Comments on: Whatâ€™s Wrong with the Texas Death Row Appeals Process

By: Metroblogging Austin: Execution To Take Place Next Week

Metroblogging Austin: Execution To Take Place Next Week — Fri, 04 May 2007 03:45:58 +0000

[...] But according to Divisadero, Gary didn’t have the fairest trial. Conversely, Robbie from Urban Grounds thinks that it’s taken too long for Gary’s execution to happen. Sterling will be the 11th inmate to be executed in Texas, which leads the nation in executions, this year. The next Texan on deck is Robert Shields, who will be executed on August 23rd. Categories: none Add to: Digg / Del.icio.us / Furl / Spurl / Blinklist / Reddit / Comments [...]

By: susan

susan — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:14:23 +0000

i think that you need to find out your facts cuz it cost more for one excution then to put someone away for life without parole. i think that it is crap that you put that man to death what it is goin to do for the families now… NOTHING so i think that the death penalty is complete wrong and it should be abloished.

By: 2

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:26:21 +0000

No, I’m judging you and your family by your attempts to ameliorate your family member’s murder of four innocent elderly people. Disgusting.

By: Sandra Sterling

Sandra Sterling — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:16:40 +0000

You characterize my family by what one person did. “More Sterling family values?” hahaha! Whatever! God bless you!!!!!

By: 2

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:02:29 +0000

YES YOU ARE TRYING TO CONFRONT JOHN. Lie all you want that you aren’t but your actions speak volumes. And your opinion is crap. Why are you here? You think anyone is going to feel sorry for a serial killer of the elderly? You are proud of your uncle who liked to bash in the heads of elderly people who were kind to him and therefore a sick woman. Seek help. I am judging you by your crassness and callousness and selfishness. Obviously, more Sterling Family Values.

By: Sandra Sterling

Sandra Sterling — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:50:25 +0000

You constantly say things like “you post your crap on a forum John reads in order to confront him.” I WAS NOT TRYING TO CONFRONT HIM!!!!! That “crap” is my opinion and it is valued just like your and anybody elses. “You make pitiful excuses for a murderer.” Again, I know just like anybody else that what he did was extremely wrong. I can admit that so how am I making an excuse for him? What exactly have I said to hurt or offend anyone? Is it because in this particular situation my views are totally different from yours? Should I say mean things about the murderer and his family in order to be considered a pleasent and nonofennding person? You have no need to care about me or my family. We aren’t victims and haven’t portraid ourselves as one.
I think the world owes me something? Are you sick? This world don’t owe and can’t give me anything that I don’t already have. I have built my own bridges and cross my own paths with the help of God. This world can’t owe me anything
“You and your family should be ashamed of him and your relation to him.” I am ashamed of what he did but I am not ashamed of him. I am my own person and have learned how to stand up and be proud of were I come from and who I am because unlike you most people don’t characterize me as “sharing the genes of a serial killer. For the sake of innocent people, do not procreate.” Are you serious? You are judging me becasue of what my uncle done? You aren’t as smart as I thought.
I am not proud of what my uncle done and his actions don’t characterize my family or its tradition. I guess we aren’t normal becasue we are very proud of our tradition and that legacy will continue!

By: 2

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:34:59 +0000

I don’t care what you wish or what you intend. Once again you post your crap on a forum John reads in order to confront him. And you are out of your mind if you don’t think your words don’t hurt and offend. And let me make clear once again, I don’t give a shit about you or your family. You are not the victims here. For you to come begging for attention is obnoxious. Again, you are making excuses for your murderous uncle. He murdered four innocent elderly people. You and your family should be ashamed of him and your relation to him. Instead, you think the world owes you something. Get real.

[i]You need to have a little talk with Jesus and get to know God better.[/i]
And you need to get f*cked.

[i]You donâ€™t know anything about me or my family to even mention a family tradition.[/i]
You share the genes of a serial killer. For the sake of innocent people, do not procreate.

[i]I am successful, strong, independent, overly intelligent young woman of God and with that nothing can stand in my way. [/i]
You’re a loser. You make pitiful excuses for a murderer. You lack decency.

[i]If that is the Sterling family tradition then I am proud of it.[/i]
Well, you and your family should be ashamed. You’re not normal.

By: Sandra Sterling

Sandra Sterling — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:08:25 +0000

Again 2 I wish you would refraim from intending that I was trying to confront John. If confronting him is what I wanted to do then I would have. That was far from what I was trying to do. I was so skeptical about making a posting the first time because i was worried about his perception of me doing so. I could care less what you or anyone else thought but I didn’t want him to take anything i said negatively. You are stuck on the same question. How can I compare my families grief to the family of the victims? I answered that in my last posting. You seem to thing that my family doesn’t have a heart, cry, feel pain, or hurt. We are human! We have heartaches and tears just like anyone else.
Not once have I made an excuse for him! I know as well as you that the things he done were terribly wrong. I could understand you saying I am a murder lover if he wasn’t a member of my family but since that is the case a murder lover is what you can call me when it comes to him. I can stand tall and proudly say “I LOVE MY UNCLE.” How do you know what his last words meant? Did he tell you? I say that because everyone has their own perception of what he could have meant. He could have been sincere by truly meaning what he said but then he could have been just patronizing the family. Who knows? I don’t! The thing is no matter what his last words were it still wouldn’t have been good enough.
You wrote:
God doesn’t forgive assholes and your uncle was an asshole to the very end. Your belief that God would forgive your slimy uncle is strictly your belief. It is not mine or others.
Speak for yourself not others and especially not God. What type of person are you? Do you believe in God? Did your God tell you that he doesn’t forgive? If that is the case then you are worshiping the wrong person. I believe and follow the word of God that is given to us from the bible. When I went to church sunday i was reading the same bible as everyone else and that God preaches forgiveness. He says to forgive others so that your father in heaven will forgive your sins.
You need to have a little talk with Jesus and get to know God better.
You also wrote:
Now you are intent on continuing what appears to be the Sterling family t radition, Typical.
That was a nice one!:) I liked that! You don’t know anything about me or my family to even mention a family tradition. I am successful, strong, independent, overly intelligent young woman of God and with that nothing can stand in my way. If that is the Sterling family tradition then I am proud of it.
“Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words and slander, as well as all types of malicious behavior. Instead, be kind, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.”

By: 2

Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:19:02 +0000

Yes, you were trying to confront John. You saw his anguished posts. You know he reads this forum. Don’t try to deny it. And who are you to tell John and the other family members of the victims that their grief is similar to yours? How dare you.

You are a murderer lover because you make excuses for murderers. And yes your slimey uncle went out kicking and screaming. He fought his execution for 16 years. His last words were said to offend the family members of the victims. He knew he had been forgiven by a higher power? Well, it wouldn’t be the first time your slimy uncle was wrong. God doesn’t forgive assholes and your uncle was an asshole to the very end.

Your belief that God wd forgive your slimey uncle is strictly your belief. It is not mine or others. Your slimey uncle continued to show lack of the remorse until his heart stopped beating. Now you are intent on continuing what appears to be the Sterling family tradition. Typical.

By: Sandra Sterling

Sandra Sterling — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 21:05:34 +0000

First of all 2, I was not coming to confront John. That, I would never do. It took me a while to actually post a message because I was so worried about how John would read and take it. I didn’t want to make him think that I wasn’t sorry for the heartache my uncle caused not only his family but everyone that was involved. Not once or ever did I say that the things my uncle did were right. You are right the comparisons between the lost of his family member and mine are totally different. John and his family weren’t prepared, my family and I were. We knew the day that the judge sentenced him to death that his time too would be limited by the hands of man. He took lives and that indication served that he too should have his life taken by man. However the grievance and heartache were similar in both situations. We cried for our loved one just like they cried when they lost theirs.

You can call me a murder lover or whatever becaue I loved my uncle before he comitted these crimes, after he did them and still love him today! If you did what “Sterling” did then whether you believe it or not God will forgive you. Everyone deserves forgiveness. No my uncle did not go out kicking or screaming for 16 years and guess what he was prepared for his fate because he knew he had been forgiven by a higher power.

“And you better think about the debt you will pay in the next life when you are forced to explain your extreme callousness towards the victims of your murdering uncle. ” I don’t have to think about the debt I will pay in the next life for anything. I talk to God on a daily basis and have a great relationship with him. I know my heart is pure and I am living the word of God therefore what else is do I need? You talk about an after life and debt to be paid, what are you going to say when you are in the presence of God and he asks you about forgiveness? Ephasians 4:31-” Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.” Maybe you should reevaluate how you are going to expain to God the lack of following his word.