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“First I would like to say I have been here since September 2005. I had the honor and privilege to know many prison guards and staff. I want to thank all of the

“First I would like to say I have been here since September 2005. I had the honor and privilege to know many prison guards and staff. I want to thank all of them. I would like for everyone to write the people on death row as they are all good men and I am very happy I got to know them. All of their lives are worth knowing about. Secondly on February 14th the medical examiner and the chief nurse were engaged in numerous false illegal acts. They tried to cover up that thousands were wrongfully convicted by Matt Powell, district attorney. This needs to be brought to justice. I call upon the FBI to investigate Matt Powell and the Lubbock County Medical Examiner. Lastly, I was born and raised Catholic and it was not lost upon me that this is Holy Week and last Sunday was Palm Sunday. Yesterday was my birthday. Today is the day I join my God and father. The state may have my body but not my soul. In order to save my brothers on death row I call upon Pope Francis and all the people of the world. Lastly, I want everyone to boycott every single business in the state of Texas until all the businesses are pressed to stop the death penalty. With that Lord I commend my spirit. Warden I am ready to join my father.”

ALittleLight 4y ago
For context, this speaker was convicted of raping, beating, and murdering a pregnant woman and a teenage girl. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosendo_Rodriguez https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosendo_Rodriguez
- rosywoozlechan 4y ago
  He didn't say anything about his victims or their families.
  - nickelcitymario 4y ago
    Maybe he felt his absolute last words on Earth could be about something other than the worst thing he ever did. Is that so hard to relate to?
- t-writescode 4y ago
  And? Does his harming of another mean that he can't be harmed and he can't speak truth to try and save people who would be harmed in the future? Do you have the same thoughts about confidential informants, police that go under cover or individuals that turn State's Evidence? Committing a crime == "they're liars and never speak truth"?
- nickelcitymario 4y ago
  For context, no one thought they were on death row for handing out daisies.
  - quasarj 4y ago
    Well, maybe for feeding cats.
- deleted 4y ago
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pnf 4y ago
I read something like this and am reminded that many people in prison for violent crime are sociopaths or psychopaths. I'm not saying there aren't exceptions or even innocent convicts. It's just not the norm. Hard to take anything these guys say at face value.
- chaps 4y ago
  The comments he made about the medical examiner's office aren't exactly empty comments. It wasn't hard to find this information, so consider googling before being so dismissive with comments like yours. The FBI ended up raiding the medical examiner's office in 2019: https://www.newschannel10.com/2019/09/24/texas-rangers-fbi-us-attorneys-office-raid-lubbock-co-medical-examiners-office/ https://www.newschannel10.com/2019/09/24/texas-rangers-fbi-u... Whistleblower lawsuit: https://www.kcbd.com/story/29837207/lubbock-county-medical-examiner-facing-whistleblower-lawsuit/ https://www.kcbd.com/story/29837207/lubbock-county-medical-e... “We have evidence of tampering with government documents, backdating of autopsy reports, in an apparent attempt to try to make them look as if they were done on a timely basis. We have alteration of Dr. Florez’s reports without her knowledge, and re-signing of those reports by Dr. Natarajan. Dr. Natarajan delegated a large amount of authority to his nurse, his head nurse, and allowed her essentially to practice medicine, to make decisions that only he and the Deputy Medical Examiner were allowed to make, by law,” said Kerensky." Unlicensed autopsies of children: https://www.kcbd.com/2019/02/20/lawsuit-former-lubbock-medical-examiners-office-employee-exposes-california-body-snatchers/ https://www.kcbd.com/2019/02/20/lawsuit-former-lubbock-medic... “He (Matshes) made one comment multiple times that literally made me sick. He said, ‘Oh you should have seen a case I was consulting on as a second opinion not long ago and by the time I was through with that autopsy, you could take what was left of that baby and put it in a cup.' He seemed to enjoy that statement, and it just turned my stomach and everyone else’s that heard it too," Graves said. Two year backlog of autopsies from 2021: https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/local-news/autopsies-still-not-being-performed-in-lubbock/ https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/local-news/autopsies-... Investigation into autopsy backlog going back to 2018: https://www.kcbd.com/2018/11/20/kcbd-investigates-exclusive-interview-with-former-lubbock-county-chief-medical-examiner-backlog-cases/ https://www.kcbd.com/2018/11/20/kcbd-investigates-exclusive-... Review of the medical examiner's office, with claims of alcoholism on the job, accepting bribes to change autopsy results, and using government resources to fund his ME's private practice: https://media.everythinglubbock.com/nxsglobal/everythinglubbock/document_dev/2019/02/19/allegations%20by%20Sam%20Anews%20against%20Natarajan_1550616062359_73846297_ver1.0.pdf https://media.everythinglubbock.com/nxsglobal/everythinglubb...

ALittleLight 4y ago

For context, this speaker was convicted of raping, beating, and murdering a pregnant woman and a teenage girl. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosendo_Rodriguez https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosendo_Rodriguez

rosywoozlechan 4y ago
He didn't say anything about his victims or their families.
- nickelcitymario 4y ago
  Maybe he felt his absolute last words on Earth could be about something other than the worst thing he ever did. Is that so hard to relate to?
t-writescode 4y ago
And? Does his harming of another mean that he can't be harmed and he can't speak truth to try and save people who would be harmed in the future? Do you have the same thoughts about confidential informants, police that go under cover or individuals that turn State's Evidence? Committing a crime == "they're liars and never speak truth"?
nickelcitymario 4y ago
For context, no one thought they were on death row for handing out daisies.
- quasarj 4y ago
  Well, maybe for feeding cats.
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pnf 4y ago

I read something like this and am reminded that many people in prison for violent crime are sociopaths or psychopaths. I'm not saying there aren't exceptions or even innocent convicts. It's just not the norm. Hard to take anything these guys say at face value.

chaps 4y ago
The comments he made about the medical examiner's office aren't exactly empty comments. It wasn't hard to find this information, so consider googling before being so dismissive with comments like yours. The FBI ended up raiding the medical examiner's office in 2019: https://www.newschannel10.com/2019/09/24/texas-rangers-fbi-us-attorneys-office-raid-lubbock-co-medical-examiners-office/ https://www.newschannel10.com/2019/09/24/texas-rangers-fbi-u... Whistleblower lawsuit: https://www.kcbd.com/story/29837207/lubbock-county-medical-examiner-facing-whistleblower-lawsuit/ https://www.kcbd.com/story/29837207/lubbock-county-medical-e... “We have evidence of tampering with government documents, backdating of autopsy reports, in an apparent attempt to try to make them look as if they were done on a timely basis. We have alteration of Dr. Florez’s reports without her knowledge, and re-signing of those reports by Dr. Natarajan. Dr. Natarajan delegated a large amount of authority to his nurse, his head nurse, and allowed her essentially to practice medicine, to make decisions that only he and the Deputy Medical Examiner were allowed to make, by law,” said Kerensky." Unlicensed autopsies of children: https://www.kcbd.com/2019/02/20/lawsuit-former-lubbock-medical-examiners-office-employee-exposes-california-body-snatchers/ https://www.kcbd.com/2019/02/20/lawsuit-former-lubbock-medic... “He (Matshes) made one comment multiple times that literally made me sick. He said, ‘Oh you should have seen a case I was consulting on as a second opinion not long ago and by the time I was through with that autopsy, you could take what was left of that baby and put it in a cup.' He seemed to enjoy that statement, and it just turned my stomach and everyone else’s that heard it too," Graves said. Two year backlog of autopsies from 2021: https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/local-news/autopsies-still-not-being-performed-in-lubbock/ https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/local-news/autopsies-... Investigation into autopsy backlog going back to 2018: https://www.kcbd.com/2018/11/20/kcbd-investigates-exclusive-interview-with-former-lubbock-county-chief-medical-examiner-backlog-cases/ https://www.kcbd.com/2018/11/20/kcbd-investigates-exclusive-... Review of the medical examiner's office, with claims of alcoholism on the job, accepting bribes to change autopsy results, and using government resources to fund his ME's private practice: https://media.everythinglubbock.com/nxsglobal/everythinglubbock/document_dev/2019/02/19/allegations%20by%20Sam%20Anews%20against%20Natarajan_1550616062359_73846297_ver1.0.pdf https://media.everythinglubbock.com/nxsglobal/everythinglubb...