Death Row Inmate Mocks Justice System, Says He’s Living Life Of Leisure
Convicted murderer and death row inmate Danny Robbie Hembree Jr. is living a life of leisure or at least that’s his take on his death row stay.
In a letter to his hometown newspaper The Gaston Gazette the man who murdered 17-year-old Heather Catterton in 2009 and potentially two other women who he admitted to having sex with on the day of their killings said of his Central Prison stay in Raleigh, N.C.:
“Is the public aware that I am a gentleman of leisure, watching color TV in the A.C., reading, taking naps at will, eating three well balanced hot meals a day,”
Hembree goes on to state:
“I’m housed in a building that connects to the new 55 million dollar hospital with round the clock free medical care 24/7.”
He also calls his murder “lawful.”
While Hembree was only tried for one murder he will go on trial for a second this year after confessing to all three murders in recorded police interviews. He later recanted his confessions and said he only confessed to cover up a string of armed robberies.
In his letter to the local newspaper Hembree also pokes fun at the judicial system:
“I laugh at you self righteous clowns and I spit in the face of your so called justice system. The state of North Carolina has sentenced me to death but it’s not real.”
Speaking to WTVD North Carolina State Representative Paul Stam says the letter shows just how cushy our penal system is becoming as he notes that Hembree will more likely die of natural causes while revealing
“His punishment does not fit his crime at all.”
In the meantime Hembree himself mocks the citizens of Gaston County, N.C. urging them to petition the state to carry out his “murder sentence” sooner rather than later.
“I am a man who is ready to except [sic] his unjustful punishment and face God almighty with a clean conscience unlike you cowards and your cowardly system,” Hembree wrote. “Kill me if you can suckers. Ha! Ha! Ha!”
If this guy is attempting to be as interesting as Gacy, Manson or a combination of any other serial killers from our past he’s failing miserably, I say let him rot in “leisure” after taking away his TV and air conditioning, after all he obviously wants to die.
Do you think that Hembree’s death row letter is just a cry for attention and should the state take away his “leisure time.”
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Jan 26, 2012
Eye for an Eye, don't mock the system, it just takes time.
Jan 26, 2012
I don't know who you are, but if you took a life yous' deserves to be taken, bye bye.
Jan 26, 2012
Definitely take away that bastards "Leisure" time! That's bullshit that taxpayers are paying for his life of luxury when he should be chained in a dungeon with rats eating away at his flesh!
Jan 26, 2012
Put him out in the general population and see if he still thinks the same about being in prison.
Jan 26, 2012
I work in a prison and see first hand the maneuvers of the prisoners!
Jan 26, 2012
Why is there a death row and why are we letting these inmate laugh at us and say its a life of luxury, no quote marks. Off with their heads already! I just think if we are going to say lets commit them to a lifetime in prison that we should go ahead and give them the death penalty.
Jan 26, 2012
The death penalty is simply killing the killers to show that killing is bad… This is the #1 issue I struggle with the most. If someone killed my mom, dad, brother or someone I love… I am pretty sure I would want that SOB dead and getting pissed on. But at the same time, I would just be stooping to that persons level. So… It's something I struggle with.
Jan 26, 2012
regardless he won't ever be privileged to drive a car… eat at Jack in the box… walk on the beach… prison is a different mentality so to him he's adapted… like I've said before… people are flawed they adapt.
Jan 26, 2012
You do deserve to die for what you did, but I do agree that you are living like a king and our justice system is extremely flawed. You should be in a 4×6 cell with a cot and a toilet only. You should not be allowed to waste the courts time being charged for other murders. After all how many times can you die.
Jan 26, 2012
Yes, theu do live the life of leisure. I think it is BS that they get to lay around all day and we all pay for it. There should be no tv. How many of us would love free healthcare? And 3 meals a day made for you?
Jan 26, 2012
I may not mock the system, but I certainly dislike the fact that these inmates who have killed, raped, or stole get things that hard working citizens don't even get… He has a point there whether he is psychotic or not.
Jan 26, 2012
I say expedite his death, take about his tv, and feed him cold sandwiches and hot milk with his room temp set at 80 at all times and this so call free medical……..make his family pay for his medical bills or don't treat him. Take away his BOOKS he has no rights as he been convicted and admits to take a life…..as for the others he goin on trial for SQUASH THAT SHIT save money and finish his sentence…..he will have to answer the one above for the crimes he did whether he got caught or not………see this is what is wrong with the country today we treat our CRIMINALS better than we TREAT OUR HOMELESS AND ELDERLY……PURE sicking and ridiculousness if ya ask me.
Jan 26, 2012
He's miserable in there and he want's them to kill him sooner because it's his only way out lol let him rot in there, that will really drive him crazy
Jan 26, 2012
If they would stop delaying his death they save a lot of time, money & paper work & there would be less crime… Yes I definitely believe in Capital Punishment…
Jan 26, 2012
If he is having so much fun, why does he want to die so bad..Take his TV and things away and then see what he says…It sounds to me like he just wants attention so go back to ignoring him…lol But way to go for putting the justice system down, cause it sucks in every state..
Jan 26, 2012
I think he's just yanking the public's chain. He's getting exactly the type of attention he wanted. The best thing to do would be to simply ignore him. He's not as happy as he wants you to believe he is.
Jan 26, 2012
so what does that mean?
Jan 26, 2012
Why should my tax dollars pay for you to live like a king when you don't deserve to live. And I work my azz off to live in poverty. This country is so mess up, no wonder there are criminals like you. The government enables you and your kind.
Jan 26, 2012
the system is stupid, they give him color t.v., a/c, and free health care, that is more then I get being a single mom, and this guy committed murder! WTF, why not punish the man, there are men in prison for petty crimes crowding the prisons when they should be on probation at most and the system puts them in jail, but yet the murders, drug dealers, rapists, what they get a slap on the wrist and then some of them are let out! this system sucks! there is no real justice in this system! that man is mocking everyone and laughing while he naps all day watching color t.v., probably with cable!
Jan 26, 2012
Eating at Jack in the Box is a privilege? Just kidding, I get your point.
Jan 26, 2012
Just kill the bastard and get it over with! I have better things to spend my tax dollars on!
Jan 26, 2012
NO not true, Killing the killer makes you NO better than the killer. Just because his eventual murder is legal doesnt mean its Moral.
Jan 26, 2012
Glenn Lind LOL! Hell ya! I feel sorry for the people who live on the east coast and don't get to enjoy the sheer yumminess
Jan 26, 2012
This is exactly why the laws need to be changed. It doesn't matter if you believe in the death penatly or not. The fact remains: we are "paying" for his incarceration. They should not be enjoying t.v.'s or anything like that. Our laws need to be changed. He may be laughing it up now, but only God can help him when he passes from this earth.
Jan 26, 2012
When they throw the switch, he won't be laughing.
Jan 26, 2012
Read the Bible, just saying
Jan 26, 2012
I DO NOT bekieve in the death penalty because one innocent person executed is murder as well. DNA testing has exonerated many people.
Jan 26, 2012
Hes a sociopath, I doubt very much he's miserable.
Jan 26, 2012
The amount of Tax money were paying everyday to keep people like him locked up….its sick, its flawed big time
Jan 26, 2012
Garrett Cook its a disgrace!!!
Jan 26, 2012
134$ a day to keep them there
Jan 26, 2012
Garrett Cook I got paid that a week from unemployment, actually less than that
Jan 26, 2012
Death is a just punishment for him and he doesn't ever have to worry about seeing God.
Jan 26, 2012
I believe in the death penalty, but he should be in a cell with nothing but a bed and toilet, he deserves nothing, and shoud be put to death without waiting for the court systems – they are failing by keeping these undeserving killers alive. Shouldn't take forever as their victims are dead and I think a year is enough to keep them alive. Speed up the system!
Jan 26, 2012
Hell naw they need to get rid of him than later he don't no when he do meet God God is gonna whoop his ass even worse then the death row it self he don't deserve to live but that's not my. Call that's all up to Jesus
Jan 26, 2012
Lulu Ruiz … As much as I can understand your anger towards all of this, do yourself a favor and see how much it is to execute someone through the court process. You will be shocked. There is no good way to getting rid of these horrible people.
Jan 26, 2012
Dan Gray Exactly – read the bible – an eye for an eye. In his case I say a head for an eye!! Give him what he wants.
Jan 27, 2012
Send him to TX…we have an Express Line just for him:)
Jan 27, 2012
This, my friends, is a perfect example of taking Constitutioinal Rights to the extreme (reference the comments on the Rand Paul/TSA incident). Prisoners should have NO rights, constitutional or otherwise! They gave up those rights when they committed their crime. I know some will respond to me with the argument that they are human beings and should be treated as such. Well, what about their victims? Should'nt they have been treated as human beings? And to those that argue that there are sometimes innocent people serving time. Well, our justice system is not perfect and those innocent people were also tried and convicted, unfortunately. I would rather 100 "innocent" people lose their freedom than to see even 1 murderer, child molester, rapist, etc., walk the streets. This story is but one more example that "life is not always fair".
Jan 27, 2012
Murderers should be given to the victims family…and whatever they want is OK!
Jan 27, 2012
It is so true they get better food, mental care, medical care than the elderly that have worked all their lives. It is so disgusting, need to change it is so messed up.
Jan 27, 2012
Take away his TV and AC. No book or magazines either. Let them spend their days thinking about their crimes and how they got on death row.
Jan 27, 2012
This person (I use this reference lightly) just wants attention, we treat him well because we are human beings he gave that right up a long time ago it isn't matter of how well he is treated it is a matter that soon he will be gone and no one will mourn his loss. When he looks at things on t.v. he knows he will never see in person any of those things, the smile of a friend, the love of a family, the pretty fresh faced girl on the t.v. smiles because he can't touch her he can want to he can fantasize about it but he can't touch her or any other girl like her and its driving him to try to get us so riled up that we care and kill him sooner rather then later.
Jan 27, 2012
There's a clause in the bill of rights having to do with abolishing slavery and making it illegal…except if you are a prisoner of the state. I don't see enough slavery in prisons.
Jan 27, 2012
watever..say wat you want..here in the free world where things aren't free..we enjoy the ability to do them in quiet..at our own time..we don't have to **** w people in the same room or have people come in at any time..we can take showers when we want..we can cook a steak and baked potato three times a day if that is wat we want..we can watch 3-d tv and the channel we want..we can take a walk around our neighborhoods anytime we feel like it..and so the next time the guard comes and says lights out..and you hear screams all night..and you here the clanging of their keys all night then you ought to know this…we am doing watever the hell we want..and you're being forced to do watever they want..and babe know this too..in hell where u are going soon there is no tv at all..there is only fire fire fire and it will never go out!
Jan 27, 2012
if I've said it once I've said it a million times if the person confesses take em' out back & be done-if the crime is against a child, elderly, disabled or a person unable to defend themself-no trial needed just take em' out back & kill em'……..
Jan 27, 2012
Linda Fetters not such a hard concept to follow, linda: with nothing but time on their hands, they have nothing else to do but come up with their next liine of B.S. in order to get whatever it is they think they want. Anything that comes out of a con's mouth is generally B.S., and there is something behind it that they think is going to benefit them. They become convinced they're smarter than eveyone else and that everyone will just fall to their knees and try to accomodate them. Stupid as that is, they're all sure it's going to work. In this case, he's just looking for some form of attention, and funny thing is……….everybodcy's giving it to him. Odd, that!!!
Jan 27, 2012
You protest too much you fool–you are still in jail. I hope those balanced meals (forced on you with no choice), TV (watch others be free), and AC (chilly like purgatory) remind you what a worthless waste of protoplasm you are. If it is so great, why do you want to be killed by your caretakers?
Jan 27, 2012
Who gave him the paper and pencil to write with? What a puke. Let him die and face God. Well that is who he thinks he will be facing anyways. Let him receive the hahahaha. He is a waist of time and an idiot.
Jan 27, 2012
That's it, Just put him and the chair and zap his ass RIGHT NOW!