GUILTY FL - Cherish Perrywinkle, 8, Jacksonville, 21 June 2013 #5 *GRAPHIC CONTENT*

[YESorNO]

anne schindler@schindy
3m3 minutes ago

This is what jurors are plowing through right now. All 6 questions must be discussed and voted on. And even if they believe he is guilty of all aggravators, they can still vote for mercy, not death, on the final section. @FCN2go #DonaldSmith

 

[YESorNO]

Ken Amaro@kangel6
2m2 minutes ago

Retired JSO Charlie Wilkie arrested Donald Smith for the death of Cherish Perrywinkle. Wilkie says Smith deserves the death penalty @FCN2go #imtellingken #OnYourSide #DonaldSmith

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[TTF14]

DNA wasn't available at that time. I really thought he was guilty but prosecution did not prove the case. Too much reasonable doubt. What made this one so difficult is that later on, this was a cold case and evidence was uncovered using DNA testing that proved him guilty.

OH wow, that's tough . I'm sure you all did your best!

 

[TTF14]

anne schindler@schindy
3m3 minutes ago

This is what jurors are plowing through right now. All 6 questions must be discussed and voted on. And even if they believe he is guilty of all aggravators, they can still vote for mercy, not death, on the final section. @FCN2go #DonaldSmith

Thank you.

Who is responsible for tallying all of the results?

 

[YESorNO]

I'm not a fan of the death penalty for a number of reasons. But in this case, I have a feeling the jury might go for it if the mitigating factors are weaker than the aggravating factors.

I'm sure this jury, which convicted him in 15 minutes (he was so obviously guilty), will take a much longer time to consider the death penalty.

They will go through those factors and I can imagine the discussion will be difficult.

Will his brain issues hold sway. If he used that many drugs, how much of the damage did he do to himself? Then, compare his self-destructive behavior to what he did to Cherish. Which weighs more? (That's a no-brainer for me.)

I'm not a fan either, but I think the jurors will come back with the DP- Aggravators outweighing the mitigators- and I will accept that.

I could never be a DP juror- they wouldn't pick me anyway...:facepalm:
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[Blef]

Thank you.

Who is responsible for tallying all of the results?

I would imagine the foreman

 

[YESorNO]

Thank you.

Who is responsible for tallying all of the results?

The foreman, I guess?

 

[Hraefn]

anne schindler@schindy
3m3 minutes ago

This is what jurors are plowing through right now. All 6 questions must be discussed and voted on. And even if they believe he is guilty of all aggravators, they can still vote for mercy, not death, on the final section. @FCN2go #DonaldSmith

The elements of DS's life that number from "A - PPP" must all be voted on and tallied, that alone will take time to complete.

 

[blue22]

I don't know how I stand on the death penalty from a moral standpoint. I'm just being really honest. Most of me disagrees with it. I also think it's a colossal waste of money and resources. In no case have I actually wanted the death penalty. To me, there is no difference. If they are in jail forever without a chance to leave, I am satisfied they are where society needs them to be. I certainly don't advocate for the death penalty. This case, that little girl...I actually want the death penalty. I just want him to have the worst. I want society to be able to say, we gave him the worst penalty we can. He is not worth mercy, he is only worth death. Perhaps, this is something deep within myself I need to reconcile...but it's where I'm at.

I support whatever verdict they come to. I can't imagine going through this evidence the way they have.

 

[CarolinaMoon]

Blue, you're where I'm at.

 

[YESorNO]

i don't know how i stand on the death penalty from a moral standpoint. I'm just being really honest. Most of me disagrees with it. I also think it's a colossal waste of money and resources. In no case have i actually wanted the death penalty. To me, there is no difference. If they are in jail forever without a chance to leave, i am satisfied they are where society needs them to be. I certainly don't advocate for the death penalty. This case, that little girl...i actually want the death penalty. I just want him to have the worst. I want society to be able to say, we gave him the worst penalty we can. He is not worth mercy, he is only worth death. perhaps, this is something deep within myself i need to reconcile...but it's where i'm at.

I support whatever verdict they come to. I can't imagine going through this evidence the way they have.

BBM..:therethere:

 

[Blef]

I don't know how I stand on the death penalty from a moral standpoint. I'm just being really honest. Most of me disagrees with it. I also think it's a colossal waste of money and resources. In no case have I actually wanted the death penalty. To me, there is no difference. If they are in jail forever without a chance to leave, I am satisfied they are where society needs them to be. I certainly don't advocate for the death penalty. This case, that little girl...I actually want the death penalty. I just want him to have the worst. I want society to be able to say, we gave him the worst penalty we can. He is not worth mercy, he is only worth death. Perhaps, this is something deep within myself I need to reconcile...but it's where I'm at.

I support whatever verdict they come to. I can't imagine going through this evidence the way they have.

You summed up my feelings

 

[Bravo]

I have a 4 p.m. dental cleaning today. If I am not here at verdict I will be in spirit. Prayers for the Jurors and of course little Cherish

 

[Kakidoll]

I have NO problem with the moral issue of the death penalty, my problem with it is that the person then seems to have MORE rights as a prisoner. They get more attention, more pro bono work done for appeals, more visitors from 'death row' groups, and IMO treated as a 'special' prisoner. If they followed thru and death was in 3 years or less... I"M ALL FOR IT. If its going to take 20 years, or never, i want them to suffer as much as possible in prison. Make it HARD. Not laying in a cell, watching TV, reading books, writing to groupies etc. HARD LABOR.

 

[lonetraveler]

I don't know how I stand on the death penalty from a moral standpoint. I'm just being really honest. Most of me disagrees with it. I also think it's a colossal waste of money and resources. In no case have I actually wanted the death penalty. To me, there is no difference. If they are in jail forever without a chance to leave, I am satisfied they are where society needs them to be. I certainly don't advocate for the death penalty. This case, that little girl...I actually want the death penalty. I just want him to have the worst. I want society to be able to say, we gave him the worst penalty we can. He is not worth mercy, he is only worth death. Perhaps, this is something deep within myself I need to reconcile...but it's where I'm at.

I support whatever verdict they come to. I can't imagine going through this evidence the way they have.

Personally, I would not have a problem at all with giving this man the death sentence. If this case doesn't constitute the death penalty, then Florida just needs to stop being a death penalty state.

 

[YESorNO]

I don't see where DS's age has anything to do with this mitigation...it's not like he was just a very young child and his brain wasn't mature. I guess the defense needed to put every little thing in the mitigation.

 

[MissUnderstood]

I find myself chanting DP DP in my head!!! I’m waiting, holding my breath hoping I never have to share air with this ever again!!!! Moo


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[TTF14]

Personally, I would not have a problem at all with giving this man the death sentence. If this case doesn't constitute the death penalty, then Florida just needs to stop being a death penalty state.

Yes, I agree. It's pretty cut and dry to me. This man does not deserve mercy, this man deserves death, as a previous poster said. The punishment fits the crime.

 

[YESorNO]

I have NO problem with the moral issue of the death penalty, my problem with it is that the person then seems to have MORE rights as a prisoner. They get more attention, more pro bono work done for appeals, more visitors from 'death row' groups, and IMO treated as a 'special' prisoner. If they followed thru and death was in 3 years or less... I"M ALL FOR IT. If its going to take 20 years, or never, i want them to suffer as much as possible in prison. Make it HARD. Not laying in a cell, watching TV, reading books, writing to groupies etc. HARD LABOR.

BBM...In other words, Alcatraz should be opened again- or chain gangs maybe- I'm for that, but others will scream that that's inhuman. :sigh:

(do they still have chain gangs???)

 

[Jax49]

http://www.dc.state.fl.us/oth/deathrow/#Routine

A Death Row cell is 6 x 9 x 9.5 feet high. Florida State Prison also has Death Watch cells to incarcerate inmates awaiting execution after the Governor signs a death warrant for them. A Death Watch cell is 12 x 7 x 8.5 feet high.

Death Row inmates are served meals three times a day: at 5:00 am, from 10:30 am to 11:00 am and from 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm. Food is prepared by prison staff and transported in insulated carts to the cells. Inmates are given sporks with their meals and they eat from the provided tray. Prior to execution, an inmate may request a last meal. To avoid extravagance, the food to prepare the last meal must cost no more than $40 and must be purchased locally.

Death Row inmates are counted at least once an hour. They are escorted in handcuffs and wear them everywhere except in their cells, the exercise yard and the shower. They are in their cells at all times except for medical reasons, exercise, social or legal visits or media interviews.

Inmates may receive mail every day except holidays and weekends. They may have snacks, radios and 13" televisions in their cells. They do not have cable television or air-conditioning and they are not allowed to be with each other in a common room. They can watch church services on closed circuit television. While on Death Watch, inmates may have radios and televisions positioned outside their cell bars.

bbm - sounds appropriately miserable