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Shooting spree suspect Richard Baumhammers, 34, center, is escorted from the Center Township (Pa.) Police Department on Friday. April 28, 2000, in Aliquippa, Pa., prior to his arraignment on charges resulting from a shooting spree in several suburban Pittsburgh communities that left five dead and a sixth critically wounded in what police are calling a racially-motivated shooting spree. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)Pittsburgh, PA - A judge has indefinitely delayed the execution of an unemployed white immigration attorney responsible for a Pittsburgh-area shooting rampage that eventually left six people dead.
Forty-four-year-old Richard Baumhammers, of Mount Lebanon, was scheduled to be executed March 18. But Allegheny County Judge Jeffrey Manning stayed that execution Friday after Baumhammers’ attorney filed notice of a new appeal.
Gov. Ed Rendell signed a death warrant in January.
Baumhammers shot his Jewish neighbor, two Indian men, a Chinese man, a Vietnamese man, and a black man on April 28, 2000.
He was sentenced to death for the five victims who died outright. The sixth victim, 32-year-old Sandip Patel, of Plum, was left paralyzed and died of complications from pneumonia in 2007.
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Feb 26, 2010 at 01:44 PM Ari Says:
Who is the governor there ? Let's get 49,000 people to send emails to him to kill him !! Let's not forget , we are for the death penalty for everyone else except for Martin Grossman !!
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Feb 26, 2010 at 01:47 PM Nuchem Says:
Sorry it can't be comared to Grossman because he killed 6 people. Read the article!!
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Feb 26, 2010 at 01:49 PM To #1 Says:
We are not for death penalty whether its a Jew, Christian, White, Black, Mexican. However, when its one of our boys we make a big deal. Just like if your own brother was in trouble!
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Feb 26, 2010 at 01:52 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Who is the governor there ? Let's get 49,000 people to send emails to him to kill him !! Let's not forget , we are for the death penalty for everyone else except for Martin Grossman !! ”
If he was in the same situation as Grossman and changed like Grossman, then indeed we should send letters. But is he?
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Feb 26, 2010 at 01:53 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Sorry it can't be comared to Grossman because he killed 6 people. Read the article!! ”
Is that the only reason why he can't be compared?
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Feb 26, 2010 at 02:00 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Sorry it can't be comared to Grossman because he killed 6 people. Read the article!! ”
Can also not be compared because Grossman was a 19 year old High-School drop-out at time of the killing. This murderer was a 32 year old attorney.
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Feb 26, 2010 at 01:38 PM Ani Hakatan Says:
Before anyone jumps to Grossman comparisions, this guy has has another sixteen years of appeals before the situations can resonably be compared.
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Feb 26, 2010 at 02:00 PM Ari Says:
“ Sorry it can't be comared to Grossman because he killed 6 people. Read the article!! ”
A killer is a killer no matter how many you kill !! Hashem created all people equal and if we made such a commotion about Grossman let's make a commotion here too !! Let's start the printing presses
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Feb 26, 2010 at 02:04 PM illdeals Says:
This all means nothing. This happened in 2000. That means there is still another 15 years until this guy actually gets executed after we go thru all the appeals and othR red tape
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Feb 26, 2010 at 02:06 PM MazelKGH Says:
“ Sorry it can't be comared to Grossman because he killed 6 people. Read the article!! ”
So, it depends on how many people get killed? I would ask if you are out of your mind but that would just be rhetorical.
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Feb 26, 2010 at 02:29 PM litvak Says:
“ Can also not be compared because Grossman was a 19 year old High-School drop-out at time of the killing. This murderer was a 32 year old attorney. ”
Remember, Grossman appealed his situation for 27 years and got all those stays . Otherwise he would have been killed many years ago. Every one on death row appeals and it takes between 20 to 30 years till a conclusion.
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Feb 26, 2010 at 02:33 PM What? Says:
“ Sorry it can't be comared to Grossman because he killed 6 people. Read the article!! ”
Oh so you get one freebie and then we start counting from 2? I hav no words. May G-d have mercy on your soul.
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Feb 26, 2010 at 02:38 PM Anonymous Says:
The so called "death penalty" is not a deterent the way it is applied.....decades of appeals, and then calmly put to sleep. We need public hangings, and plenty of them.
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Feb 26, 2010 at 02:40 PM Anonymous Says:
Such cases show the need for the death penalty. Endless appeals are exploited by
criminals with radical lawyers and liberal sentimentalists backing this insanity.
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Feb 26, 2010 at 02:41 PM Moshe Says:
#1And those who think like him probably are Jews only in their heart therefore (without learning and observing the torah and mitzvahs) will never understand that according to the torah every life is precious, however to a save fellow Jew we have to do whatever in our power including spending our last penny even if it is not politically correct
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Feb 26, 2010 at 02:46 PM Anonymous Says:
“ If he was in the same situation as Grossman and changed like Grossman, then indeed we should send letters. But is he? ”
He is NOT in the same situation as Grossman:
1) He went out on a murder rampage.
2) He killed 6 people planing to kill more.
3) The murders were premeditated, and this is what usually makes a person eligible for the death penalty!
Unlike Martin Grossman that had non of these on his hands.
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Feb 26, 2010 at 03:01 PM Anonymous Says:
An attorney? What's the story here? I never heard of this case. It would appear this murderer is a racist, judging by the ethnic make-up of his victims.
Yes, I signed the petition to save Martin Grossman. I was a proponent of the death penalty. Now I'm not so sure. I don't know if I would sign one in favor of executing this piece of garbage.
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Feb 26, 2010 at 03:21 PM MazelKGH Says:
“ Is that the only reason why he can't be compared? ”
Other reasons include that it is a different state, the names are not the same and he was 2 inches shorter.
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Feb 26, 2010 at 03:28 PM Dag Says:
Relax people. The judge made this decision... NOT the Governor. This is nothing like Grossman
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Feb 26, 2010 at 03:30 PM michali Says:
“ He is NOT in the same situation as Grossman:
1) He went out on a murder rampage.
2) He killed 6 people planing to kill more.
3) The murders were premeditated, and this is what usually makes a person eligible for the death penalty!
Unlike Martin Grossman that had non of these on his hands. ”
Thank you for pointing the obvious. The murders were totally premeditated, and he was in the right state of mind. This piece of garbage absolutely deserves the death penalty.
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Feb 26, 2010 at 03:48 PM Anonymous Says:
“ We are not for death penalty whether its a Jew, Christian, White, Black, Mexican. However, when its one of our boys we make a big deal. Just like if your own brother was in trouble! ”
Well you're right. Now that Grossman A"H got the ball rolling we should really keep pounding Gubernatorial offices with letters, till they get rid of the death penalty
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Feb 26, 2010 at 03:56 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Can also not be compared because Grossman was a 19 year old High-School drop-out at time of the killing. This murderer was a 32 year old attorney. ”
"This murderer was a 32 year-old attorney." Another good reason to favor the death penalty.
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Feb 26, 2010 at 03:58 PM Okay, everyone Says:
For everyone who says they wouldn't start a petition or write a letter for this guy because he killed a bunch of people, are you saying that you WILL do so the next time somebody is up for execution, and they only killed one, or they were drunk or stoned (not that Grossman was, there's no evidence that he wasn't totally sober) or there is a question about whether they did it, or whether it was premeditated? Will you bombard the governor and spread the word at your children's schools?
Let's not be hypocritical!
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Feb 26, 2010 at 04:24 PM Milhouse Says:
“ We are not for death penalty whether its a Jew, Christian, White, Black, Mexican. However, when its one of our boys we make a big deal. Just like if your own brother was in trouble! ”
Of course we are for the death penalty. The Torah says very clearly "the earth cannot be forgiven for the blood that was spilled on it, except by the blood of the spiller". Grossman's case was different because the Torah says a ben yisroel who kills a ben noach is potur.
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Feb 26, 2010 at 04:53 PM who ya kidding? Says:
I wasn't for demanding Grossman not be executed, but this lowlife premeditated these murders and went on a murdering spree looking to murder lower races and religions than his own.
Grossman viciously (while stoned)murdered the wildlife officer to escape arrest.
No comparison at all.
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Feb 26, 2010 at 04:59 PM Anonymous Says:
“ A killer is a killer no matter how many you kill !! Hashem created all people equal and if we made such a commotion about Grossman let's make a commotion here too !! Let's start the printing presses ”
"All men are created equal" is NOT a maamar chazal. In fact not even all jews were created equal. The kohanim have preferences as well as the levyiim.
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Feb 27, 2010 at 07:31 PM PMO Says:
It is important to note that Gov Rendell DID sign the order of execution in accordance with the sentence that was handed down. He is a liberal, and like most liberals, he is personally against the death penalty (typically conservatives are pro-death penalty). So even political persuasion does not matter. A conservative in FL or a liberal in PA... they follow the law which is what the people who elect them expect them to do.
I actually commend the Gov for signing the order even thought it is against his personal beliefs. He understands his role.
Grossman had his years of appeals too. It is a shame that yidden outside the small community that helped him only came to his aid in the final throws after there was no chance of saving him. *WE* failed him... not Gov. Crist, not the jurors who convicted him, not the judges who ruled against him on appeal... *WE* failed.
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Feb 27, 2010 at 08:30 PM Anonymous Says:
“ So, it depends on how many people get killed? I would ask if you are out of your mind but that would just be rhetorical. ”
B"H
sure its totally diff cases
this guy was premeditated
he set out to kill people
grossman was crime of reaction or passion... he would never have killed thecop if she did not trap him
not saying its not tragic but if u understand general ideas under law of when death penalty applies usually capital murder ... first degree murder.... premeditated
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Feb 27, 2010 at 09:43 PM appalling Says:
“ B"H
sure its totally diff cases
this guy was premeditated
he set out to kill people
grossman was crime of reaction or passion... he would never have killed thecop if she did not trap him
not saying its not tragic but if u understand general ideas under law of when death penalty applies usually capital murder ... first degree murder.... premeditated ”
Grossman killed a cop because "she trapped him"? Disgusting. So now, if a police officer catches someone doing something illegal, it's his/her fault if he/she is beaten to death and shot, because she trapped the criminal?
It wasn't a crime of passion. The first hit to her head with the flashlight might have been. But the 29 that followed and the point-blank shot to the head, execution style, was definitely pre-meditated.
But it's not worth arguing. Justice has been done to Grossman. Just stop cop-bashing. Or maybe sometime when you're being mugged, a cop will decide to leave things alone, for fear of "trapping" the mugger.
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Feb 28, 2010 at 03:00 AM The difference Says:
This was an achzoriosdiga calculated "planed" murder while in Grossman's case it was a killing of young 19 year old high-school dropout (partial mentally ill) in an estate of panic.
And remember: we did NOT ask for his release! Life in prison without parole is what we've asked for!!!
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Feb 28, 2010 at 09:58 AM Time to move on Says:
“ This was an achzoriosdiga calculated "planed" murder while in Grossman's case it was a killing of young 19 year old high-school dropout (partial mentally ill) in an estate of panic.
And remember: we did NOT ask for his release! Life in prison without parole is what we've asked for!!! ”
He's dead. Channel all of your energy into convincing various governors to cancel other executions.
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Feb 28, 2010 at 02:02 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Who is the governor there ? Let's get 49,000 people to send emails to him to kill him !! Let's not forget , we are for the death penalty for everyone else except for Martin Grossman !! ”
As per the article, it's not the governor who stayed the execution, a judge did. The governor, in fact, signed the death warrant. So I expect you really want 49,000 people to email Judge Jeffrey Manning.
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Mar 01, 2010 at 06:47 AM Anonymous Says:
Where is the voice of Chief Rabbi Metzger now? He must be busy with his boys.