Comments on: 1989: Horace Franklin Dunkins, Jr., “just hope that he was not conscious”

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:26:50 +0000

You do the crime, you do the time. Retarded, cajoled, manipulated - I don’t care - he did it. Just as an 18 month old baby knows he or she is doing wrong by spitting their food out when they should be eating, this guy must also FUNDAMENTALLY know he wasn’t doing the right thing. I only hope the pathetic accomplice was fired just as hard and for just as long.

By: kevin

kevin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:59:24 +0000

I understand right and wrong and killing a mentally retarded individual is just in humane. It shows just lack of judgement. It makes the executioners look super retarded. If you are truely retarded. can you blame them for acting retarded. We need nation healthcare which includes mental health. Do you realize how many ills are associated with having violently mentally ill people intermingled with the rest of society

By: Kayla

Kayla — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:59:16 +0000

I feel for the family of Lynn McCurry, but it is hard to have sympathy for Dunkins. If he was mentally stable enough to commit the horrible crime he did, he was stable enough to pay for it. I think the justice system has too much sympathy for the criminals and not the victims or their families. The criminals beg for mercy and fight for their lives when they face their punishment; however, they do not give their vicitms the same courtesy. Had they thought of that at the time they were commiting their crimes, they would not be on death row in the first place. Even with the problem with the electrocution, he did not suffer the way Lynn did. We have to keep people like that out of society. IF you have no regard for human life, then no regard for your life should be given. Maybe that sounds harsh to some, but if it happened to your loved one, you would not think so. An eye for an eye!
May God bless Lynn’s family. God bless Lynn’s children too.

By: Lynn's Daughter

Lynn's Daughter — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:26:42 +0000

I am the daughter of the woman, Lynn McCurry that was killed by Horace Dunkins. I feel bad for Dunkin’s family but however do not feel bad for him. What he did to my mother was horrific. I and my brothers and sister had to grow up without her and it caused a lot pain. We miss her so much and cannot express the pain that he has caused.