This monster should die he is a idiot but not retarded!!! He was a lazy a** in high school and didn't do his school work that is not a sign of retardation!!!

I am so disappointed!

The air will smell a bit sweeter when he is no longer breathing any of it!

I was involved in the search for Sarah.
And my family is buried in the graveyard where he left Cody for dead before he took the girl to the other side of town to rape her again & slit her throat!

There is no way you could ever convince me he didn't know the consequences of his behavior!

The day that you americans understand that criminal punishment are about justice, and NOT revenge, i will swimm across the atlantic ocean!!

- Your murder rate are five times higher than the rest of the western world, and NONE of these countries got capital punishment.... Figure that one out. How come? Anyone?

hi, i m french and so upset by your conception of justice !!!
stop killing people !
keep on going in irak and afghanistan and satisfy your bloodily wills ! that s why u are there, no ?

an eye for an eye is from the old testimony !
forgiveness is the way to salvation !

you people who think that u are always doing things with god on ur side ! u remind me the terrible inquisition time ( long time ago, our history ), oh, sorry, u have no history at all so u cant understand and learn from past mistakes !

peace for ries, the last u murdered !!

If you have so much faith in your criminal justice system, why does it take 10-11 years for you to carry out the sentence? Also, why is the cause of death of executed inmates stated as 'Homicide'? Surely this means murder?

With more prisoners convicted of murder than anywhere else, your death penalty is not a deterrent. Most of the ones on death row are ready to accept their fate when the time comes, so surely that proves that your harsh prison regime is a better option. Make them suffer for their crimes, remind them every day of what they have done and why they are there, dont go the revenge route. That makes you just as bad as the convicted.

If you have so much faith in your criminal justice system, why does it take 10-11 years for you to carry out the sentence? Also, why is the cause of death of executed inmates stated as 'Homicide'? Surely this means murder?

With more prisoners convicted of murder than anywhere else, your death penalty is not a deterrent. Most of the ones on death row are ready to accept their fate when the time comes, so surely that proves that your harsh prison regime is a better option. Make them suffer for their crimes, remind them every day of what they have done and why they are there, dont go the revenge route. That makes you just as bad as the convicted.

Absolutely agree... Execution is in no way a deterrent to Murder, that is proven.

The concept of Execution is medievil outdated and puts the US on the same level as Asian Countries, a level which they constantly maintain they are above.

I was 12 years old and can remember all the news people at my school and the helicopters all around for, I believe 3 days to find Sarah. I wasn't aloud to go any where by myself for a long time after that. This man should die for what he did and he knows what he did they have prove that before when he claimed he is retarted. Why keep him alive? We are just paying for a murderer to stay alive, to eat, to sleep, Why?? Sarah was buried on her 12th birthday people kill this man and let everyone that knew Sarah breath easier.

Pierre, so France doesn't agree with our justice system. That alone tells me we are doing something right. As far as history goes, read up. Your country is weak.

I am upset about those stupid comments from those European anti death penalty people which share more sympathy for the killer than for the victims!

All I can say is, that I hope that one of their loved ones or even kid is being raped and killed by some sick bastard! I wonder if they still will carry sympathy for the killer! I am from Germany, been to prison there too and I just hope that they bring back the death penalty to Germany again, so those killer bastards retarded or not, get the penalty they deserve!!!

Woods is a MONSTER and should have been executed as scheduled for the brutal murder he DID commit. His so-called low IQ did not keep him from carrying out his day of terror on 2 innocent children and then planning his defense of lies about his cousin..... Pissiere the frenchman in the comments section; you Know nothing of the Americans or Justice, we don't allow Child Rapists and Murderers to walk free.

The death penalty and carrying out of it, is not for revenge. To those who oppose execution....
It is about punishment for crimes comitted. It's about the destruction brought on by those who comitt murder. Their victims did not get a reprieve, their families will never get to see their loved one again, the pain they suffer will be with them for the rest of their own lives. The
crimes comitted are at the very least brutal, cruel, horrific, this begs for punishment. I have no empathy for someone who kills another person in such a fit of unbridled rage, hate, anger, stupidity, or because they are out of their mind on drugs, or just because they have nothing else to do. They should have to answer for what they do, with their own lives. They took lives and futures away from others. They ran amok and did the unthinkable. The unimaginable. The horrific.
And then try to get out of it.
It is reprehensible. I DO believe they need to be punished. Living in a small cell, eating, breathing, reading, plotting out their next appeal is not my idea of punishment for them.

From a Canadian

Good for Texas!! In Canada a guy just came up for parole after 25 years. He shot 4 adults then took the 11 and 13 year old girls with him where he raped them for a week before slitting their throats. This man should have been dead 25 years ago...but in Canada many don't believe in Capital punishment and that's too bad.

After working 25 years as a firefighter/paramedic I've dealt with a lot of bad things. For the people against the death penalty you should try to understand that there are just some bad people out there. They are evil and can never be rehabilitated. Why not put the millions of $$ spent on keeping them alive into crime prevention.

Texas has it right. Get rid of the evil people.

He's too mentally retarded to be executed?
The stick the needle in his vein, and tell him it will be a high, like he’s never had before, but has needed all his life.

Or put him in the electric chair and tell him “It’s Disneyland!”
To the European commenter’s: The next war in Europe; the LOSER has to keep France!

I feel we should be able to vote for who lives and who dies...I personally cannot afford to feed the people on welfare, the illegal idiots who come here thinking they should get everything for free, and these dirty criminals!! It’s hard enough trying to feed my own family why should I have to pay for these RETARDED IDIOTS to have a roof over their head, 3 meals a day, TV, books, etc. If you commit a crime you should be punished for it...if you do not contribute successfully to society then you should be removed from society. Period and AMEN!!!