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Post by CCADP on May 20, 2005 8:39:21 GMT -5
YOU DID NOT fail - you were so., so, so successful in getting the real Rich out to so many people; together you made an impact that will be felt for years to come .
Not only did you provide Rich with friendship; and hope; but a way to speak to the world; show his true heart; make new friends and touch countless hearts and minds.
You did good; and so did Richard.
Its TEXAS that failed.
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Post by sclcookie on May 20, 2005 8:52:11 GMT -5
Rich was innocent. I'm sure his family will continue to fight to clear his name. He did not kill anyone.
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Post by mikebook on May 20, 2005 8:54:41 GMT -5
If he is innocent, why did the papers and the lawyer say that he fired the pistol?
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Post by CCADP on May 20, 2005 8:56:42 GMT -5
Mike must be right, papers and lawyers have never lied.
What the HELL do you think they wrote about others who were wrongly convicted or where evidence was hidden or changed?
I don't know the details but "paper and lawyers said so" SURE isn't convincing to anyone who has spent more than two days working on these cases. In fact its laughable....
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Post by sclcookie on May 20, 2005 8:58:06 GMT -5
the prosecution lawyer said he fired the pistol? His sorry defense lawyer said he fired the pistal?
He did not.
the medical examiner said that the owner of the gun is usually the killer.
I knew Rich personally. Rich was innocent. He was honest. He was not a liar.
You don't know Rich enough to call him guilty.
Overstreet changed his story. He's the liar.
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Post by CCADP on May 20, 2005 9:01:46 GMT -5
Mike; since you said "How will I celebrate? I have to scan transcrpts, look up grades, and clean house..."; why is it that you have time to come visit this thread to put in your two cents that the man should have been executed ? Is this your idea of words of comfort for little Ricky to read? Honestly Mike, you disappoint me. I thought that of some others; but I truly thought that you were more sensitive than that. If you're so busy today; maybe its better that you spend today doing some of those things; and come back tomorrow when Richards' family and friends that are coming here for immediate support, will have a day or two to process their pain; before having to read how right YOU think it was? ??
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tommy
Settlin' In
Want to help.
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Post by tommy on May 20, 2005 9:03:26 GMT -5
only recently, and if the truth be known by complete chance, had i become aware of richard and the situation he found himself in. i have a wonderful life and that has been re-enforced by the chance meeting and the understanding of his pained, honest and yet humility filled words. within me, here in scotland, he has managed to re-spark compassion and desire to help others.
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Post by ela on May 20, 2005 10:00:57 GMT -5
I think it is important to see that most of the crimes deal with drugs abuse ( not pots... OBVIOUSLY)... what i wanted to say is that when something deal with any kind of addiction... a person is not free. And it's easy to commict crimes living on borderlines.. and we should use energies and money to work on prevention and not considering only the effects. Effects are terrible, but they even shouldn't happen.
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Post by catskillz on May 20, 2005 10:02:32 GMT -5
Underway to the governor and the state of texas:
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Post by CCADP on May 20, 2005 10:04:04 GMT -5
Can i put that on Rich's CCADP page?
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Post by catskillz on May 20, 2005 10:06:59 GMT -5
Sure, a picture paints a thousand words.
Best catz
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Post by sclcookie on May 20, 2005 10:09:56 GMT -5
I'm taking a break and I'm going to send what I've got posted online to Paul, Brian and Rick
hugggz, Suzanne
Rich was so honest. Many of y’all only knew him from reading his articles. Well, y’all knew him well. He was very much himself in them. He gave you a gift of knowing him on a very personal level.
(Okay, Rich, I know, I’m rambling or jumping around. Your just going to have to deal with it, or I’ll see you up in Heaven and whoop your butt some more.)
Rich had many visits this week. I felt so lucky to see him during his last visit with the other lucky ones.
Of course, Rich’s Mom, Irene, was there. She is such a strong woman. I really feel sorry for the State of Texas and the USA. They messed with the wrong woman when they killed her son. She is pissed off to say the least.
I got to meet a very wonderful woman, Diane, Rich’s sister (full fledge Cartwright, herself). Damn, the State has to deal with both her and her Mom.
Ricki Marie looks just like Diane. She’s going to be a beautiful woman when she’s older. I didn’t even think about it, though I did tell Rich I thought Ricki Marie looks like Diane, I didn’t think about telling him that if he looks at his sister, he’ll see what Ricki Marie will look like as a woman.
Irene and Diane aren’t the only ones this country has to be on the look out for. (I say this Country rather than the State of Texas, because not only did Texas let him die, the US of A let him die.) Look out for Rich’s cousin, Lane. She’s pissed enough for all of us who love Rich.
I finally got to meet Missy Mouse!!!! Not at Rich’s last visit, but that’s another story. Missy is a “Rock Star”, y’all. Yep, I stole that one from you Missy.
I met Charity, Missy’s messenger. Dammit, so many wonderful people. What was it you said, Lane. Something about “meeting good people in bad situations.”<br> And I met “Punk Rock Star” Jennie. She’s got a lot of energy! Very dedicated in fighting the Death Penalty.
Jack and Irene Wilcox! They are such wonderful people. They got inmates out of their cells (or as Rich puts it, “coffins”) for such wonderful things.
Jack did the most wonderful thing. It meant so much to Rich. He got Brian Davis, Rich’s dear friend, out of his cell and right next to Rich’s.
Brian, I’m so sorry about Rich. I can’t put into words on how I felt about him. The word “love” is not near enough. He’s one of the most honest and caring men in this world. I’m sorry you had to see another dear friends murdered.
I met Paula! Paul’s wife. Rich looked so happy while he was visiting with her as if she was there to represent Paul
I’m sorry Paul. I wish none of this was happening. I’m going to continue your Uncensored’s for you and Rich. As you already know, he doesn’t want the fight to stop with him. You would not believe the number of people who read Rich’s articles. He changed so many minds. He got so many people to listen to him. There are so many people out here mourning for him, missing him. The number of e mail, messages, posting, etc. is unreal.
Jim Wolf and Joy! Keep that “Shout Out” program going! It gets the word of God out to many people who would listen otherwise.
Rich had people laughing during his last visit. Can you believe that. He was so cheery, so happy he wasn’t going to have to “live in this coffin” anymore. He made everyone feel better than what they were when coming in. He was in such peace, ready to go. He was “tired of fighting”.
Paul, Brian, Rick, all of DR, remember this. I’m going to make sure everyone remembers the name “Richard Cartwright AKA Chi-Town”.
still more to come.....
I'm taking a break though and I'm going to send what I've got posted online to Paul, Brian and Rick
hugggz, Suzanne
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Post by CCADP on May 20, 2005 11:53:46 GMT -5
Convicted killer is executed
By Michael Graczyk Associated Press
HUNTSVILLE, Texas - A former mechanic from Chicago was executed Thursday for the robbery and fatal shooting of a Corpus Christi man.
In a brief final statement, Richard Cartwright thanked his friends and family for their support.
"I want to apologize to the victim's family for any pain and suffering I caused them," he said. Then he urged his fellow death row inmates to "just keep your heads up and stay strong."
His mother, a sister and three friends were among the witnesses, some of them crying after he sputtered and gasped a couple of times.
"They killed a good man, an excellent man," his mother, Irene Rekitzke, said after he was pronounced dead at 6:16 p.m. "Thank you God for taking him away from all this.
There were no witnesses from the murder victim's family.
Cartwright, 31, was the eighth Texas prisoner put to death this year and the second in as many days.
Cartwright was one of three men who duped Nick Moraida into thinking they were homosexuals offering to share beer with him at a beachfront park along Corpus Christi Bay in 1996. Instead, Moraida was stabbed then shot to death while being robbed of his watch and wallet containing between $60 and $200. His assailants hoped to use the money to buy drugs and alcohol.
Moraida's body was spotted by two fishermen the next morning in some sea grass.
Kelly Overstreet, 27, and Dennis Hagood, 28, are serving long prison terms. They agreed to plea bargains and testified against Cartwright.
Less than an hour before his scheduled lethal injection, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a late appeal in which Cartwright's lawyers argued he was condemned by a Nueces County jury because of testimony Overstreet now insisted was false.
Overstreet originally placed much of the blame for the shooting on Cartwright, but in a written statement to Cartwright's lawyers earlier this month, Overstreet said he was "upset at being turned in by Hagood and Cartwright."
"I intentionally made Cartwright out to be the bad guy out of spite when in fact I am the one who was at the forefront of all events," Overstreet wrote.
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Post by justice on May 20, 2005 12:48:37 GMT -5
RIP Nick Moriada and R.Cartwright.Sorry I am different here I just noticed by reading this thread that everyone else forgot 2 men died in TX,1 of them just never had the chance to post their thoughts on the net so perhaps it is easy to forget him.
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Post by sclcookie on May 20, 2005 12:54:40 GMT -5
Your right. RIP Nick Moriada. Your name will be remembered along with Richard Cartwright's.
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