John Alba - Texas - 05/25/10

[Amanda]

This is why I love Texas... Justice for Wendy Alba, her family, and the surviving victim will be served tonight!

[mj n houston]

This is why I love Texas... Justice for Wendy Alba, her family, and the surviving victim will be served tonight!

Gotta love the lonestar state... 

RIP Wendy

[Jeff1857]

Convicted killer John Alba has been executed for barging into a suburban Dallas apartment almost 19 years ago and fatally shooting his estranged wife while she was trying to hide from him.

The 54-year-old Alba Tuesday evening became be the 11th prisoner executed this year in Texas, the nation's busiest death penalty state. Another execution is set for next week.

Testimony at his trial showed Alba and his 28-year-old wife, Wendy, had a rocky marriage marked by alcohol abuse, infidelity and repeated visits from police responding to domestic violence calls. She had taken shelter at a neighbor's apartment when she was murdered.

The lethal injection was carried out after the U.S. Supreme Court refused an appeal from Alba.

://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9FU5OD00.html

[Anne]

Justice served    God bless the victim and her family 



Welcome to Hell rubbish...  







Anne

[mark]

good riddance to bad sh1t

I love it when Texas cleanses itself

As ever my thoughts are with the victims family

Mark

[Anne]

http://cbs11tv.com/wireapnewstx/Dallas.area.man.2.1713828.html

May 25, 2010 6:52 pm US/Central

Suburban Dallas Man Executed For Killing Wife

MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press Writer

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) ― A Dallas-area man was executed Tuesday evening for barging into a suburban apartment almost 19 years ago and fatally shooting his estranged wife while out on bail on a child molestation charge.

When a warden asked he had a final statement, John Alba, 54, asked for forgiveness.

"I wish I could go back and change it, but I know I can't," he said.

He also addressed his son and daughter who watched through a window.

"Just tell everyone I love them," he said. "Y'all will be OK. I will too.

"OK, warden," he added. "Do it!"

As the lethal drugs began to take effect, Alba said he could taste them.

"I am starting to go," he said just before snoring and slipping into unconsciousness. His face began turning purple and nine minutes later, at 6:19 p.m., he was pronounced dead.

Alba and his wife, Wendy, 28, had a rocky marriage marked by alcohol abuse and infidelity and domestic violence, according to trial testimony. On the day of the shooting, Alba was released from jail after posting bail on a charge of molesting a 12-year-old girl.

The girl's parents were among the people in the death chamber who watched Alba die.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected a request for a reprieve Monday in an appeal that argued that Alba's sentence was improper because he wasn't eligible for life without parole under a law passed just a few years ago, that his Hispanic race illegally figured into his sentencing, that he shouldn't have been charged with capital murder and that his sentencing was unconstitutional.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review that appeal Tuesday, about 30 minutes before he was taken to the death chamber.

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles also denied a clemency request.

Alba declined to speak with reporters as his execution date neared.

Testimony at his trial showed his wife had taken refuge in a neighbor's apartment in Allen while she was trying to find a women's shelter. Alba showed up, forced his way in and shot her with the .22-caliber semiautomatic pistol he bought that day. The nebail the day of the shooting.

Alba was arrested the day after the shooting in a parking lot not far from the apartment after a two-hour standoff with police in which he held a gun to his head and threatened to kill himself. A police SWAT team ended the stalemate with tear gas and a stun grenade.

Alba was the 11th prisoner executed this year in Texas, the nation's busiest death penalty state. Next week, convicted killer George Jones faces lethal injection, on June 2, for a fatal carjacking robbery in Dallas 17 years ago.






"I wish I could go back and change it, but I know I can't

=> yeeeaaaaaahhhhhh man, stop your dream   



"Do it!"

=> and if you didn't agree, the great State of Texas didn't care  You received your anti-crime vaccine 



Thanks to Governor Perry  Good riddance     







Anne

[jazboy0506]

well i happen to be a friend of the family and i dnt care what yall think  2 wrongs dont make a rite ppl can say what they want but what does that teach we shouldnt kill but to be taught a lesson they can kill us it says in the bible no one should kill but 4 some reason the law thinks they r excused from that well anyway it doesnt matter cuz its already done but instead of one person gone now that makes 2

[deeg]

This is a pro death penalty site where we celebrate justice and honor the victim.  People with different opinions, as long as you respect the victim and other members are welcome.  Flipping us off as we celebrate final justice, too long in coming, while remember the victim, is not a good start. 

[Jeff1857]

well i happen to be a friend of the family and i dnt care what yall think  2 wrongs dont make a rite ppl can say what they want but what does that teach we shouldnt kill but to be taught a lesson they can kill us it says in the bible no one should kill but 4 some reason the law thinks they r excused from that well anyway it doesnt matter cuz its already done but instead of one person gone now that makes 2

Well by administering justice no one has to worry about who is number 3,4,5 etc, Have a nice day. 

[v1976ra]

well i happen to be a friend of the family and i dnt care what yall think  2 wrongs dont make a rite ppl can say what they want but what does that teach we shouldnt kill but to be taught a lesson they can kill us it says in the bible no one should kill but 4 some reason the law thinks they r excused from that well anyway it doesnt matter cuz its already done but instead of one person gone now that makes 2

Your comments and writing style speak volumes about the kind of person you are. There were no "two wrongs," but rather Mr. Alba's wrongs and then his punishment, which is what made it right for his victims and society as a whole. And quite frankly, I'm sure none of us care what you think either, Alba is dead and where he belongs.

Have a nice day. 

[60Chrysler]

That's right, Jazboy.  Although long overdue and with no doubt whatsoever as to Alba's guilt, he has finally paid the ultimate price.  A monster like Alba is anatomically similar to a garden variety human being but the similarities end there.  Whether it is environment or heredity or both, once these bad seeds serve notice to society that they are unfit to live and walk among us, a timely execution is the only guarantee society has that the "cancer" has been permanently eradicated.

[JeffB]

well i happen to be a friend of the family and i dnt care what yall think  2 wrongs dont make a rite ppl can say what they want but what does that teach we shouldnt kill but to be taught a lesson they can kill us it says in the bible no one should kill but 4 some reason the law thinks they r excused from that well anyway it doesnt matter cuz its already done but instead of one person gone now that makes 2

Hey Jazboy - ever hear of freaking concepts like punctuation, spelling, grammar, syntax?  Good grief...  Apparently not...   

Good riddance to a piece of crap who didn't deserve to spend one more day/hour alive... 

[mark]

well i happen to be a friend of the family and i dnt care what yall think  2 wrongs dont make a rite ppl can say what they want but what does that teach we shouldnt kill but to be taught a lesson they can kill us it says in the bible no one should kill but 4 some reason the law thinks they r excused from that well anyway it doesnt matter cuz its already done but instead of one person gone now that makes 2

Your comments and writing style speak volumes about the kind of person you are. There were no "two wrongs," but rather Mr. Alba's wrongs and then his punishment, which is what made it right for his victims and society as a whole. And quite frankly, I'm sure none of us care what you think either, Alba is dead and where he belongs.

Have a nice day. 

Amen

And why come here now, this second, this time of day, if your a family friend you should be round consoling your friends family for having to relive the torture of loosing a loved one, who you claim to be friends with, not posting drivel on the inter net

[heidi salazar]

well i happen to be a friend of the family and i dnt care what yall think  2 wrongs dont make a rite ppl can say what they want but what does that teach we shouldnt kill but to be taught a lesson they can kill us it says in the bible no one should kill but 4 some reason the law thinks they r excused from that well anyway it doesnt matter cuz its already done but instead of one person gone now that makes 2

I will sleep well tonight with the death of numero dos

[lpadilla]

Hey Grim Reaper, I enjoyed your last post, which means mr john is not longer breathing right?

hey Kitten Resq he will have enough time to get those extra pounds lose right?

Justice was served and VIVA Texas!