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Virginia Woman To Be Executed
Posted by:
juryout
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Date: September 23, 2010 04:00PM
She prayed and everything....
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20100923/US.Woman_s.Execution.Virginia/'
Va. woman, out of options, nears execution
By STEVE SZKOTAK, AP
RICHMOND, Va. — Teresa Lewis knelt in deep prayer with her husband hours before two men she plied with sex and money walked into their mobile home and killed Lewis' husband and stepson while they slept.
The 41-year-old woman, who defense attorneys say is borderline mentally disabled, inspired other inmates by singing Christian hymns in prison. Now she's out of options, about to become the first woman to be executed in the U.S. in five years — a fate that has drawn appeals from the European Union, an indignant rebuke from Iran and the disgust of thousands of people.
Hours before her execution, Lewis was meeting with family, her spiritual adviser and supporters at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, where she is scheduled to die by injection at 9 p.m.
The U.S. Supreme Court and Gov. Bob McDonnell have refused to stop her execution.
Throughout her life, a faith in God has been a seeming constant for Lewis — whether it was the prayer with her husband or her ministry behind bars.
But by her own admission, Lewis' life has been marked by outrageous bouts of sex and betrayal even as she hewed the trappings of Christianity.
AP: High Court Paves Way for Woman's Execution
"I was doing drugs, stealing, lying and having several affairs during my marriages," Lewis wrote in a statement that was read at a prison religious service in August. "I went to church every Sunday, Friday and revivals but guess what? I didn't open my Bible at home, only when I was at church."
Her father said she ran off to get married, then later abandoned her children and ran off with her sister's husband. Then she had an affair with her sister's fiance' while at the same time having an affair with another man.
Lewis' life took a deadly turn after she married Julian Clifton Lewis Jr., whom she met at a Danville textile factory in 2000. Two years later, Julian Lewis' son Charles entered the U.S. Army Reserve. When he was called for active duty he obtained a $250,000 life insurance policy, naming his father the beneficiary and providing temptation for Teresa Lewis.
Both men would have to die for Lewis to receive the insurance payout.
She met the two men who ultimately killed Julian Lewis and his son at a Walmart. Lewis began an affair with Matthew Shallenberger and later had sex with the other triggerman, Rodney Fuller. She also arranged sex with Fuller and her daughter, who was 16, in a parking lot.
On the night before Halloween in 2002, after she prayed with her husband, Lewis got out of bed, unlocked the door and put the couple's pit bull in a bedroom so the animal wouldn't interfere with the killings that were to come.
Shallenberger and Fuller came in and shot both men several times with the shotguns Lewis had bought for them.
Even now, when she talks about that night, she casts her actions as a deeply felt spiritual tug-of-war — which she lost.
"Well the night of my crime I had Jesus telling me not to let this happen and then the Devil telling me do it," she wrote in the prison testimonial.
Despite the sins she fully acknowledged, Lewis' execution has stirred an unusual outcry — more than 7,300 appeals to the governor — in a state that is second only to Texas in the number of people it executes.
Some question how a woman with a feeble intelligence could manipulate and orchestrate the killings, and why the killers would receive life terms. Lewis confessed, hoping a judge would show her mercy.
Others are repulsed by Virginia's killing of a woman — the first since 1912.
Regardless, Lewis has no hope of escaping the death penalty now. Instead, she has pinned her hope on redemption.
A website dedicated to her plight has testimonials from former chaplains, volunteers and prisoners detailing how Lewis comforted and inspired the other women on the wing with hymns or country gospel tunes and her words.
The site features Lewis singing her favorite: "I Need a Miracle."
"She has never said 'I didn't do this, I don't deserve the death penalty,'" said the Rev. Lynn Litchfield, who met Lewis the day she arrived at prison. "She said 'I did it and I wish I hadn't.'"
Kathy Clifton, Julian Lewis' daughter — who is to witness the execution — said she believes in redemption.
Whether her stepmother will find it, "I can't say one way or the other with her."
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20100923/US.Woman_s.Execution.Virginia/'
Va. woman, out of options, nears execution
By STEVE SZKOTAK, AP
RICHMOND, Va. — Teresa Lewis knelt in deep prayer with her husband hours before two men she plied with sex and money walked into their mobile home and killed Lewis' husband and stepson while they slept.
The 41-year-old woman, who defense attorneys say is borderline mentally disabled, inspired other inmates by singing Christian hymns in prison. Now she's out of options, about to become the first woman to be executed in the U.S. in five years — a fate that has drawn appeals from the European Union, an indignant rebuke from Iran and the disgust of thousands of people.
Hours before her execution, Lewis was meeting with family, her spiritual adviser and supporters at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, where she is scheduled to die by injection at 9 p.m.
The U.S. Supreme Court and Gov. Bob McDonnell have refused to stop her execution.
Throughout her life, a faith in God has been a seeming constant for Lewis — whether it was the prayer with her husband or her ministry behind bars.
But by her own admission, Lewis' life has been marked by outrageous bouts of sex and betrayal even as she hewed the trappings of Christianity.
AP: High Court Paves Way for Woman's Execution
"I was doing drugs, stealing, lying and having several affairs during my marriages," Lewis wrote in a statement that was read at a prison religious service in August. "I went to church every Sunday, Friday and revivals but guess what? I didn't open my Bible at home, only when I was at church."
Her father said she ran off to get married, then later abandoned her children and ran off with her sister's husband. Then she had an affair with her sister's fiance' while at the same time having an affair with another man.
Lewis' life took a deadly turn after she married Julian Clifton Lewis Jr., whom she met at a Danville textile factory in 2000. Two years later, Julian Lewis' son Charles entered the U.S. Army Reserve. When he was called for active duty he obtained a $250,000 life insurance policy, naming his father the beneficiary and providing temptation for Teresa Lewis.
Both men would have to die for Lewis to receive the insurance payout.
She met the two men who ultimately killed Julian Lewis and his son at a Walmart. Lewis began an affair with Matthew Shallenberger and later had sex with the other triggerman, Rodney Fuller. She also arranged sex with Fuller and her daughter, who was 16, in a parking lot.
On the night before Halloween in 2002, after she prayed with her husband, Lewis got out of bed, unlocked the door and put the couple's pit bull in a bedroom so the animal wouldn't interfere with the killings that were to come.
Shallenberger and Fuller came in and shot both men several times with the shotguns Lewis had bought for them.
Even now, when she talks about that night, she casts her actions as a deeply felt spiritual tug-of-war — which she lost.
"Well the night of my crime I had Jesus telling me not to let this happen and then the Devil telling me do it," she wrote in the prison testimonial.
Despite the sins she fully acknowledged, Lewis' execution has stirred an unusual outcry — more than 7,300 appeals to the governor — in a state that is second only to Texas in the number of people it executes.
Some question how a woman with a feeble intelligence could manipulate and orchestrate the killings, and why the killers would receive life terms. Lewis confessed, hoping a judge would show her mercy.
Others are repulsed by Virginia's killing of a woman — the first since 1912.
Regardless, Lewis has no hope of escaping the death penalty now. Instead, she has pinned her hope on redemption.
A website dedicated to her plight has testimonials from former chaplains, volunteers and prisoners detailing how Lewis comforted and inspired the other women on the wing with hymns or country gospel tunes and her words.
The site features Lewis singing her favorite: "I Need a Miracle."
"She has never said 'I didn't do this, I don't deserve the death penalty,'" said the Rev. Lynn Litchfield, who met Lewis the day she arrived at prison. "She said 'I did it and I wish I hadn't.'"
Kathy Clifton, Julian Lewis' daughter — who is to witness the execution — said she believes in redemption.
Whether her stepmother will find it, "I can't say one way or the other with her."
Re: Virginia Woman To Be Executed
Posted by:
Gonads & Strife
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Date: September 23, 2010 04:03PM
Thanks for being the very first person to pick up on this story and post it.
jackass
jackass
Re: Virginia Woman To Be Executed
Posted by:
Numbers
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Date: September 23, 2010 04:09PM
How could any guy be "plied" by sex from her? Who are these people?
Re: Virginia Woman To Be Executed
Posted by:
ITRADE
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Date: September 23, 2010 04:14PM
Sounds like she was well above "mental retardation."
Another excuse for acting badly.
Another excuse for acting badly.
Re: Virginia Woman To Be Executed
Posted by:
Gonads & Strife
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Date: September 23, 2010 04:16PM
Numbers Wrote:
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> How could any guy be "plied" by sex from her? Who
> are these people?
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> How could any guy be "plied" by sex from her? Who
> are these people?
Re: Virginia Woman To Be Executed
Posted by:
itchy
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Date: September 23, 2010 04:24PM
look at the bright side, part of her gene pool ends here
Re: Virginia Woman To Be Executed
Posted by:
WashingTone-Locian
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Date: September 23, 2010 04:46PM
Pray for Spunky.
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Re: Virginia Woman To Be Executed
Posted by:
MrMephisto
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Date: September 23, 2010 04:53PM
Where's Scofield when you need him?
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Re: Virginia Woman To Be Executed
Posted by:
Highlander
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Date: September 23, 2010 05:05PM
juryout Wrote:
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> Others are repulsed by Virginia's killing of a
> woman — the first since 1912.
But are they repulsed by her giving up the poontang to have her husband and stepson blown away?
Fucking tards....
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/23/2010 05:05PM by Highlander.
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> Others are repulsed by Virginia's killing of a
> woman — the first since 1912.
But are they repulsed by her giving up the poontang to have her husband and stepson blown away?
Fucking tards....
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/23/2010 05:05PM by Highlander.
Re: Virginia Woman To Be Executed
Posted by:
wow123
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Date: September 23, 2010 07:46PM
She certainly looks wayyy older than 41 !
Re: Virginia Woman To Be Executed
Posted by:
Troll@AOL
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Date: September 23, 2010 10:35PM
She certainly looks way uglier than old.
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Re: Virginia Woman To Be Executed
Posted by:
ThePackLeader
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Date: September 23, 2010 10:57PM
I can't believe the idiots who defend this "woman", or rather, "thing". She deserves what she's about to get. Hell, if you had simply put her up on my roof yesterday, we could've gladly settled this entire issue already.
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"And if any women or children get their legs torn off, or faces caved in, well, it's tough shit for them." -2LT. Bert Stiles, 505th, 339th (On Berlin Bombardier Mission, 1944).
Re: Virginia Woman To Be Executed
Posted by:
Johnny Walker
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Date: September 23, 2010 11:29PM
ThePackLeader Wrote:
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She deserves what
> she's about to get.
You mean "got."
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She deserves what
> she's about to get.
You mean "got."
Re: Virginia Woman To Be Executed
Posted by:
ThePackLeader
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Date: September 24, 2010 12:46AM
Johnny Walker Wrote:
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> ThePackLeader Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> She deserves what
> > she's about to get.
>
>
> You mean "got."
Oooooh, so it's done. PBUH.
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"And if any women or children get their legs torn off, or faces caved in, well, it's tough shit for them." -2LT. Bert Stiles, 505th, 339th (On Berlin Bombardier Mission, 1944).
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> ThePackLeader Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> She deserves what
> > she's about to get.
>
>
> You mean "got."
Oooooh, so it's done. PBUH.
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"And if any women or children get their legs torn off, or faces caved in, well, it's tough shit for them." -2LT. Bert Stiles, 505th, 339th (On Berlin Bombardier Mission, 1944).
Re: Virginia Woman To Be Executed
Posted by:
Gravis
()
Date: September 24, 2010 05:19AM
MrMephisto Wrote:
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> Where's Scofield when you need him?
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
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> Where's Scofield when you need him?
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."