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What a slap in the face to the family of the victims and everyone else that had been touched by his heinous crime.

I don't blame him for trying to get out. But I sure would blame any Governor that let him out.

I wonder how he got the money to run the ad? I hope that someone besides taxpayers had to pay for it.

he started out abusing the family pet by pouring lighter fluid down her throat and then setting her on fire. Then he started in on the family and school mates. This is why we need an animal cruelty law.
- Kim Wolford

If he had killed his wife, then served as a trusty at the governor's mansion, he might have had a chance at clemency from the gubner.

Woodham, egged on by his evil accomplice Justin Sledge, gave birth to the rash of school shootings that followed. Columbine, Jonesboro, and the rest can all be laid indirectly at the feet of those two.

And Sledge, despite a guilty plea in federal court to a later charge of manufacture and possession of a machine gun (for which he served a total of four months) was allowed to graduate from college, and is now enrolled in the graduate program in philosophy at the University of Memphis. The founder of The Kroth and the author of this whole sorry business is a free man today.

I prosecuted Woodham and I will take all necessary steps to prevent any release of Woodham. He is a cold blooded killer. At the time of this crime, I could not seek the death penalty, or I would have.

Glad to hear that.

Go John! If any letters need to be written, please post an addy and instructions!

Let him out of jail, Let's bound & Gag his Sorry As*, give HIM a Gasoline Enema, Strike a Match & have a weiner roast!! He doesn't deserve his 3-square meals a day plus Our oxygen to consume!!

I like Madison's idea. Eye for an eye, so to speak. WHOOOSH!!

It's always does my heart good to see the good old Christan attitude espoused here in the comments!

this makes me sick to my stomach. he RUINED my senior year....and ruined SO MANY LIVES!!!!!! ;(

I think he we need to start at his feet with a meat grinder and work our up to his knees and then as Madison said pour gas down his throat and let sit in his stomach until it slowly starts to eat through cut off all limbs and fingers and toes with a piece of wire,tear his nose off of his face slowly, then slowly lacerate his eyeballs and feed them to the dogs then take an 18 wheeler and slowly roll over his head until it pops like a big ole zit and then light the match and roast marshmellows over his burning body even though he will burn in Hell for the rest of his days.

Luke's applying to Haley for executive clemency?

Hmmmm. I think I'll ask Haley to appoint me King of Mississippi on his way out the door.

Equal probability.

OMG HE RUINED MY SENIOR YEAR?!?!

really?

this is your reasoning for not allowing him to seek clemency? if you made a huge mistake as a misled teen (who was bullied, by the way) and wanted an opportunity to do right by society after serving longer in prison than many convicted rapists do, then wouldn't you want someone to give you that chance? i'm not defending his actions then, but his plight is not unconscionable.

i find it appalling that a part of the country known for its belief in god is so quick to condemn this person who is trying to seek clemency and perhaps a chance to find forgiveness from those who he has harmed. you should all be disgusted with your hypocrisy.

1:21

you willing to let him stay at your place? or do you have pets? or kids? idiot.

1:21, a "huge mistake"? Are YOUUUU freaking serious?? And bullied, so bless his heart??

I swear I am shaking right now your words just pissed me off so bad. And I've got pretty thick skin.

YOU are CLUELESS if you think he is not COLD ASS BLOODED.

And btw, how was YOUR senior year? Did it consist of running through your halls for safety as you tripped over your dead classmates and friends?

Killing your own mother? You're right, that DOES sound like someone who was just a little stressed out that year and deserves another chance. WTF

You should be zapped clear off this site for spewing SHIT like that.

AMEN, Stiletto!

1:21 - you seriously need to have your butt kicked. He tortured and killed animals, then escalated to murdering his own mother. How does being bullied "make" him do that?

He planned out every move that day and murdered and injured.

Here's the deal. Let's release him to YOU and YOU take care of him.

Obviously, you didnt hear what he did and why he's been locked up longer then a rapist. He didnt rape anybody he killed 3 people! His mother and 2 classmates, who had actually befriended him, not to mention harming several more. After running out of ammo was headed to his car to load his weapons back up to do even more harm. He was bullied by the people in his cult who were his so called friends, but none of them were harmed (i think they all should've been put away).
I do believe the best thing for him is to stay where hes at because he will not be safe anywhere near pearl. There is still too much hurt and anger toward him from the whole town.

Obviously, you didnt hear what he did and why he's been locked up longer then a rapist. He didnt rape anybody he killed 3 people! His mother and 2 classmates, who had actually befriended him, not to mention harming several more. After running out of ammo was headed to his car to load his weapons back up to do even more harm. He was bullied by the people in his cult who were his so called friends, but none of them were harmed (i think they all should've been put away).
I do believe the best thing for him is to stay where hes at because he will not be safe anywhere near pearl. There is still too much hurt and anger toward him from the whole town.

Awww, you people are so cute! Threatening each other with violence, wanting to torture lil ole Luke yourselves, denying him food, calling each other mean names. All because he applied for clemency, which of course is any prisoner's prerogative. All of you are so BIG and BAD, I can just see you rushing the jail and tearing him apart, limb by limb. Cute!

Mr. John Kitchens,
There is another one you need to look at also, David Gatlin an inmate who is now working at the Gov. Mansion. He killed his wife and shot another man. He took a mother away from a young child who was only 3-4 months old. Look at him.

He should rot in prison!! He not only destroyed the lives of those he murdered, but of those students that were there that day that witnessed it. Me being one of them!! Thank you John for standing up for us for all these many years when we were only children!!!

1:21 It seems you are a babbling troll, but I'll respond anyway.

If he really has undergone a conversion of some sort and wants to serve humanity, well he can damn well serve humanity from behind bars for the rest of his life. If he really has undergone some sort of conversion, which only you seem gullible enough to believe, then he understand why society wants it that way.

If he's lying and trying to scam us, which I suspect, he'll also understand why society at large isn't gullible enough to fall for it, and wants him behind bars until he dies.

Perhaps he is remorseful - or whatever word would best fit a clear realization of his own guilt and evil deeds. Maybe he has had his heart changed by God. Could be that he really does want to do good in the world now. All those could be true. But he shouldn't be released from prison. If he is a changed man and wants to do good and follow God, he can do that in prison and minister to others there. That calling is no less valid. But none of that is reason to grant clemency, which I expect will be denied. I suspect this is just his prison lawyer's standard procedure for when a governor leaves office.

At phs1986... I wrote several letters to the Parole Board and Commissioner Epps protesting the fact that David Gatlin was going to be a trustee at the Governor's Mansion. However, my protest was not successful. Now we have another cold blooded murderer serving as a trustee at the Governor's Mansion.

It is my belief that he should stay as far away from Pearl as possible. I was a friend of his in high school and the boy was never right

I love the passion on the posts that is really outrage of our judicial system. To the earlier reader - absolutely Woodham has the constitutional right to ask and we have the right as citzens to oppose such clemency. With regards to God and forgiveness the Bible is clear there are NO greater or lesser sins. All men shall stand in judgement before God. It is entirely up to Woodham where he chooses to spend eternity.It is my Prayer that he finds salvation

Mr. Kitchens,

Keep David Gatlin in Prison, let JJ work his magic.

Well if 1:21 was a troll, I fell for it. Got me fired up.

But even 'remotely' coming to the defense of a murderer or their rights around these parts, (JJ), is like kickin' an ant bed.

I was one of the victims that day at Pearl HS. I thank him becoming a christian now is great but, God will give him the life he deserves after this one is over.

As to 'who paid for this notice' to appear in the paper...I believe it's public policy that such 'maneuvers' from within the prison system must, by law, be published in a newspaper for public viewing. And DOC, as any agency, must bid that sort of thing out. Had it appeared in the Clarion Ledger, a rag of higher visibility, it would have drawn the endorsement of the ACLU and Amnesty International.

However, and some lawyer may be able to address this, if a public defender prepared the clemency application and had it published, and, as a result, will get a taxpayer's check for that piece of work, he should be ashamed. And he should donate it to charity.

Wow! Pretty vicious on here! I believe that God is bigger than all of this and Luke( the devil) is still winning by you guys thinking and vocalizing your opinions. I believe it is up to God how the guy is judged on His terms not ours. Luke was wrong, no doubt about that but.....He can change a leopards spots not I!

On the other hand, I don't like him getting three hots and a cot either! I don't want him anywhere near me or mine!

Anon 8:44; It's always interesting to see how some opine, "Just leave it alone and God will handle it." I believe God gives man the ability and good sense to solve the riddles of our worldly experience. He does not expect that we will sit on our thumbs and wax Biblically about Devine Intervention.

It's got nothing to do with how 'big' God is or, for that matter, how 'evil' Woodham is. It's about nothing more than those in this society establishing and following the rules for our co-existence and handling those who choose to live outside those bounds.

Hey there John Kitchens.
I have not heard from you in awhile. I, along with every law-enforcement officer in the state were hoping that one day you would run for attorney general, so that we would actually have a man there who would fight crime, rather than use the office as a stepping stone for higher office, or getting rich by giving their attorney friends juicy outsourcing contracts on high-dollar lawsuits filed by the state.
Are you going to stay out of the game and enjoy life, or do you have intentions of perhaps running for office one day ? The one thing that I can tell you is that every law-enforcement officer in the state would be behind you.

I can't believe that it is even possible for LW to SEEK executive clemency! That shouldn't even be an option for that psychopath!

I am relieved to know that John Kitchens is watching this situation. If there is one person that will do what he commits to do, and will follow through on what he says, I believe it is Mr. Kitchens.

I am asking for a chance to live the new life that God has given me.

I think it is funny that he bases his request on what God has done for him. If he thinks god has pardoned / forgived him, good for him. he obviously can live out the rest of his life in prison under God's grace. Whether God pardons him or not is not the same thing as whether Haley Barbour pardons him.

He can stay where he is and serve god there. This prisoners will need him for that. But looking at his history. He is deceiving and a liar. He ruined so many lives, he's lucky he did not get his own life taken by Myrick or the law.

And now look, Gatlin has been pardoned.