Reverend Jean Ernest Darter |
28 years ago on this
day, Reverend Jean Ernest Darter was murdered. Please read more:
CASE:
Simpson
and his pregnant, sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Stephanie Eury, went for a walk
to look for some money. Stephanie went to the front door of 92 year old Reverend
Jean Darter's house and rang the doorbell. She told Reverend Darter she was
hungry, and the Reverend invited them in and gave them milk and a soft drink,
sponge cake and peaches. The next day, Simpson and Eury decided they would go
back to Darter's house after dark to get money. They rang the doorbell, and
when Reverend Darter answered the door, they forced their way inside. Simpson
told Eury to cut the telephone cords, then forced Reverend Darter back to the
bedroom, demanding money. When he said he had no money, Simpson choked him on
the bed. When the Reverend said that if he was killed, he knew he was going to
heaven, Simpson grabbed a belt, put it around his neck, then looped the other
end around the bedpost and tightened it, all the while demanding money. Simpson
called for Eury to come and hold the belt while he went in the kitchen to look
for a weapon. He returned with an empty pop bottle, and beat the Reverend with
it. He then went into the bathroom and got a double-edged razor blade, slicing
the Reverend's arms from the biceps all of the way down the underside of the
forearms to the wrist. Eury gathered a bag of food, a porcelain lamp, a radio,
and boxes of Kleenex. Upon arrest, Simpson made a complete confession, and at
trial pled guilty to first degree murder. The jury returned a death sentence
three times after the first two sentences were reversed on appeal. Eury was
sentenced to life imprisonment. Curtis Faircloth, a grandson of Darter's, who
also watched the execution, said it was very peaceful, orderly and humane.
"And it should be that way," he added.
QUOTE: Curtis
Faircloth, a grandson of Darter's, who also watched the execution, said it was
very peaceful, orderly and humane. "And it should
be that way," he added.
Darter,
a Baptist preacher, would have supported Simpson's sentence, Faircloth said. "Punishment in the Bible is severe and complete,"
he said. "In a Biblical context, what happened
last night is appropriate."
AUTHOR: Curtis Faircloth is the grandson
of Jean Ernest Darter who was murdered by Perrie Dyon Simpson on 27 August
1984. He was executed by lethal injection in North Carolina on 20 January 2006.
COMMENT: When someone murders a religious
leader, the community will be outraged. I thank the justice system for
terminating this evil man who murdered the Reverend who was being nice to them. Matthew Henry, John Calvin, St. Thomas Aquinas, John Murray and Peter Hitchens will definitely
agree with me here.
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