{"id":26342,"date":"2023-09-13T14:49:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T14:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belalcazar.org\/?p=26342"},"modified":"2023-09-13T14:49:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T14:49:03","slug":"i-was-on-death-row-and-wanted-to-kill-inmate-when-i-found-out-what-he-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belalcazar.org\/world-news\/i-was-on-death-row-and-wanted-to-kill-inmate-when-i-found-out-what-he-did\/","title":{"rendered":"I was on Death Row and wanted to kill inmate when I found out what he did"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    A convicted killer who spent three years on Death Row says he wanted to kill his fellow-inmates after finding out about their crimes.<\/p>\n

    James Allen Jr was jailed for shooting dead 22-year-old Tony Sylvester during a burglary in 1980 when he was just 19.<\/p>\n

    He recalled on Steve-O's Wild Ride podcast being sent down, saying: \u201cWhen they read that verdict out, I heard a wailing sound \u2013 it was my mum. <\/p>\n

    READ MORE: Death Row's top boss on his 89 executions, chilling last signal and worst part of job<\/b><\/p>\n

    \u201cI\u2019d never heard her scream like that and it went through me.\u201d<\/p>\n

    There was little doubt about the verdict \u2013 James had made his escape through a window after the shooting, and left significant DNA evidence on a piece of broken glass.<\/p>\n

    But as bad as his crimes were, there were inmates he stayed inside with who committed far worse acts.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cThere are the guys on Death Row that deserve it,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen your neighbour is a dude that just killed a girl \u2013 you know a little 12-year-old girl.<\/p>\n

    \u201cHe slit her throat, decapitated her body and burned parts of her, put her in a shallow grave. <\/p>\n

    \u201cThis is my neighbour. It was hard for me to come out during a recreation period and not try to kill this guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

    After living on Death Row for just over three years, James had his sentence commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole. <\/p>\n

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