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Derrick Sonnier — Finally Put to Death for 1991 Murders

Though the mills of Justice grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small;
Though with patience Justice stands waiting, with exactness grinds it all.

It took nearly 20 years, but the wheels of Justice — as slow as they might be — eventually did grind for Derrick Sonnier, 40, who was executed tonight for the 1991 deaths of Melody Flowers, 27, and her son Patrick Flowers, 2.

Sonnier stalked Flowers for months before finally killing her:

[Sonniers]attacked Melody Flowers inside her apartment, beat her with a claw hammer, stomped, choked and stabbed her. Sonnier then placed Flowers’ body into her partially filled bathtub. He stabbed her son and left his body atop hers.

Some people are just no damned good, and the world is a better place without them. Derrick Sonnier was one such person. And tonight the world is a slightly better place.

__________

Next on the schedule: Larry Davis, for the murder of Michael Jerome Barrow, 26. Davis murdered Barrow so he could earn his tear drop tattoo in the Crips gang.

Posted by Robbie Cooper on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 | Trackback |

9 Responses to “Derrick Sonnier — Finally Put to Death for 1991 Murders”

It was sad reading how the victim’s daughters suffered because of their mother’s murder. They were farmed out to relatives, the sister who was wandering around covered in blood at the scene went to different family and they never got to know her or their murdered brother.

Left by Anonymous on July 23rd, 2008 at 9:46 pm

Good riddance.
He cause far too much pain and suffering in his violent life.

Left by no2liberals on July 23rd, 2008 at 10:54 pm

Eye for an eye is a primitive, vengeful, unhealthy principle, You kill, I kill. Institutionalized revenge.

Why give that bastard the easy way out? Put him in prison for life and make him deal with what he did and the consequences.

I know your answer, it’s the big cliché: Why should we tax payers carry the burden of keeping this guy alive?

We don’t! The bastard should have to work for a living just like the rest of us do. I don’t know why we give criminals a free ride. They say it’s cruel and unusual punishment. I say bullshit! Is it cruel and unusual that I have to work for food and a roof over my head?

Make prisoners earn their keep. They should have minimum wage jobs and have to work for their food, their lodging and all their comforts. Forced labor? Not at all. In the jail there should be a cafeteria with a cash register at the end of the tray line. Didn’t work? Don’t eat.

Left by Amigo del Gaucho on July 24th, 2008 at 12:27 pm

The naitivite and ignorance of those who oppose capital punishment never ceases to amaze me.

Left by Anonymous on July 24th, 2008 at 1:04 pm

Me too, Anon.

Left by no2liberals on July 24th, 2008 at 8:11 pm

Well, if you are amazed by common sense, it seems to me you are the ignorant. Not to mention your spelling.

Left by Amigo del Gaucho on July 24th, 2008 at 10:23 pm

Nonsense, amigo, nonsense.
It’s called justice.

Left by no2liberals on July 25th, 2008 at 6:15 am

I’m just not sure how the witness said that they heard screaming in the morning of the murder coming from the apartment when he was supposidly killing her, but his time card said that he was at work???? And by the way, what happen to his time card?? The state of Texas just wanted him to be an example whether he killed them or not.

Left by Mike on August 6th, 2008 at 10:33 am

Get a clue.

A neighbor testified that he saw Sonnier in the field near the apartments around the time of the murder with a bloody towel. Later, the police found the victim’s bloody clothes in the same field where Sonnier had been sighted. They also found the victim’s bloody blouse in Sonnier’s apartment. Sonnier also told the police that he had been home alone when the murders happen. Add that to the evidence of his years of obsession and harassment of Melody Flowers.

Left by Anonymous on August 6th, 2008 at 1:54 pm

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