Allen Bridgers was supposed to be executed tonight for the 1997 death of his 53-year old roommate, Mary Amie. But he was granted a reprieve today so that his lawyers can try to prove that Bridgers was mentally retarded at the time.
Bridgers confessed to the crime, saying that he was high on crack cocaine at the time of the murder:
“I’m guilty of the crime, but I wasn’t in the right frame of mind,” Bridgers said. “I took a life, but I shouldn’t go pay for it with my life. It’s like them playing God. I just want people to understand I’m not a bad person. I’m no serial killer. I just made a mistake.”
It’s like them playing God? You mean kinda’ like how you played God with Mary Amie’s life?
I just want people to understand I’m not a bad person. Actually, Allen…not only are you a “bad” person, but you are the most vile and sickest kind of animal in our society.
I just made a mistake. A mistake? Putting regular gasoline in a diesel engine is a mistake. Sprinkling two spoonfuls of salt into your morning coffee instead of sugar is a mistake. Yelling out your wife’s sister’s name during sex is a really big mistake. But robbing and killing someone so you could go buy more crack cocaine? That’s not a mistake; that’s an act of pure evil—one that is deserving of no lenienancy, no compassion, and no second chances.
You might not burn in hell tonight, Mr. Bridgers…but rest assured: you will burn in hell.
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THANK YOU for posting the concept of what a ‘mistake’ really is. I’m sick of hearing all those anti-idiots chanting “it was just a mistake” and “it doesn’t make them a bad person”.
I think my favorite part is “I’m guilty of the crime, but…”
But what? If being convicted in federal court in multiple states, and murder doesn’t make him a bad person, I don’t know what does.
Blah on him!
What a shame that he will have to wait burn in hell. The faster these monsters get there, the better.
If only the world could be so simple…bad evil monsters vs good people! I’m sorry guys, there’s much more to it than that!
“his lawyers can try to prove that Bridgers was mentally retarded at the time.”
I never knew that you can be retarded at some point in time and then be ok enough to know what you did was wrong. He aint retarded. If he was, then why does he know that what he did was wrong.
I understand all of these replies, I mean who can murder someone and defend it with a reason? Surely if someone murdered then they should be correctly punnished. At the end of the day murder is murder as it’s most simplistic stage. So lets execute G.W Bush for murder, and how about Jed Bush? or Rick Perry?? to say only a few?
We gotta execute those for murdering these killers, right??
Surely we cant have one rule for one and a differnet rule for the government? Oh, wait there…its AMERICA ain’t it? So we can all turn a blind eye to arrogance can’t we? Get educated will you, before you wish for people to ‘burn in hell’. I hope you all burn in hell for chanting that someone be murdered, you’re just as bad for cheering it on. Thats all I gotta say about that. Please publish this blog and show you aren’t narrow minded! thanx for the time.
Execution is not unlawful. Murder is. Try again.
does it not breach the constitution? yall got behind john handcock when he spat his dummy at a cuppa tea… now you have gotta deal with being one of the few countries who aren’t evolved enough to realise you are so behind the times of the changing world. Its time to educate not execute.
Wow, KD… that’s truly inspirational: Time to educate and not execute.
What’s especially heroic is how you support ‘educating’. You’re supporting a great cause, but you’re at the finish line. How about you get your hypocritcal bum back to the starting line, and educate from there? Get out, join a cause and educate… find one group (eg. gang members, men/women who abuse, rapists, terrorists, etc.) , and focus all your energy there and make a difference.
With a positive educating cruisader such as yourself, execution will be whiped off the face of the earth.
Then with all this education, who knows? Maybe you can rewrite the Constitution you seem to resent, and sign it yourself. Hell, name it after you — it’s your cuppa tea!
Captial punishment has been around since the beginning. I am sure some of these people would think differently if it was one of their loved ones that was killed.
I love how posters like KD, who are barely literate and lack all logic, are always telling others to get educated. lol!
I live in England, and have lost a loved one to a murderer. He will be out on parole this year, it’s been 10 years! He left 2 kids parentless, and was on parole for a stabbing at the time of murdering my aunt.
Our justice system sucks and i think that, although execution isn’t always the answer, you are lucky to have the option.
It’s time for you to stop arguing amongst yourselves and realise that there are places worse in the world than yours.
If the death penalty were a deterrent to violent crime, then Texas would truly be nirvana crisscrossed with interstate highways.
People are to quick to judge and dont know full storys behind these men and woman sitting on death row. The DA controls what hits the press. Opens your eyes america the world is watching you killing all these men and woman.
No, Deb, you are the one quick to judge and don’t know the full stories. The rest of us can read the state court opinion, the federal court opinion, the briefs from both sides, and know our own laws. People like you, on the other hand, get your info from prison pen pal services and the murderer himself. Open your eyes, Deb — you are a fool and we are watching and laughing.
Debbie,
I can speak from personal experience that the DA’s office DOES NOT control what goes to the press. Just Google “Allen Bridgers” and see how many times a website by the Smith County, Texas, DA’s office shows up. All you’ll get is misinformed websites sympathetic to his cause. Most often, the trial court actually enters an order limiting what the parties can or can’t say to the press – and that usually means you can’t say anything about the facts of the offense until after the trial.
BTW – Allen Bridgers fully confessed that he killed this victim (his girlfriend) simply because he knew she had money and he wanted to buy crack with it. His very first stop the night he killed her was to buy a motel room and spend the rest of the night partying with two crack whores. He was finally captured in Florida after stealing her money, her car, and favorite jewelry (which he promptly pawned for more crack and plane tickets). If anything, the worse facts of the offense, like autopsy reports, the victim’s family’s loss, and the defendant’s prior criminal history rarely make the news – just the whining that it’s terrible what the State is doing to this killer.
The State didn’t hunt him down, it responded to his criminal acts and proved he was gulty after a fair trial. The majority of voters in Texas continue to believe that if you commit a capital murder, then your punishment is death. The DA’s office doesn’t control that either. The Legislature does and they do so in response to the voters.
You ought to get your facts straight before you make claims like the DA controls the press. The world is watching us punish cold-blooded killers according to our laws.
What about Aileen Wuornos? She killed six men or was it seven, I don’t remember. I read a psychology report about her childhood [it was full of child abuse] and this report basically concluded that because of her childhood experiences etc she was DESTINED to do what she did. Is there realy such a thing as free will? If so prove it to me. How can someone make a choice or have a choice when they have no insight or concept of their own self awareness? Some people are so brutalised and traumatised they become mentally ill or psychologically disturbed adults. Yes, there are many people who have faced horrific child abuse and have grown to become successful adults, but it is almost certain that these people had at least one descent person somewhere in their life. Victims create more victims and we all play a part in this. A seriel killer is created by society.
Oh, brother! Do you really believe the crap you write?
I’m sorry, do you really believe execution is a deterrent to committing crime? Why is the murder rate in the US so much higher than in countries which do not practice capital punishment?
Absolutely. However, it is not the main reason why we use it.
For too many reasons to list. Bottomline, if you don’t like our lives and our country, please do not come here.
Well, this is a little harsh going off on him for killing someone when he is on a mind altering drug. In that case, all people who make “mistakes” such as DUI/manslaughter should be killed.
I want to comment regarding the recurrent use of the word “mistake” when describing or excusing someone’s choice to murder. A mistake is when we intend to do one thing, yet, inadvertantly, do another.
In the case of capital murder, it must be proven beyond all reasonable doubt that the perpetrator set out with intent to end the victim’s life. In the event that s/he succeeds in fulfilling her/his chosen goal, then s/he has not “made a mistake.” In fact, s/he was quite successful. If the perpetrator’s goal is to end the victim’s life, yet the perpetrator fails to do so, then you might rightfully say that the perpetrator has “made a mistake.” There have been numerous cases in which a victim, left for dead, actually survived to testify against his or her attacker. In these cases, yes, the attacker “made a mistake” in believing s/he had finished the job s/he set out to accomplish.
Regarding DUI/manslaughter cases, yes, the guilty party should be held accountable and punished for negligence which causes death of a human being. But, unless it can be proven that the defendant singled out the victim with the intent to kill, then capital murder charges cannot be brought. Under our laws, we only execute for capital murder. For a capital murder indictment, intent must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
its a tragedy when people like allen destroy their lives and the lives of others and end up in prison waiting to see if they get to live another day that in itself is a living death.For some of these people who wait and over time come to terms with what they did and develop a remorse and a strong sense to want to become a better person to hopefully have another chance to be that person and yet always knowing that the price to pay for their crimes will depend on the mercy of the judge jury and law I pray for him and his victim, a killing for a killing is not the answer
It most certainly is the answer.