+TL DR Really, is it wrong? Did the people he tortured and killed didn't get your memo. Did they? Cause it was paradise what they went through because of this garbage! He deserves to, and needs to suffer every second.
This guy was convicted of murdering and robbing a couple he had been living with. He denied it but his bloody fingerprints at scene and he was caught driving dead couples car in a different state a few days later. Lets not forget the victims.
I agree. He showed no mercy on his victim. I'm sure his victim was begging for their life at the time. He took it away from them, so this is his punishment..
I did 10 years in Texas prisons. I even got released from the walls unit(where they used to execute people). I was facing a life sentence and a jury sentenced me to only 15 years for fatally stabbing a man that punched me in a bar fight. The jury told my lawyers that felt sorry for me because I was 17,and decided to only give me 15 years,because he was the instigator. It also came out at my trial that the dude was a serial rapist. That certainly didn't hurt my cause. Facing life,is terrifying. I can't imagine facing the death penalty. For some reason, to this day,I still have nightmares about doing life or getting the death penalty,even though I wasn't eligible the death penalty, and the prosecutors ultimately did not ask the jury to give me life. They did ask the jury to give me 30-40 years. God bless the jury that gave me a 2nd chance. I feel very bad about what i did. I cant change the past. Not everyone that goes to prison is remorseless. Most people can change. REDEMPTION IS REAL! Been out almost 9 years without so much as a traffic ticket. I just can't imagine being sentenced to death. I think I would commit suicide before I let the state execute me
Damm.. Nice story! YOUR lucky bc Texas don't play I would never do a crime out there.. My question is this why are there soo many guys on death row in Texas? Are they not aware of the state that they LOVE to kill people down there? I don't get it with these guys...
Toy Murillo They just seek the death penalty alot more. Interesting stats- Texas executes more people than any other country in the world except Pakistan and 1 other. Also,1 county (Harris County)has sent more people to death row than any other state in the United States! You are correct! Texas don't play!
Glad you got a second chance at life! How Texas treats inmates in general is absolutely appalling! And how many they execute is even worse. Not a state I would ever want to visit even, and I’m a law abiding person who’s never been in any trouble with the law enforcement. I just care about human rights and to me that includes human rights for prison inmates and ex-cons too. Death penalty and harsh prison environments is nothing more than cold blooded revenge, and the people condoning it are really no better than the convicts that they despise... Yes, I do feel for victims and their families, but everything isn’t always about the victims, a convict may be a victim themselves, and the family and friends of a convict are victims in a way as well. Some convicts aren’t even bad people, they did a bad thing yes, but it doesn’t mean they’re bad people, it can be good people who ended up in a bad situation, or someone who did something bad and changed radically while in prison. Many deserve a second chance in life, and to do that prisons need to focus more on rehabilitation and have better conditions. Going to prison and losing freedom is the punishment and should be the only punishment, punishing people when they’re IN prison by treating them badly and/or keeping them in horrid conditions is just hypocritical and inhumane.
My friend ...while I may agree we should learn to forgive... There are time when one loses it for a moment.. The devil is such a deceiver.... I want to thank god for Jesus.... Do you ever stop to think about the innocent Vietnam children that the USA killed... Do u ever think about the innocent reporters that usa troops killed in Iraq....how will justice be served for such situations...
“ Please don’t let them kill me “ he says, what about the victim, did they beg, plead ...... but he killed anyway !! He will now receive his punishment. Then he says no body should have to grow through what he did (twice in 1 day) a stay. What nerve, did any of the people on death row give their victims a chance to live ?? Why should we !!
We should because we're not supposed to murder. If we cheer on someone's demise (for any reason), talk badly about someone behind their back, put someone down to their face... We're killing their spirit, and that makes us murderers, too.
I understand this argument, and part of me agrees with you, but a large part of me doesn't. I haven't watches this yet so idk why the guys in there. And I'm not giving any justifications for anyone either. I'm just saying, I think its alot more nuanced than that. Sometimes it isn't, but your comment was a pretty wide generalization to make.
A wild update regarding this man and his case. He is alive and well serving a life sentence instead of being executed. Turns out the judge and prosecutor on his case were having an affair which came out after the fact. His lawyers appealed for a new trial. The appeals court refused to hear the appeal about it being a fair trial. But, the appeals court granted him a new sentencing trial because the jury were not given the proper rules and information when deciding on the punishment. The new prosecutor was going for the death penalty again. He ended up taking a plea deal. He pleaded guilty to both murders and received a life sentence. A life sentence in Texas is 40 years. He's been on death row at the time for over 23 years. Part of the plea agreement that he took meant he will not get credit for those 23 years which would have made him eligible for release soon. Instead the 40 years started from the day he pleaded guilty, therefore, insuring that he'll remain in prison for good. Crazy ass story....wow!
When these prison interviews take place the producers should have to state what crime they have been found guilty with full details within reason. Scrolling subtitles should permanently display there previous convictions as well.
I agree it would be nice to know what he did and if he is a model inmate like he claims. He sounds like he’s remorseful and could actually be rehabilitated . In a case like that I’d be against the death penalty.
Google is your friend. www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2013/02/08/after-years-of-insisting-he-was-innocent-of-murder-death-row-inmate-charles-dean-hood-pleads-guilty-takes-life-sentence/ that’s one of probably 100 just off of his name
Glory to God and his great mercy because if it wasn´t for his mercy none of us would go to heaven or even be alive. For those who have mercy will get mercy in the day of judgement, so make sure to be the kind of mercyful person. God bless.
in the USA people get 10 years for shoplifting in England we get a fine or a criminal discharge for the same thing one thing I agree with the USA)s. justice system is they actually have the balls to kill child killers paedos and rapists I wish the UK had the same rules
American justice got soft during the last 100 years. Death penalty should be carried out immediately after sentancing. What happened to the days of people getting hung for stealing?
"Charles Dean Hood was sentenced to death in 1990 by a Texas judge who had been sleeping with the prosecutor in his case." Conflict of interest anyone? Hello....
+Damien Holland The judge and DA had a brief affair years before the trial Why didnt the defense attys recuse the judge? Or, was it planned error by the defense? Regardless, the transcript revealed no errors by the judge and it was the jury who sentenced him to death. Not difficult to do since he murdered two people, the evidence was overwhelming, and he had a criminal history including rape of minors.
When he was talking about the calmness, I've felt it too. I was in a driving accident at 80mph, but instead of being shakey,scared,hurt, or panicked, I felt so calm that everything was all right, I didn't feel my heart beating, no blood rushing,I couldn't even feel my pulse. Everthing just slowed down, almost as if time stood still. Everyone else was freaking out, but all I could think about was how quickly I could have died,within a matter of seconds. But I've never been so calm in my life. When he said it was Jesus in the room, I felt like he was in the truck. The only explanation for my calmness and no serious injuries, is Jesus was there. It felt like an out of body experience, like Jesus traded me places for a split second. It sounds crazy, idk how else to explain it.
Why is Jesus the only one who gets credit? There have been sacrifices till this day. People being crucified is not rare. But perhaps there was a good energy that u urself kept alive.
I had the same experience on an airplane up 10,000 feet,dropped 3,000 feet in a matter of seconds the pilot said....everyone was screaming and yelling,, me I just felt this warmness in me and i was so still.
There is a clarity like night and day that clarity of seeing your life ebb away I was hit on a motorcycle by a drunk she had part of me on her car filthy drunk tried to deny she was guilty I almost died but on that scene near midnight was an off duty EMT and 2 Nurses. I had two severed arteries they saved me but when I was going into shock and yes I knew what was going on there was clarity. Those who hate the police I held the officers ankle as long as I could. Those people are my Angels But that Clarity it’s like seeing so clearly without emotion.
I think the death penalty isn't harsh enough. I think that decades in a prison cell knowing that you will never leave and you would never see the outside again would be worse than death. I think this man truly wants to live. This is a great time to ask the old question; What would Jesus do? I'm almost certain that he would forgive.
Does a tone of these journalist ever ask these heartless monsters what their victims felt and had to go through before death took them? Of course not they could not tell you because the only ones they are concerned about is themselves. I have as much pitty for you as you shown your victims how is that.
I agree. The terror of living under death row has to be stressful. It's even more stressful going to the "Death House" prepared to die, but then to come back. It's got to a be an eary feeling knowing your're suppose to be dead but alive, b/c of a freak timing. It's like, where is your place in this world
The US is crazy. Many double digits sentences. I have a record that is probably at least 35 pages and have never served more than 9 months at a time. Thankfully I smartened up eventually and now live honest and contribute to society but these people never get the chance to turn things around with the sentences the US gives.
Well you see, the questions are how many years ago did he commit the crime, has he rehabilitated during the years on death row, if so, has he developed a conscience, what is the substance to the rehabilitation and over what length if time, ... there are many murderers who had no chance at receiving a good upbringing and who only begin to discover whar it should have been and consequently assert themselves thereto. What were the circumstances of his crime? You see there are many questions.a d few amswers. In many of these interviews I do not hear questions like ... how does your attitude differ from the time.of the murder to your state of mind today? Would you kill again were you placed in the same circumstances? I heard an interview with a serial killer, smiling he said if he is let out he will kill again, over and over and said he simply loves killing people. Each and every case is different. Discussions of death penalty will always remain contraversial. This guy Dean, has a wild eye. He 0robably suffers from an incurable personality disorder. His crying is the fear of death. It.is abnormal not to fear death. I shall have to read up on it. .
It would be good to have the date this was posted. It is hard to tell if this is old news, new news, or real old news. Should be easy to post a date or two.
I googled and her got a new sentencing trial and got a plea deal. He finally admitted he killed those two people and was given life with no parole. People always talk about letting people rot in jail. Evidently it's not that bad since prisoners will usually do anything to avoid the death penalty. What a disgusting piece of flesh!
Nice one, didn't know he was dead now, and yes Yippeeeeee :0). I cannot understand these people that feel sorry for them, they clearly don't feel for the victims or their families but for the killers instead. It's beyond me.
He's explaining how it "kills me" with the back & forth of death then stay, back to death then stay etc... I would say to him, now you know how it felt with the victims family but 10xs more because the victims family has to deal with their loved ones death PLUS the way they were killed. I watch clips of convicts being sentenced on you tube & when the victims families give an impact statement many times the family of defendant will snap at them in court or when they are outside on a break as if they are doing wrong by sharing their thoughts & feelings about what the person did to their loved one & what they wish the sentece should be. The victims family didnt have anythinf to do with why the defendant was sentenced, the defendant put himself there! There are even times defendant starts looking shocked or cursing at judge like "how dare you give me death or life" knowing what he did. Blows my mind!
He thinks it's all about him, his feelings, his life, etc. He wants everyone to feel sorry for him. He wants everyone to think he's the victim. At the time of this interview he was still refusing to admit guilt for the murders. Finally, in February of 2013, 24 years after he committed double murder and wasted everyone's time and energy, he admitted his guilt. I don't believe one word out of this guy's mouth. Even when he says, "Hello", it's a lie.
I'm left wondering if anyone even cares if he is guilty! The way I see it, is that he has been forced into a corner to plead guilty, even though he could be innocent. The man has be given enough stays to at least imply that there is doubt and if there is the slightest doubt with death row cases then I believe there should be another trial. How many more innocent people have to die before this barbaric punishment is stopped? I am so glad that we have more sense in the UK.
+Dawn Porter Lord, you are dumb. The stays were not based on anything involving innocence. He's guilty. Based on the evidence only a moron, you, would claim otherwise. This isnt a game, sweetheart. Find a new hobby.
frackious Oh my, why do you and others like you have to revert to name calling? I am merely stating things as I see and as I believe - Killing is wrong, even if a law says its ok!
+Dawn Porter And I am merely stating things that are self evident, i.e., you are an idiot. You think killing is wrong? Go tell Hood. He murdered two people.
+Dawn Porter Do you have an understanding of the exhaustive and lengthy process our system demands before a murderer in the USA can be even given a death sentence? And then the subsequent appeals which last 10 -20 years? If you have a problem with the death penalty in all the that's fine. Put the police in this country don't beat confessions out of murderers and then they are executed the next week. This is not China or Venezuela. Please speak not out of ignorance. My ancestors left your country hundreds of years ago and fought a war for independence because people in the UK were imprisoned over debt and religious persecution. The UK does NOT possess a stellar record of treatment of its "criminals."
@choppedpeanuts1 Thanks "Doc" for your much valued and respected opinion and recommendation. I'll get right on it! Why don't you have your office staff send in a referral. Study up now! No telling who you might have to diagnose tomorrow. Be ready!
Im impressed by the clarity and detail nature of his articulations. He is kinda of funny too " dont let them kill me" and "they tried ti kill me that night".
As someone already commented, the problem with the death penalty is the time it takes to get through the system of appeals. I am English, where we do not have the death sentence. At 65 I can remember a time when it was in force. When it was , the delays that America has, never seemed to happen here. I believe, when in Rome ect ect. I know that you cannot compare two systems, especially as one is defunct. however I do not understand, along with a lot of Americans, I'm sure. Why it takes so long.
Read "Restless Souls" by Alisa Statman with Brie Tate about the Sharon Tate Murder and many years until recently, they spent going thru hell because of the murderers. It is a real eye opener about why death penalty was put there in the first place. I've never felt so bad for a victims family and one of my best friends was in a family touched by murder. That was pretty awful! A lot of these guys really have no remorse and see themselves as the true victims.
Psalm 23 The Lord is My Shepherd (Ezekiel 34:11-24; John 10:1-21) 1{A Psalm of David.} The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
people say look at the vicitims family, but it is not just about the vicitims family but it is about both yes someone made a bad judgement. You know what if people brought him back to the day he messed up and he can change his live around and not kill someone
There are some people whom the death penalty are exactly for - remember this gut is on death row for a reason _ he murdered not only 1 person, but I believe it was 2 people !
Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Susan Lane there is definitely God, Lord Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit. U wouldn't exist and all the humans and everything in this world and world itself. God is the creator of everything.. Read Bible King James Version. U just don't have eyes to see God in every living thing on this earth. People that don't believe in God actually doing evil things to others.
Sickening how they are allowed endless appeals to stay alive longer than they should. All these despicable death row inmates suddenly become philosophical and religious,trying to make society feel guilty for punishing them,something they brought it in themselves. I miss the good old days where a condemned was taken out to the back of the court house and hanged in the courtyard.
Wow. All the people he had supporting his "innocence" and he ends up confessing. I always say it's not against the law to be stupid or gullible, it's just very dangerous and very annoying.
i forgive him . GOD said, ' forgive yoyur enemies and those who have harmed you in any way and I will forgive you for your wrong doings'. GOD IS A GOD OF FORGIVENESS AND MERCY AND ALL.
February 25th 2010 Charles Dean Hood, the death row inmate whose case has drawn national attention because of a relationship between the presiding judge and prosecutor at his trial, has been granted a new punishment hearing by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The new hearing was not ordered because of the acknowledged relationship, but because the court ruled that the jury was not given proper instructions on how to consider Hood's background when determining his punishment.
I have to say that although I strongly disagree with the death penalty I do find it ironic the way some of these people talk about their experiences. What a trauma! Im sure you didn't give a shit about the trauma experienced by your victim(s)
I guess I feel some sorrow for his family but what the hell?!? Did they maybe contribute to your screwed up life that led to death row? Idk. Maybe. Maybe not
@choppedpeanuts1 Also, the Clause you referenced would support life without parole, not oppose it. Most of the time it retroactively offers more severe penalties, not less. In the cases that penalties are lessened, it's with crimes much less serious than murder.
He was granted a new trial because the judge & DA in his case finally admitted they had a long standing affair & his lawyer filed that he didn't get a fair trial. At his new trial, he pled guilty to get a life term instead of chancing another death penalty. I believe in the death penalty but, in this case, I wonder if he pled guilty so he didn't have to go through another circus like he did or if he was really guilty. The victims family was happy but, is Hood really the guy? Or was he just scared? I don't know this case so I'd appreciate some insight from someone who does know all the ins & outs of it.
+nodak01 Of course he is guilty. They were going to kick him out of the house. The woman told her sister she was afraid of him. The man came home, couldnt find his gf but there was some stupid note obviously written by Dean saying she had gone out jogging. The man called 911 and Hood's voice can be heard in the background on the 911 tape. The police arrive 3 minutes later and find the man shot in the back of the head and the woman shot and stuffed in the closet. Hood took cash, credit cards, and jewelry from their safe and the V's car and drives to Indiana. he's arrested 26 hours later.
frackious Kinda brings up the old nature vs. nurture argument. I think before he & his brother are both whack jobs. Any idea what happened to the little brother? There mother didn't seem too worried about either one of her boys. She just "put it out of me mind".. Freud had to be right once in awhile. We should put the parents in jail for creating them.
+nodak01 To be clear, he was granted a new sentencing trial because of a change in the laws. The case was remanded back to the trial court and it was there that he was offered a plea deal. They never reversed the finding of guilt. The judge & the DA had a very brief fling years earlier. I think she was embarrassed to admit it. Defense attys all said everyone knew about it so why didnt the defense attys file a motion for the judge to recuse herself from the case? Seems like invited error by the defense. And no, he got a fair trial. There is a transcript of all the evid. and rulings that was reviewed and no error was found. If they had retried him, he wd have been found guilty and sentenced to death again. As to his brother, I think you are mixing up cases. :)
Maybe you can consider their innocent friends and relatives, and not want to put them through the same ordeal as the victim's family and friends? How about that?
What happens in a jail is that you are so isolated every little detail becomes huge including this interview. Hence the intensity of his long winded over detailed story. So this cat, who is experiencing nothing of interest in fact, is amplifying the tedious little events of his execution process to supercharged Shakespeare. The interviewer should just tell him to cut the drama and be a man. Let him know you don't want to hear his sob story. Hundreds of thousands of men have died not only knowingly but unjustifiably, under far worse circumstances. This crank calls everyone he knows to ruin their day, in his pitiful self absorption.
Oh boohoohoo. What a baby. Surely he does realize that he gets to say goodbye to his family, but his victims didn't. They had no time to say goodbye. This man took a gun and gunned down a man and woman in cold blood for the checkbook. They were begging , but he didn't care..but now he wants someone to feel bad for him? No me, I don't feel one bit bad for this monster.
Agreed. I totally disagree with the death penalty. Killing someone, just because they murdered someone, does not make it right, in my eyes. If someone killed my family member, I want them locked up for the rest of their lives, so they can suffocate on the thoughts of what they did. God is the ultimate judge, and it should stay that way. I'm American by the way, and our system of justice sucks.
It actually costs a lot more to execute them. I support capital punishment, but an execution is VERY expensive. Not only do you have to do the execution itself, but the entire appeals process is mind numbingly expensive.
You are right, it does cost more; it doesn't have to so expensive. When the polar caps melt, maybe we'll find another Australia as a dumping ground. This whole thing is beyond sad.
I used to be for the death penalty,wrote a paper on it in college,in my paper I wrote that probally 80% of the people who are against the death penalty would change their mind if the person charged with murder had executed their loved one.Over the years I’ve given it more thought I’m older 59 and have more life experience, I’ve thought about the people who have been sentenced and put to death who we’re really innocent,one case that comes to mind was a young Hispanic man in Texas Ruben Cantu,and even if you don’t agree he was framed you how their have been some innocent people over the years,know that and especially being a Christian I am against the death penalty now one innocent person put to death is too many.Give them life without parole in solitary confinement some say that’s worst then death,and in the in death comes to us all.And yes i am against the death penalty even if if were my loved one who was murdered.
I used to be against the death penalty but now I'm not so sure, I look at some of the heinous crimes they are convicted of and feel they have forfeited their right to life, I am familiar with the Ruben Cantu case and many others where I feel they should not/be executed, I too watch Execution Watch with Ray Hill RIP but why should they live bill free while we have to worry and work to live but mainly because their crimes are so awful, I'm 58 soon to be 59 a father of 6 boys and 4 girls.
These killers are afraid to die its ridiculous. 'I cried, i cried. They wanted to kill me.'What about the people you killed?
True, but I heard he was INNOCENT
@@Coco-xw3wp is he out???
Two wrongs don't make it right😢😢😢
Typical death row inmate logic. No remorse for brutally murdering 2 people, but scared to die him self
BackwoodsHunter.243 True, but is different when the one who is going to visit Saint Peter is you not someone else
You feel bad for the guy at first, but then you read about him, and you want him to suffer even more.
+Miguel Pimentel Yeah if you´re fucked up like you. Making people suffer like that is wrong.
+TL DR Really, is it wrong? Did the people he tortured and killed didn't get your memo. Did they? Cause it was paradise what they went through because of this garbage! He deserves to, and needs to suffer every second.
How is it they don't believe in God till they get here then they are praying to God .
This guy was convicted of murdering and robbing a couple he had been living with. He denied it but his bloody fingerprints at scene and he was caught driving dead couples car in a different state a few days later. Lets not forget the victims.
I agree. He showed no mercy on his victim. I'm sure his victim was begging for their life at the time. He took it away from them, so this is his punishment..
I did 10 years in Texas prisons. I even got released from the walls unit(where they used to execute people). I was facing a life sentence and a jury sentenced me to only 15 years for fatally stabbing a man that punched me in a bar fight. The jury told my lawyers that felt sorry for me because I was 17,and decided to only give me 15 years,because he was the instigator. It also came out at my trial that the dude was a serial rapist. That certainly didn't hurt my cause. Facing life,is terrifying. I can't imagine facing the death penalty. For some reason, to this day,I still have nightmares about doing life or getting the death penalty,even though I wasn't eligible the death penalty, and the prosecutors ultimately did not ask the jury to give me life. They did ask the jury to give me 30-40 years. God bless the jury that gave me a 2nd chance. I feel very bad about what i did. I cant change the past. Not everyone that goes to prison is remorseless. Most people can change. REDEMPTION IS REAL! Been out almost 9 years without so much as a traffic ticket. I just can't imagine being sentenced to death. I think I would commit suicide before I let the state execute me
Damm.. Nice story! YOUR lucky bc Texas don't play I would never do a crime out there.. My question is this why are there soo many guys on death row in Texas? Are they not aware of the state that they LOVE to kill people down there? I don't get it with these guys...
Toy Murillo They just seek the death penalty alot more. Interesting stats- Texas executes more people than any other country in the world except Pakistan and 1 other. Also,1 county (Harris County)has sent more people to death row than any other state in the United States! You are correct! Texas don't play!
Glad you got a second chance at life! How Texas treats inmates in general is absolutely appalling! And how many they execute is even worse. Not a state I would ever want to visit even, and I’m a law abiding person who’s never been in any trouble with the law enforcement. I just care about human rights and to me that includes human rights for prison inmates and ex-cons too. Death penalty and harsh prison environments is nothing more than cold blooded revenge, and the people condoning it are really no better than the convicts that they despise... Yes, I do feel for victims and their families, but everything isn’t always about the victims, a convict may be a victim themselves, and the family and friends of a convict are victims in a way as well. Some convicts aren’t even bad people, they did a bad thing yes, but it doesn’t mean they’re bad people, it can be good people who ended up in a bad situation, or someone who did something bad and changed radically while in prison. Many deserve a second chance in life, and to do that prisons need to focus more on rehabilitation and have better conditions. Going to prison and losing freedom is the punishment and should be the only punishment, punishing people when they’re IN prison by treating them badly and/or keeping them in horrid conditions is just hypocritical and inhumane.
h-town tx: Thanks for sharing this. Hope your nightmares will gonna stop soon, greets from Germany.
Thanks for sharing your story! This really made my day. Keep it up and God bless you🙂
too bad your murder victims didn't get a stay
My friend ...while I may agree we should learn to forgive... There are time when one loses it for a moment.. The devil is such a deceiver.... I want to thank god for Jesus.... Do you ever stop to think about the innocent Vietnam children that the USA killed... Do u ever think about the innocent reporters that usa troops killed in Iraq....how will justice be served for such situations...
Yeah I bet after I smack the pitiful bs out of his sorry ass hed be regular again. Unrepentant Asshole
Can you come up with more original thought?
Julia Xoxo Judge not..
@@endurable4849 Do you ever think about the thousands of innocent people who died in 911 probably you don't.
criminals get far more air time than their victims get. how can we reasonably have compassion for them when they gave none to their victims.
I have no compassion for people like him at all. I feel there should not drag this on for years and years it's not fair for families
When we are not in his shoes we talk 💩 but when it's our time we talk differently
These killers make me sick 🤮 they don’t give a f about who they kill yet they want sympathy! Sorry not sorry you get none from me
This guy's death sentence was overturned and he was resentenced to life in prison. He killed two people and still wakes up for breakfast everyday.
“ Please don’t let them kill me “ he says, what about the victim, did they beg, plead ...... but he killed anyway !! He will now receive his punishment. Then he says no body should have to grow through what he did (twice in 1 day) a stay. What nerve, did any of the people on death row give their victims a chance to live ?? Why should we !!
We should because we're not supposed to murder. If we cheer on someone's demise (for any reason), talk badly about someone behind their back, put someone down to their face... We're killing their spirit, and that makes us murderers, too.
WE LL KNOW TRUMP WILL GIVE is life for this while person
I must be a murderer than💪🏻
English is a struggle for some folks🤦♂️
It's amazing how killers don't care about anyone else, but expect people to feel so sorry about them.
Ztech that’s so true,,, they become so scared all of a sudden
He killed 2 of his friends but I'm sure they were scared wtf jerk!!
Its not doe me to pass judgement but I understand what you are saying
I understand this argument, and part of me agrees with you, but a large part of me doesn't. I haven't watches this yet so idk why the guys in there. And I'm not giving any justifications for anyone either. I'm just saying, I think its alot more nuanced than that. Sometimes it isn't, but your comment was a pretty wide generalization to make.
Thank you so much for saying that!
A wild update regarding this man and his case.
He is alive and well serving a life sentence instead of being executed. Turns out the judge and prosecutor on his case were having an affair which came out after the fact. His lawyers appealed for a new trial. The appeals court refused to hear the appeal about it being a fair trial. But, the appeals court granted him a new sentencing trial because the jury were not given the proper rules and information when deciding on the punishment. The new prosecutor was going for the death penalty again. He ended up taking a plea deal. He pleaded guilty to both murders and received a life sentence. A life sentence in Texas is 40 years. He's been on death row at the time for over 23 years. Part of the plea agreement that he took meant he will not get credit for those 23 years which would have made him eligible for release soon. Instead the 40 years started from the day he pleaded guilty, therefore, insuring that he'll remain in prison for good.
Crazy ass story....wow!
He is very genuine and sincere, honest and real. Thank God he is still alive.
When They say “eyes is the window of our soul”. Now I believe that.
When these prison interviews take place the producers should have to state what crime they have been found guilty with full details within reason. Scrolling subtitles should permanently display there previous convictions as well.
I agree it would be nice to know what he did and if he is a model inmate like he claims. He sounds like he’s remorseful and could actually be rehabilitated . In a case like that I’d be against the death penalty.
Google is your friend. www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2013/02/08/after-years-of-insisting-he-was-innocent-of-murder-death-row-inmate-charles-dean-hood-pleads-guilty-takes-life-sentence/ that’s one of probably 100 just off of his name
@@Bishopjackson I was just bout to say. Google is freeee
Bet his victim was saying "Please don't let this happen!"
Makes me have very little sympathy for him.
Not sympathy for him at all.
Glory to God and his great mercy because if it wasn´t for his mercy none of us would go to heaven or even be alive. For those who have mercy will get mercy in the day of judgement, so make sure to be the kind of mercyful person. God bless.
The American "justice" system is crap.
in the USA people get 10 years for shoplifting in England we get a fine or a criminal discharge for the same thing one thing I agree with the USA)s. justice system is they actually have the balls to kill child killers paedos and rapists I wish the UK had the same rules
GARY RowETTs Left ballbag if a person gets 10 years for shoppliffting its because the person has been convicted. Multiple crimes in the past, o
American justice got soft during the last 100 years. Death penalty should be carried out immediately after sentancing. What happened to the days of people getting hung for stealing?
TheJapanChannelDcom it really is.Its the worse of the western world having different law's in each state doesnt help but yeh its shit
Mr SweetPotato www.thenewscenter.tv/content/news/Man-could-spend-10-years-in-prison-for-shoplifting-423210394.html
www.alternet.org/man-was-sentenced-die-prison-shoplifting-159-jacket-happens-more-you-think
I love watching people on death row beg for their lives after they denied that courtesy to their victims.
Well put
Could you imagine how terrified his victims we're? Now he's scared. Screw him!!!
Who did he murder. Would be nice to have back story
"Charles Dean Hood was sentenced to death in 1990 by a Texas judge who had been sleeping with the prosecutor in his case." Conflict of interest anyone? Hello....
+Damien Holland The judge and DA had a brief affair years before the trial Why didnt the defense attys recuse the judge? Or, was it planned error by the defense? Regardless, the transcript revealed no errors by the judge and it was the jury who sentenced him to death. Not difficult to do since he murdered two people, the evidence was overwhelming, and he had a criminal history including rape of minors.
He did the murder or don't you care.
"judge not lest ye be judged" God bless.
It's good that he went through that torture still miniscule to the torture he put his victims through
Agreed. People used to say going through something like this would change my mind on the death penalty. It didnt.
they want us to feel sorry for them , they are not on death row for jay walking
His sentence was overturned, he then pleaded guilty and got LIFE. He's still alive.
When he was talking about the calmness, I've felt it too.
I was in a driving accident at 80mph, but instead of being shakey,scared,hurt, or panicked, I felt so calm that everything was all right, I didn't feel my heart beating, no blood rushing,I couldn't even feel my pulse. Everthing just slowed down, almost as if time stood still. Everyone else was freaking out, but all I could think about was how quickly I could have died,within a matter of seconds. But I've never been so calm in my life. When he said it was Jesus in the room, I felt like he was in the truck. The only explanation for my calmness and no serious injuries, is Jesus was there. It felt like an out of body experience, like Jesus traded me places for a split second. It sounds crazy, idk how else to explain it.
i understand you, but that has nothing to do with Jesus, could have been Budda or Allah or my Granny
Jesus took the wheel?
Why is Jesus the only one who gets credit? There have been sacrifices till this day. People being crucified is not rare. But perhaps there was a good energy that u urself kept alive.
I had the same experience on an airplane up 10,000 feet,dropped 3,000 feet in a matter of seconds the pilot said....everyone was screaming and yelling,, me I just felt this warmness in me and i was so still.
There is a clarity like night and day that clarity of seeing your life ebb away I was hit on a motorcycle by a drunk she had part of me on her car filthy drunk tried to deny she was guilty I almost died but on that scene near midnight was an off duty EMT and 2 Nurses. I had two severed arteries they saved me but when I was going into shock and yes I knew what was going on there was clarity. Those who hate the police I held the officers ankle as long as I could. Those people are my Angels But that Clarity it’s like seeing so clearly without emotion.
I think the death penalty isn't harsh enough. I think that decades in a prison cell knowing that you will never leave and you would never see the outside again would be worse than death. I think this man truly wants to live. This is a great time to ask the old question; What would Jesus do? I'm almost certain that he would forgive.
Not to mention the continual disappointment of the victim's families.
Does a tone of these journalist ever ask these heartless monsters what their victims felt and had to go through before death took them? Of course not they could not tell you because the only ones they are concerned about is themselves. I have as much pitty for you as you shown your victims how is that.
You make a very good point! And I agree!
The look in his eyes is so heart warming......🤣
Making fun of a man who doesn't know his date of execution is wrong brother,This is a human being!.
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I found the 'I dont want to die' slightly hypocritical. I am pretty sure the two people he murdered felt the same way too, and he ignored it.
I agree. The terror of living under death row has to be stressful. It's even more stressful going to the "Death House" prepared to die, but then to come back. It's got to a be an eary feeling knowing your're suppose to be dead but alive, b/c of a freak timing. It's like, where is your place in this world
"Eerie" feeling you mean?? Lol. 😂
Death penalty is inhumane. Life sentence to pay yes! Death penalty no.
Yes🥰♥️
The US is crazy. Many double digits sentences. I have a record that is probably at least 35 pages and have never served more than 9 months at a time. Thankfully I smartened up eventually and now live honest and contribute to society but these people never get the chance to turn things around with the sentences the US gives.
Bigman
Something I don't understand, he is crying at the end of the interview. Was he crying when he killed the couple?
Well you see, the questions are how many years ago did he commit the crime, has he rehabilitated during the years on death row, if so, has he developed a conscience, what is the substance to the rehabilitation and over what length if time, ... there are many murderers who had no chance at receiving a good upbringing and who only begin to discover whar it should have been and consequently assert themselves thereto. What were the circumstances of his crime? You see there are many questions.a d few amswers. In many of these interviews I do not hear questions like ... how does your attitude differ from the time.of the murder to your state of mind today? Would you kill again were you placed in the same circumstances? I heard an interview with a serial killer, smiling he said if he is let out he will kill again, over and over and said he simply loves killing people. Each and every case is different. Discussions of death penalty will always remain contraversial. This guy Dean, has a wild eye. He 0robably suffers from an incurable personality disorder. His crying is the fear of death. It.is abnormal not to fear death. I shall have to read up on it.
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@cookie121278 can you tell me where I might be able to see the trial transcripts.
It would be good to have the date this was posted. It is hard to tell if this is old news, new news, or real old news. Should be easy to post a date or two.
That's in direct conflict under the 8th Amendment.
theres definitely fear in his eyes
I googled and her got a new sentencing trial and got a plea deal. He finally admitted he killed those two people and was given life with no parole.
People always talk about letting people rot in jail. Evidently it's not that bad since prisoners will usually do anything to avoid the death penalty. What a disgusting piece of flesh!
Nice one, didn't know he was dead now, and yes Yippeeeeee :0). I cannot understand these people that feel sorry for them, they clearly don't feel for the victims or their families but for the killers instead. It's beyond me.
His death sentence was overturned, and he was sentenced to LIFE in 2013. Has something changed? Who said he was dead?
He's alive in prison.I googled him.
He's explaining how it "kills me" with the back & forth of death then stay, back to death then stay etc... I would say to him, now you know how it felt with the victims family but 10xs more because the victims family has to deal with their loved ones death PLUS the way they were killed. I watch clips of convicts being sentenced on you tube & when the victims families give an impact statement many times the family of defendant will snap at them in court or when they are outside on a break as if they are doing wrong by sharing their thoughts & feelings about what the person did to their loved one & what they wish the sentece should be. The victims family didnt have anythinf to do with why the defendant was sentenced, the defendant put himself there! There are even times defendant starts looking shocked or cursing at judge like "how dare you give me death or life" knowing what he did. Blows my mind!
He thinks it's all about him, his feelings, his life, etc. He wants everyone to feel sorry for him. He wants everyone to think he's the victim.
At the time of this interview he was still refusing to admit guilt for the murders. Finally, in February of 2013, 24 years after he committed double murder and wasted everyone's time and energy, he admitted his guilt.
I don't believe one word out of this guy's mouth. Even when he says, "Hello", it's a lie.
He apparently has since confessed and his sentence commuted to life in prison. Surprising for Texas.
I'm left wondering if anyone even cares if he is guilty! The way I see it, is that he has been forced into a corner to plead guilty, even though he could be innocent. The man has be given enough stays to at least imply that there is doubt and if there is the slightest doubt with death row cases then I believe there should be another trial. How many more innocent people have to die before this barbaric punishment is stopped? I am so glad that we have more sense in the UK.
+Dawn Porter Lord, you are dumb. The stays were not based on anything involving innocence. He's guilty. Based on the evidence only a moron, you, would claim otherwise. This isnt a game, sweetheart. Find a new hobby.
frackious Oh my, why do you and others like you have to revert to name calling? I am merely stating things as I see and as I believe - Killing is wrong, even if a law says its ok!
+Dawn Porter And I am merely stating things that are self evident, i.e., you are an idiot. You think killing is wrong? Go tell Hood. He murdered two people.
+Dawn Porter Do you have an understanding of the exhaustive and lengthy process our system demands before a murderer in the USA can be even given a death sentence? And then the subsequent appeals which last 10 -20 years? If you have a problem with the death penalty in all the that's fine. Put the police in this country don't beat confessions out of murderers and then they are executed the next week. This is not China or Venezuela. Please speak not out of ignorance. My ancestors left your country hundreds of years ago and fought a war for independence because people in the UK were imprisoned over debt and religious persecution. The UK does NOT possess a stellar record of treatment of its "criminals."
All I have to say is, look at the amount of prisoners 'released' since the introduction of DNA testing, which proves my point.
@choppedpeanuts1 Thanks "Doc" for your much valued and respected opinion and recommendation. I'll get right on it! Why don't you have your office staff send in a referral. Study up now! No telling who you might have to diagnose tomorrow. Be ready!
Im impressed by the clarity and detail nature of his articulations. He is kinda of funny too " dont let them kill me" and "they tried ti kill me that night".
Rip to them all !
I’m against the death penalty period !
You can not play god !
Period !
The fear he is showing is nothing compared to the victims fear.....
The people he killed didn't jump for joy.
As someone already commented, the problem with the death penalty is the time it takes to get through the system of appeals. I am English, where we do not have the death sentence. At 65 I can remember a time when it was in force. When it was , the delays that America has, never seemed to happen here. I believe, when in Rome ect ect. I know that you cannot compare two systems, especially as one is defunct. however I do not understand, along with a lot of Americans, I'm sure. Why it takes so long.
Read "Restless Souls" by Alisa Statman with Brie Tate about the Sharon Tate Murder and many years until recently, they spent going thru hell because of the murderers. It is a real eye opener about why death penalty was put there in the first place. I've never felt so bad for a victims family and one of my best friends was in a family touched by murder. That was pretty awful! A lot of these guys really have no remorse and see themselves as the true victims.
Dreading dying because of the real price they will have to pay after the execution.
Psalm 23 The Lord is My Shepherd
(Ezekiel 34:11-24; John 10:1-21)
1{A Psalm of David.} The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
It's incredible to me that PEOPLE are taking it into their own hands to do God's job.
That of judgement.
Heaven or Hell the decision is not for us.
For real. Hipocracy at it's best.
Give not hell you stupid ...and
he is serving life now
people say look at the vicitims family, but it is not just about the vicitims family but it is about both yes someone made a bad judgement. You know what if people brought him back to the day he messed up and he can change his live around and not kill someone
There are some people whom the death penalty are exactly for - remember this gut is on death row for a reason _ he murdered not only 1 person, but I believe it was 2 people !
Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
I'M SURE HIS VICTOMS GOT THE SAME.
No one deserves to die that's gods decision and his only ....regardless of what or who says it's his and his only
Yes but there is no God sorry....but if there was he wouldn't let that happen
If he would have killed your family members your feel different
Susan Lane there is definitely God, Lord Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit. U wouldn't exist and all the humans and everything in this world and world itself. God is the creator of everything.. Read Bible King James Version. U just don't have eyes to see God in every living thing on this earth. People that don't believe in God actually doing evil things to others.
Another death row inmate that says the are innocent...
I don’t feel bad. Imagine the horrors the victims and their families had to go through. Zero sympathy for the killer
why is he crying and boo hooing?? accept what you did and take it like a man!!
Sickening how they are allowed endless appeals to stay alive longer than they should. All these despicable death row inmates suddenly become philosophical and religious,trying to make society feel guilty for punishing them,something they brought it in themselves. I miss the good old days where a condemned was taken out to the back of the court house and hanged in the courtyard.
Wow. All the people he had supporting his "innocence" and he ends up confessing. I always say it's not against the law to be stupid or gullible, it's just very dangerous and very annoying.
i forgive him . GOD said, ' forgive yoyur enemies and those who have harmed you in any way and I will forgive you for your wrong doings'. GOD IS A GOD OF FORGIVENESS AND MERCY AND ALL.
February 25th 2010
Charles Dean Hood, the death row inmate whose case has drawn national attention because of a relationship between the presiding judge and prosecutor at his trial, has been granted a new punishment hearing by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
The new hearing was not ordered because of the acknowledged relationship, but because the court ruled that the jury was not given proper instructions on how to consider Hood's background when determining his punishment.
I have to say that although I strongly disagree with the death penalty I do find it ironic the way some of these people talk about their experiences. What a trauma! Im sure you didn't give a shit about the trauma experienced by your victim(s)
Should I show sympathy because this man "couldn't sleep"? I'm sorry. I just don't have it within me
I guess I feel some sorrow for his family but what the hell?!? Did they maybe contribute to your screwed up life that led to death row? Idk. Maybe. Maybe not
8:38. I'm oughta here. I can't listen to this guys BS
well said!
Wow heavy stuff
why should we pity them when they showed no care for their victims or the pain of the victims families if they show no pity why should we
Charles Dean Hood after claiming he was innocent received a new trial. This time he pled Guilty in exchange for a life sentence.
@UnforgivableMen That's a real valid and scientific method! I guess people tend to see what they're looking for.
Should do a video about the couple he murdered, still doesn't justify the death penalty but what he inflicted on others is a great deal worse.
@choppedpeanuts1 Also, the Clause you referenced would support life without parole, not oppose it. Most of the time it retroactively offers more severe penalties, not less. In the cases that penalties are lessened, it's with crimes much less serious than murder.
He was granted a new trial because the judge & DA in his case finally admitted they had a long standing affair & his lawyer filed that he didn't get a fair trial. At his new trial, he pled guilty to get a life term instead of chancing another death penalty. I believe in the death penalty but, in this case, I wonder if he pled guilty so he didn't have to go through another circus like he did or if he was really guilty. The victims family was happy but, is Hood really the guy? Or was he just scared? I don't know this case so I'd appreciate some insight from someone who does know all the ins & outs of it.
+nodak01 Of course he is guilty. They were going to kick him out of the house. The woman told her sister she was afraid of him. The man came home, couldnt find his gf but there was some stupid note obviously written by Dean saying she had gone out jogging. The man called 911 and Hood's voice can be heard in the background on the 911 tape. The police arrive 3 minutes later and find the man shot in the back of the head and the woman shot and stuffed in the closet. Hood took cash, credit cards, and jewelry from their safe and the V's car and drives to Indiana. he's arrested 26 hours later.
frackious Kinda brings up the old nature vs. nurture argument. I think before he & his brother are both whack jobs. Any idea what happened to the little brother? There mother didn't seem too worried about either one of her boys. She just "put it out of me mind".. Freud had to be right once in awhile. We should put the parents in jail for creating them.
+nodak01 To be clear, he was granted a new sentencing trial because of a change in the laws. The case was remanded back to the trial court and it was there that he was offered a plea deal. They never reversed the finding of guilt. The judge & the DA had a very brief fling years earlier. I think she was embarrassed to admit it. Defense attys all said everyone knew about it so why didnt the defense attys file a motion for the judge to recuse herself from the case? Seems like invited error by the defense. And no, he got a fair trial. There is a transcript of all the evid. and rulings that was reviewed and no error was found. If they had retried him, he wd have been found guilty and sentenced to death again. As to his brother, I think you are mixing up cases. :)
This guy was innocent, he's been released! Thank God!!
He is serving life in prison without parole after a new sentencing hearing. Get your facts straight boo!
Maybe you can consider their innocent friends and relatives, and not want to put them through the same ordeal as the victim's family and friends? How about that?
If he commited a murder he dose t deserve sympathy
To anybody interested, a Texas court over turned his death sentence in 2010.
What happens in a jail is that you are so isolated every little detail becomes huge including this interview. Hence the intensity of his long winded over detailed story. So this cat, who is experiencing nothing of interest in fact, is amplifying the tedious little events of his execution process to supercharged Shakespeare.
The interviewer should just tell him to cut the drama and be a man. Let him know you don't want to hear his sob story.
Hundreds of thousands of men have died not only knowingly but unjustifiably, under far worse circumstances. This crank calls everyone he knows to ruin their day, in his pitiful self absorption.
He did the crime and now he crying like a baby to live
He not on death row anymore he got life without
Bye Felicia 😂😂😂😂😂
Oh boohoohoo. What a baby. Surely he does realize that he gets to say goodbye to his family, but his victims didn't. They had no time to say goodbye. This man took a gun and gunned down a man and woman in cold blood for the checkbook. They were begging , but he didn't care..but now he wants someone to feel bad for him? No me, I don't feel one bit bad for this monster.
The death penalty is a punishment for COMMITTING murder, what are you 12 yrs old?
thats very Emotional stay stronge Charles Dean ...!!
Why are murders so selfish? When they getting ready to die they wanna talk about all the pleasure of life they missed out on before they die.
the death penalty dosen't deter crime, if it did death row wold be empty.
Agreed. I totally disagree with the death penalty. Killing someone, just because they murdered someone, does not make it right, in my eyes. If someone killed my family member, I want them locked up for the rest of their lives, so they can suffocate on the thoughts of what they did. God is the ultimate judge, and it should stay that way. I'm American by the way, and our system of justice sucks.
It actually costs a lot more to execute them. I support capital punishment, but an execution is VERY expensive. Not only do you have to do the execution itself, but the entire appeals process is mind numbingly expensive.
I believe this guy is sincere
+err gag he's a good liar, bcs he believes his lies. Therefore u think he's sincere. He's acting like he's theatre player.
Yes,sincerelly guilty as fuc...
God forgive law don't.
@ritamania0 His death sentence was over turned in 2010. He is still alive and off death row.
You are right, it does cost more; it doesn't have to so expensive. When the polar caps melt, maybe we'll find another Australia as a dumping ground. This whole thing is beyond sad.
absolutely terrible sound, you can't follow the interview
I used to be for the death penalty,wrote a paper on it in college,in my paper I wrote that probally 80% of the people who are against the death penalty would change their mind if the person charged with murder had executed their loved one.Over the years I’ve given it more thought I’m older 59 and have more life experience, I’ve thought about the people who have been sentenced and put to death who we’re really innocent,one case that comes to mind was a young Hispanic man in Texas Ruben Cantu,and even if you don’t agree he was framed you how their have been some innocent people over the years,know that and especially being a Christian I am against the death penalty now one innocent person put to death is too many.Give them life without parole in solitary confinement some say that’s worst then death,and in the in death comes to us all.And yes i am against the death penalty even if if were my loved one who was murdered.
I used to be against the death penalty but now I'm not so sure, I look at some of the heinous crimes they are convicted of and feel they have forfeited their right to life, I am familiar with the Ruben Cantu case and many others where I feel they should not/be executed, I too watch Execution Watch with Ray Hill RIP but why should they live bill free while we have to worry and work to live but mainly because their crimes are so awful, I'm 58 soon to be 59 a father of 6 boys and 4 girls.