid this stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid ad
Sorry for your loss God bless you
I remember furonda from America’s next top model
These prisoners on death row are caged in a cell 7 x 10 feet – 2 x 3 meter , 23 hours a day . There are documentaries about it on youtube . I’d rather die of a lethal injection . Death is not the worst thing that can happen to you .
Well it doesn’t seem to bother them. All of them desperately still want to live & file every kind of motion & appeal they can.
I can’t understand why lots of people are against the death penalty. If they lose a loved one by these criminals. They would be singing a different tune.
They must go eye for an eye
Yesss👍👍👍👍
FACT THAT THEY GET TO LIVE, YES IT’S BEHIND BAR’S, BUT THEY GET TO VISIT ,LOVED ONE’S, THEY GET TO LEARN TRADES ECT., THEY GET INTER NET,ECT., ECT. AND THE TAX PAYER’S ARE SUPPORTING THEM… IT’S NOT RIGHT,💯💯💯
Being from Europe i have a difference perspective as America is a very violent country and i am a Christian and she might not be but as God said “Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord.
All killers deserved death penalty. Its fair
too late for a cake with a file in it
give em a choice death or replace a lab rat
If is white man who killed black man the white gut she will let him free
The same people that are passionately pro-life when it comes to abortion are the one that support the death penalty…go figure
The same people that vehemently advocate for the dismemberment procedure of an unborn infant are the same people that claim capital punishment is inhumane…. Go figure
We execute babies but adults seem to have a problem
I’m a sucker for a happy ending
If it was a dog you would put it down, these dogs need to be put down. If proven guilty
That was fast.
If you murder someone and are then put to death for that evil dispicable crime, you deserve to die and I believe in the Bible.
I stand by the death penalty 100%. You can’t end someone’s life and think your life just gets to keep going. You do the evil deed you accept the consequence.
I understand that but what happen to the ones that wasn’t guilty and still was put to death how can you explain that to the family. You can’t just say “opposite sorry we killed the wrong one but hey it all good” that state have blood on their hands I all for the death penalty too but with heavy evidence on that person I just saying
@Evee Lee well to be blamed is the judge and the prosecutors, not the law. Law exist to stop people from commiting crimes. If people know they can take away someone’s life without having their life taken away from them many will committing heineous, horrendous crimes.
Abolishing death penalty is so disrespectful towards the murdered.
100% belive in the death penalty. Especially when the crime involves children and infants. They are the most vulnerable and don’t have even half the chance a grown person to escape a predator
Put Ole sparky to use. Roll on one !!!
One thing is justice and another thing is revenge… I see in this Lady a thirst for revenge that even with the blood of the condemned will not be enough to be quenched. For me, the death penalty makes no difference to the victims, because that will not bring them back to life, and I believe that life imprisonment is a greater punishment because they will end their days without seeing the light of the sun and will be buried in a cardboard box without nobody mourns them or remembers them. Greetings from Argentina
……but did they do the crime? This is the punishment
Then use a bullet who cares if they suffer , anyone who would care seek help . The victims got nothing but brutal execution eye for an eye
i dont understand why they get to live just get a bullet and end it. he was guilty he had no rights. did the dead man have any rights.
I’m so sorry for both families 😔🌻
Should be No parol,it’s like killing again
It’s a tragedy for both sides.
Wer 😈😈😈 tut muss die Konsequenzen tragen
ill be om that table one day. i can not wait 🙂.
Why don’t they just give them Fentalyn? It’s quick & painles. Stop torturing people.
Cecil had a beautiful life till the monster came.
The murderer of my ex-wife’s sister was sentenced to death in California back in 1989. He’s been on death row for 33 years. He’s outlived the parents of his victim… not right.
😔🙏✝️🌷🤍🕊️🇦🇺
He deserved it. No sympathy.
They should die a horrible death just like there victims!
All the people that are against the death penalty . . . Maybe the murderer that you’re trying to save will get paroled and get out and come to your house and murder you or your family . . . And let’s see how you feel about it then . !!!!
All these people who want an end to the death penalty. Wouldn’t it be great if holding rallies and signing petitions would put an end to the cold blooded murders committed by deviants?!
Really that s ok thanks
When the poor victim’s wife says after William’s has been executed “at least I won’t have to think about him anymore” at the end I can’t help thinking, like it or not she more than likely will think about it everyday but I do hope she and her family will be able to find peace in their lives.
Death penalty is an age old thing. Why would you want cold blood killers hanging around, or pay for their incarceration. Especially if victim family want it
Didn’t Arkansas have firing squad? What is wrong with that?
Once the sentence of death is imposed. then straight to the chamber. If that too cruel. then just shoot them.. why feed and house them. Call it Express to death. in and done move on.
WE ARE CIVILISED IN AUSTRALIA BUT YOU ARE NOT NO ONE HHAS BEEN KILLED IN AUST IN FIFTY YEARS BUT WE LIVE IN THE BEST COUNTRY ON EARTH
Hi everyone, death penalty it’s good it’s OK because it’s the perfect price you worth it man.
if you’re murder if you’re raper , then you have to suffer the consequences of your crimes.
There’s so much people who doesn’t want feel free……..rather would prefer to be in jail.
The Bible says eye for an eye
I’m all for the end to the BOP carrying out executions. Allow the families do it.
Execute them
Put um all down across the country in 11 days , like the rabid dogs they are .
Szkoda,że przeciwnicy kary śmierci nie poświęcają takiej uwagi ofiarom zbrodni,bo one już nie mogą zabrać głosu.
Banda głupków.
Seven executed murderers is a good start.
Take crime scene pictures to these rallys and see what they think.
Be quiet