UPDATE: He’s dead.
Among Hernandez’s final statements, he said: “I want to tell everybody that I love everybody. Keep your heads up,” according to the Department of Criminal Justice spokesman. “We are all family, people of God almighty.”
Shortly before lapsing into unconsciousness, he said: “This stuff stings, man,” according to Jason Clark, the department spokesman.
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- Thug: Rodrigo Hernandez (34 at time of offense)
- Date of Execution: January 26, 2012, sometime shortly after 6:00 pm HTT
- Date of Crime:February 18, 1994
- Victim(s): Susan Verstegen (38), Muriel Stoepker (77)
- Last Meal: A special cocktail consisting of : pentobarbital, pancuronium bromide, and potassium chloride (and whatever they happened to serve in the dining facility that day, thanks forever to Cleve Foster)
- Final Words: ”This stuff stings, man.”
The first execution of 2012 in Texas (the month’s almost over, fellas — what’s taking so long) is scheduled for Thursday, January 26, Rodrigo Hernandez will be put to death for the February 18, 1994 kidnap, rape, and murder of 38-year old Susan Verstegen in Bexar County.
Facts of the case here at the Texas Attorney General’s office.
…in the early morning hours of February 18, 1994, victim Susan Verstegen was re-stocking snack products at a San Antonio grocery store from the storage bin in back of the store. While working at the storage bin, Verstegen was attacked, sexually assaulted, and strangled by Hernandez.
Much more detail is also available at My San Antonio.
The crime might have gone unsolved, except that…as it turns out…the murderous piece-of-shit thug couldn’t help himself and had to kill again. This time a homeless woman, 77-year old Muriel Stoepker from Grand Rapids, MI. DNA from the Grand Rapids case matched DNA samples taken at the San Antonio murder showed that Hernandez was responsible for both. Hernandez later confessed to the murder of Verstegen, describing in writing how he attacked and killed her.
A confession that Hernandez now denies.
The Death Penalty is needed precisely for animals like Hernandez, who are completely unable to prevent themselves from harming others. His prior criminal history includes:
During the penalty phase of Hernandez’s trial, jurors learned that Hernandez had been convicted of multiple criminal offenses in Michigan. In 1992, Hernandez had been placed on probation for burglarizing a sporting goods store; however, he had committed numerous violations of the conditions of that probation. As a “youthful offender” facing sentencing for his first felony, Hernandez had been granted probation for burglarizing a home, but did not successfully complete the probation and was sentenced to jail. He had also been convicted of felony assault with intent to do great bodily harm, indecent exposure, and misdemeanor malicious destruction of property and engaging in an illegal gambling business. A former high-school girlfriend testified that Hernandez had assaulted her.
Meanwhile, the freaks at Prison Talk are claiming that Hernandez should be spared because he’s retarded. Me thinks perhaps they project a but too much…
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At least February will be more active. With two more of the Texas 7 set to face justice among them.
Donald Newbury has just received a stay of execution. Thus, February will be less busy.
That sucks. Wish they’d just pluck the next guy in line to fill his spot instead…
Yeah, they had the room booked and everything
Newbury’s sister is making the rounds claiming that he is a fluffy bunny. I’m sure he is so long as you don’t have anything he wants or you’re trying to prevent him from escaping. He and his pals new what they were doing and it would earn them the death penalty. No reason to not give him and the others what they worked so hard to achieve. I would like to see Halperin also on the schedule in the near future.
Just a clarification..Halperin – SMU Professor/Amnesty International talking head. Halprin – Randy Halprin of the Texas Seven.
Well they are both on the other side of the fence!
Hand tats = guilty.
DIE, FUCKER, DIE!!!
I now await our usual round of responses from the thug lovers….
TCCA denied
Board of Pardons denied.
So, it’s onward and upward to the USDC, the 5th Circuit, and the USSC.
It appears that he appealed his denial of the writ by the TCCA directly to the USSC. I suspect they will deny it and it will then go to the USDC, 5th Circuit, and a second time with the USSC.
So his writs go the weasel route, insuring a delay of the inevitable.
Well, they said that he didn’t raise the Atkins claim on time. It wouldn’t shock me if they did grant a stay though I believe his claim ultimately will fail.
It’s the potential for delay that irritates me. The Atkins claims have got to be the most abused by inmates to delay the inevitable.
Yeah, they are. And if the court grants a hearing it’s a big fucking black hole. They take years to schedule and unless a local paper is covering it, there is no information about the status. And then after the hearing comes years of appeals. They are also coming up with new bullshit arguments that even I don’t understand. Something called the “flynn effect.”
I find this annoying. The State should have taken his writ and ripped it up. Whether the DP is enforced is a state issue as it is now. So why the fuck should the FEDS get a say?
I think the thug-huggers at pto believe as part of the doctrine there that every inmate in Texas is a ‘tard. All of them are fuzzy bunnies. And they were all beamed there by the evil cute and fuzzy rabbits who are using them in mind control purposes.
They can enjoy this particular sub-human for the next two days then it is time for his new job of fetching coal for satan.
‘Fetching coal for satan’, I like that. Hopefully with a pineapple shoved up his ass.
I cannot believe that normal American People standing pro-death penalty. Only a few countries like Iran, China and someone like this are so against the human rights – are you so afraid about those people that you think you must kill them – poor Amerika.
That’s cool Santana. How about we have him come live with you instead of putting him to death.
Yes I am afraid of those people. They are murderers and would have no problem killing again.
Ahh Santana..you really don’t know much about the way they administer justice in the Middle East do you. China? Really? Why do I even bother?
The crime rate is much lower in countries without capital punishment – that should be the people who live in a country that called for itself as a world police becomes clear. America is broken – the ordinary people have no roof over their heads, but the country had enough money for the death penalty.
“the ordinary people have no roof over their heads”. Funny, the criminals that DON’T face the death penalty have a nice roof over their heads and 3 square meals a day. They also have access to books, limited internet, phone calls and visitation. I don’t recall ever seeing the criminals paying for any of these services…
The people in America that don’t have roofs over their heads are lazy, non-contributors. Get your facts straight before you start bashing our great country from the safety of your computer screen across the pond.
Hayley, don’t waste your breathe. Not gonna change his/her mind.
America is a broken nasty country full of redneck uneducated bible thumping nut jobs. No quality education or healthcare and people who sit around judging the homeless and poor other poor people because they don’t work a dead-end nothing job as a wage-slave. Country blows big time.
The best part of all of these moronic ramblings from Eurotrash? He/She/It lives in…wait for it…Vermont. If our country sucks so bad, assfag, feel free to hop the next freighter back to the third world shithole from which you came.
Hey santy…. you are right. America is broken. we are broken from propping up other countries for as long as we have. We send billions around the world and get nothing in return. Even your precious country, our bases prop up your local economy. If it wasn’t for the good ole USA your unemployment rate would be somewhere near 25%. Yet, you still come in here and claim we are the problem. Yes we are broken. We should immediately cut off all foriegn aide, close down all foriegn bases and hospitals. We should start worrying about US citizens over the world citizens. However, as a people that is not who we are. We are the most generous and giving country in the world.
Anytime there is a disater who is expected to deliver the aide. Any time some country tries to take over the world (say like germany and hitler) this country pays a large debt in both blood and gold. Our officials are stupid enough to forgive debts owed us yet are always willing to send my hard earned tax dollars to failed places all over the world.
Yes, we are broke. But, as we fall so does the rest of the world. hate us all you want for our legal system. try to argue with us, try to change our minds. fine…. i give up. I see that no matter how much we give and how much we help, your type will never like or respect my type. Thank God I don’t drive a VW or ever plan on vacationing in deuscheland again!
GOD BLESS TEXAS
Amen to that!
And this POS deserves death…what about the poor victim?
It never ceases to amaze me how ridiculous comments like ‘he should be allowed to live’…after raping and killing an innocent woman continue to be posted by these fucking thug lovers…
Brainless fuck deserves a major bitchslap…
D-Mac. Naah brother we need to keep at least some of our overseas bases open and operating.
A. so we have forward strike bases already in place in likely hotspots. Although in the case of the Middle East it might just be cheaper in the long run to glass over the entire thing from end to end. Also because..
B. there is wisdom in not having all your eggs in one basket. If we pull everything home and our enemies gain strength and actually attempt a strike in multiple spots on US soil, specifically some of our main bases…we’re going to lose a fuckton of people and equipment.
[Comment deleted by Robbie --- because, well, I can. It's my blog running on my dime. And I just don't feel like hosting your Eurotrash bullshit diatribes. So...how can I put this bluntly to you: fuck off mate.]
Excellent call! Just one of the perks of owning a website.
Excellent move, Robbie!
Here come the weenies!!!!
This one is from Germany. The land where the anti-death penalty movement started after WWII.
Thanks! I suspected Georg and Santana were the same weenie. And yes, the krauts reason for abolishing the DP was to prevent german war criminals from receiving justice. Hell, who cares if the guy murdered a million Jews? His life is precious! Dishonest fucks!
ahh..I see the eurotrash came out to play.
Not everyone from europe disagrees. I wish we could fry them in the UK.
John, we know this to be true..it’s usually lonely women that waste their invaluable time writing these violent criminals to fill some horrid void because they don’t have the skills to find a real man.
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USA is the third world, you are undeveloped.
Please take your meds, weenie!
Meds won’t fix stupid. He wouldn’t even be able to post his inane comment on this blog if it weren’t for the American invention of the computer.
In his view only highly developed and culturally superior nations allow bull fighting.
Spain, whenever I hear that name I am always reminded of this:
Ya gotta love Mel Brooks.
The man was a brilliant comic and movie maker.
“The man was a brilliant comic and movie maker.”
…and a very liberal Democrat. Ooops!
Minos…doesn’t change the fact was a comic genius. Political ideology aside..I love his work. Own…4of the more well known films on DVD.
I have to disappoint you, I’m born in 1938, I know the war from childhood and I have learned killing is not a solution. I work a lot of years in your country and I respect it but there are no proven facts that the death penalty made a difference here and it’s all about media attention unnecessary revenge
You never disappoint us because we expect you to lie and here you are lying again. There are many studies that prove that the DP is a deterrence and it is incontestable that an executed murderer will never
re-offend. Regardless, most people support the DP because they believe the ultimate crime deserves the ultimate punishment. That you disagree, no one gives a shit about.
So you believe that the execution of the Nazi War criminals was wrong?
Of course the DP is a deterrent and certainly more humane than keeping them in a hole for the rest of their lives, provided they don’t escape and murder again. Even though the DP is about justice, what is wrong with revenge if that is some people’s motive? It is certainly more natural and understandable than someone who insists a brutal murderer should never be executed.
*chuckle* You know my sister came in last night because she was bored and watched me surf for a little while. I was here on UG and explained to her about the DP posts. Told her “Tomorrow will likely see the total number of comments hit 30 or so. *
I’m guessing 45-50 for tomorrow night.
We’re already past that. 61 prior to this reply.
62 as of when I just came in.63 with this reply. Sooo…about 75 or so by 10pm central?
Well then, all States which have now abolished the death penalty – and there will always be more, are stupid and full of people suffering lie. What a kind of arrogance. Texas is probably still a Cowboy State and unreachable. Too bad that you are so against the fact that the acceptance of the death penalty in the closing massive population of your country, go back – why?
Probably, in 10 years there will be nowhere in America a death penalty – except for the Cowboys. The couple demonstrably innocent executed just had bad luck …
You sure use the word “probably” a great deal for someone who claims to be 74 years old.
Also, your lack of knowledge about Texas and its status among the states is revealing. If all you are trying to do is caste aspersions because we aren’t as wimpy as you about justice, you should remember you are from Germany.
Q: What’s the difference between a German and a shopping trolley?
A: A shopping trolley has a mind of its own.
Here’s an article about our fwench superiors: http://goo.gl/rXhwu
They rather lock their children in institutions instead of treating them successfully with “American” behavioral modification therapies. It’s pretty disgusting. One expects parents to surrender their egos on behalf of the welfare of their children. It appears that that the fwench and islamic terrorists have a lot in common.
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Do we have any comments from the victim’s family on the impending execution?
I’ve read that they are split on their support of the death penalty.
Any idea of what the dissenters would prefer instead of the DP?
I’ve also read that they support the jury’s verdict regardless.
Not being as familiar with the state of Texas’s legal system as some on here appear to be, what other sentence could the judge have passed e.g. life, no parole or is the DP mandatory?
Me, either. However, I doubt if the judge could overule the recommendation of the jury. Back then it was either death or a life sentence which is less than 40 years. The option of lwop was not enacted until 9/2005. A murder that happened before 9/2005 but was tried today, I think they would still be limited to life or death, i.e,. no lwop.
Is the Execution Watch radio programme worth listening to? It’ll mean a late night over here in England. I suppose I could always listen to it on the “Listen Again” option but just wondered if the live events made it more interesting in some way?
Not really. The show’s moderator does try to rein people in by keeping them to the adjudicated facts of the case. The rest of the cast are the usual nuts. It mostly centers on a bunch of goofs standing outside and then reporting when they see people enter and leave. Listen to one now and see if you think the format makes events more interesting.
Cheers for that. I was about 12 minutes in the most recent one on the website. There were a load of school kids there for some reason.
“Hi son, good day at school?”
“Not bad, we went to an execution then double maths and that was about it really”
May tune in to the “Listen Again” but won’t bother staying up.
It bugs the shit out of me when these schools in europe adopt a murderer on death row. I’m sure their teachers never tell them specifically what the thug did to get there.
Where the hell do they do that?
Adopt a murderer on death row – WTF?
There were some Italian grade school kids who did it. I think they even visited Texas. I forgot the name of the murderer. These are grade school kids. Also, some whackjob scandi teacher has posted on the internet that she has her students write deathrow prisoners. There is some stupid organization called kids against the dp or something. I haven’t heard much from them lately. Again, these are all young kids who are obviously being used by adults.
No, no, noooo – that just sounds all wrong to me. I hope to the Lord that they didn’t chose a child molester/murderer. Gah – some people.
I believe it was this guy: http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/summers1052.htm
He just murdered his entire family.
He wanted to be buried in a white coffin bearing the signatures of all the children he’d been corresponding with. Quite bizarre and unreal given the nature of his crimes. Not something I’d want my kids exposed to.
I have to wonder what they tell those kids. That he is innocent? That he as having a bad hair day?
The USSC denied his petitions. So, let’s see if he goes to the lower federal courts again.
Some thug lover, I think for Teresa Wright, posted a live twitter feed. However, he was no where near the execution.
I wish I could do the same but make it humorous — commenting on all the usual suspects.
Reports of chickens acting anxious and molting the day of the execution.
Gloria Rubrac dressed in a beret, wearing bandoliers, yelling, Viva la Che and Pol Pot!
Scumpals dressed in wedding dresses and getting in brawls when they find out the thug had a dozen fee-ounce- says.
Here’s some real twitter coverage:
#EvaRuth
#jsaucedofox29
Don’t do twitter.
Have we heard if all pleas have been heard and/or rejected?
I have to go out in a little.
The execution started on time.
Thanks.
Just did a quick search and saw where the Supremes rejected his plea a little over an hour ago.
I’m listening to ExecutionWatch. They are so fucking offensive. I’d like to bitch slap their so called expert attys. This asshole is saying he didn’t merit the DP, that people on death row are just like you and me, that all this guy did is rape and murder this woman and it wasn’t a bad murder/rape. What a fucking asshole!
I can’t believe that sumbitch said that. It wasn’t bad? Unfortunately Susan Verstegen is unavailable for comment.
What a POS that supposed expert is.
He also conveniently forgot that he also raped and murdered a 77 year old homeless woman.
Well, he’s dead now.
Jim Skelton is the name of the asshole.
Gloria Rubrac is also a piece of shit.
Rubrac just lied and said they don’t have radios on death row.
Would you do the honors for Bones?
I can’t wait any longer for a link.
A link?
Bones has come and gone.
Thank goodness, I was worried when I checked in last night that I was going to get the bad news that another PoS thug was spared…
EvaRuth Eva Ruth Moravec
Among Hernandez’s last words: “I want to tell everybody that I love everybody. Keep your heads up. We are all family, ppl of God almighty.’
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Hernandez was executed, time of death is 6:19 p.m. Susan Verstegen’s son will give a statement.
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He’s not my family.
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Rodrigo Hernandez was pronounced dead at 6:19. His last words “This stinks- Almighty.” I could hear sobs from across the room.
This stinks? Sounds so repentant. In fact, he never admitted his crimes and never said he was sorry. What an asshole.
I read later that he said, “This stings.” Well…that sucks. I was hoping it hurt like a mother fucker.
Nice to know it hurts going in…hope it burned like hell…
The thuglovers/msm meme for this execution is that now Perry is the “killingest” governor in the whole US.
Killingest? Is that even a fucking word? Oh, Jordan Smith, you scrunt! Ignore the fact that your latest boytoy likes to rape and murder women.
Hmmm, what a congregation of absolute idiots we got ourselves here!… Thugs of sorts themselves, born 2000 years too late.
Hmmm, a thug who thinks raping and murdering women and dumping their bodies like pieces of trash is no big deal. You mom must be so proud!
Well newbury was granted a stay, but Rivas is coming up 2/29/12.. Im just wondering if they stayed Newbury will they stay Rivas for the same cause?
Anyone have a link or able to quote any statement from the first victim’s son?
The following link is courtesy of Chief Medical Officer Leonard “Bones” McCoy:
He’s DEAD, Jim!
Thanks, and folks the link does work.
The extract from the article the link is to states:
[Chuck]Monney was 15 when his mother [Susan Verstegen] was killed.
“Although I support the death penalty, there is no joy in this for me,” he said after the execution. Hernandez’s death “doesn’t change the fact that my kids will never hear the sweet laugh or feel the tender embrace of their grandmother, who would have been crazy for them.”
He said he prayed for Hernandez’s relatives.
A very dignified statement.
I see that a state transcript of what Hernandez said as the chemicals started their process was “This stuff stings man”. This reminded me of an exchange between Albert Pierrepoint (Britain’s preferred executioner from 1932 to 1955) and the serial killer – John Christie. After having been pinioned and on the way to the gallows, Christie complained to Pierrepoint that his nose itched. To which Pierrepoint replied “Well it won’t trouble you for long”.
Oops. You seem to have got it already. He also said he hopes Hernandez meets Jesus and that he prays for his soul….that no sin is unforgivable, blah blah blah.
Well, if I were the person murdered or had a family member or friend murdered, I sure wouldn’t forgive and I would pray that he suffers for eternity.
Looks like the link I posted to the son’s video statement did not appear.
The prison transcripts says “stings” but the two reporter wits say it is wrong an he said “this stinks.”
Thanks Anon
“He also said he hopes Hernandez meets Jesus and that he prays for his soul….that no sin is unforgivable, blah blah blah.”
Personally, I wouldn’t have gone that far. Hernandez is wherever he is now and is no longer a threat in this world.
If he had normal parents and siblings etc then I feel a degree of sympathy with them also.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unqzrxfDIlA
Next!!
WRONG! There are ways to keep people from hurting other people. I’m not saying what he did was ok, because it certainly was not, but he could have stayed behind bars, THAT would have prevented people like “him” as you put it, from harming others. “YOU” people who MURDER inmates are no better than that inmate, period! Animals? I think not, we are all human beings in God’s eye, and murder is murder period, so not only will that inmate have to be judged by God for what he did, but so will those who murder the inmate, as in Gods eye, HE alone is the judge, and by those killing inmates are no different in his eyes than what the inmate would be, think about that!!!
Bzzzz. Thank you for playing.
The correct answer is: Our prisons are FULL of dangerous criminals who REMAIN a danger to prison staff, volunteers, and other inmates. Even more disturbing, some reach out from prison and influence others to exact revenge on victims and witnesses. The death penalty offers society a 100% guarantee that a violent criminal won’t re-offend.
These two links are just two of many examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84blhy856s4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Ray_Allen
The entire Lockup series is a real eye-opener.
Did you see the comments to your first link? Skanks are fighting over the guy.
Revolting, isn’t it?
Skank
Derogatory term for a (usually younger) female, implying trashiness or tackiness, lower-class status, poor hygiene, flakiness, and a scrawny, pockmarked sort of ugliness. May also imply promiscuity, but not necessarily. Can apply to any race, but most commonly used to describe white trash.
Source: Urban Dictionary
I see whackjobs going around the internet trying to defend this guy. Ugh.
One thing about antis is that they are okay with lying. I have seen on 3 separated cases, antis on the internet pretended to be family members of the murdered victim and falsely claimed that the family did not want the murderer executed.
If you are going to pretend to believe in God at least take a few moments to read his revealed word.
Sorry about the link thingy last night. I thought you wanted me to embed the youtube video which of course I can’t do. Hell, i’ts 50:50 to even get a link posted – at least for me.
Not a problem. I wish I could have hung long enough for a link to appear, but I had to go out and meet up with some folks.
I’ve noticed the spam filter finds your links tasty for some reason.
A quick tutorial on hyperlinks. Type in the words you want the hyperlink to read, left click and scroll over the words to high light them. Then click on the little icon at the top of the comment box(4th from the left) that is the link button. When the link box opens copy the location of what you wish to link, paste it into the link box, click okay, then hit submit comment.
Voila!
If you have any misfires I will clean them up later, I still have some week ending details to take care of right now.
You know, I’ve tried that and also using tinyurls when I do it, too. It’s still spam filter roulette.
Fuck you indeed.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/27/justice/mississippi-pardons-reward/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
Ugh.
Fuck Haley Barbour…what a POS.
Everyone has their own opinion, but whatever that may be, the man is gone, let it go, he has paid for what he did, has paid the ultimate price!
Fuck off.
Couldn’t have put it better myself.
Paying the ultimate price would be to have him strangled while being fucked in the ass and then dumped in the garbage just like he did to his poor unsuspecting victim that was just trying to load up her groceries…
You are infuriating with that statement.
*triple facepalm. for when the failure is BEYOND epic.*