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StumbleMan on death row for 1990 Vegas murder kills self
Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 | 7:17 a.m.
CARSON CITY – An inmate on death row for a Las Vegas murder at the state prison in Ely has hanged himself in his cell, the White Pine County Sheriff’s Office says.
Timothy L. Redmen, 45 was convicted of the 1990 fatal shooting of Max Biederman, whose face was mutilated with a wrought iron railing and his hands cut off.
The hands were put into a bag and dumped in the desert. The body was placed in a trash bin.
Redmen was later arrested in Idaho.
The sheriff’s office said the cell door was wedged shut and it had to be removed to gain entry to the cell on Nov. 18.
Prison officials say an autopsy is being conduct.
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hey he lived 20 yrs longer then his victim did and he was still going,when were they planning on finishing him off anyway
Who cares.
Why was he on death row for 20 years !! no wonder he finished the job himself.
Agree, Agree, Agree
and,why waist time on an autopsy...DAH!
Who gives a sh_t.
HOW long are the punks that gunned down the police officer going to stay behind bars before we get tired of footing their bill.
Oh yeah, foot the bill on welfare
foot the bill in prison.
Way to go for those of us that are FREE
Leave a rope in all their cells. Tell the ACLU its for rehab .. they're learning a new skill on how to tie knots. Very useful when they're set out to sea in a boat with food and water for one day.
On 11/18/98; Redmens attorney furnished a letter to the Court to be marked as a part of the record stating Redmen wished to end his appeal process and that his original sentence of execution be carried out. Court stated it wanted a psychiatric or psychological report prepared; however, Deft. stated he will not submit to same and requested he be allowed to return to Ely. After conferring with Deft., Court ORDERED, co-counsel; APPOINTED and instructed Deft. to decide which attorney he wants to handle
the appeal.
Then 9 Years Later; On 10/08/2007 the NOTICE OF APPEAL (SC 50348)was filed, on 07/30/2009 the APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT: was CLOSED, and on 08/27/2009 the CLERK'S CERTIFICATE JUDGMENT AFFIRMED was filed by the Supreme Court.
It sounds like this man was ready to face his judgment in 1998. The State prolonged it, so it appears he took matters into his own hands! Living with what you have done can be a more severe punishment than death itself.
I don't believe in the death penalty, and yes I have had a loved one taken from me. Taking a life never brings resolution. The Death Penalty should be abolished!
Why can't they be killed when sentenced?
Well said,tomzz !!
Why can't they be killed when sentenced?
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There have been instances where innocent people have been convicted and then later exonerated because of new evidence (dna, change of witness testimony, etc.). We might not like the appeals process, but it's part of our law and for good reason. I for one appreciate that our justice system - unlike those of tyrannical regimes - has some built-in corrective measures for errors that will sometimes occur.
I have always thought that it would be humane (and extremely cost effective) to put a couple of 1000mg potassium cyanide pills in each cell in prison. If the inmate wants to off himself, then he can in a fairly quick and painless way.
PRO CHOICE!!!
If ALL of our death row inmates followed this guys lead we wouldnt have to support them for 20 years until they get their sentence.
Adios amigo.
The Court records show that on 11/18/98 Timothy Redmen, through his then attorney Robert Luccherini, did file a request to end his appeal, HOWEVER, Redmen WITHDREW his request to end his appeal on that date in court, and wanted to continue appealing his sentence. It was after Redmen wanted to pursue his appeal that Kathy Hardcastle mentioned the need for psychological evaluation of Redmen.
Judge Kathy Hardcastle then appointed current head of the Special Public Defender David Schieck as Redmen's attorney. Back then it appeared that Schieck had a nice gig going getting all these taxpayer appointed cases.
Special Public Defender David Schieck got his job even though he has been held Ineffective as trial and appellate counsel. We need a new Special Public Defender. Has David Schieck EVER won a jury trial, meaning an outright acquittal on all counts?
"...please, sir, may we have some more?"
Let's offer the rest of them a severance package, too!
What bunch of sanctimonious SOB's
tvegas: All excutions should be formal public spectacles with the public, including yourself Sir, invited to participate.
Can I participate? My AR-15 is just gathering dust right now!
if your ar 15 is gathering dust i got a ideal how bout you use it on yourself!!
Crazy stuff...can't imagine living for over 10 yrs locked up. Perhaps one reaches the conclusion that there are better days ahead in the afterlife. We won't know the answers, if there are any, until we are no longer.
mostly disgusting comments - perhaps society would be better served if the Sun failed to enable comments on some of these stories.
Agree rev...everyone has their own story and soul. Who are we to judge?
Judge not, lest ye be judged.
We don't know the hell that this man went through. Nor do we ever really know that a person convicted of a crime is truly guilty.
The whole process is flawed and broken. How then can you trust that in this instance it was right?
Until we know for certain, we have become the killers of innocents.
Excuse me, but geeze and googoo, did you read the story? The man was convicted, by a jury of his peers. He was JUDGED and sentenced to die for a heinous crime of murdering and dismembering another human being. "WE" didn't kill anyone much less an "innocent" as one of you put it.
He spent 20 years on death row...depressing I am sure...but my sympathies are better spent focused on the VICTIM and his family.
He probably had an IQ in the high double digits, did not contribute anything save misery and destruction to this life and society, and as a judge once put it, you have to be habilitated in order to have any chance at rehabilitation.
And, GooGooDoll, I prefer Green Day's Good Riddance...more appropriate in this context.
Too bad that they all don't do that. Free up the space for all those other future felons just waiting to take their place. Just like those 6 scum that killed Officer Nettleton. Then they can kill themselves too and keep the cycle going.
No great loss.
Why is it that the people who will post negative comments toward a policeman who is killed suddenly have compassion for a loser like this.
One can only hope the 6 mentioned in the post above become residents of this same cellblock.
You just don't get it, do you elgato?
Judged by a jury of his peers, in a setting that is not JUST.
I believe the last statistic I read was that 15% of all incarcerated are innocent of their crimes.
You don't and will never know if he was.
If the system were right 99.9 % of the time I'd agree with you all that he saved us a lot of tax dollars. But not with our system of justice the way it currently is.
Furthermore, I don't understand why everyone gets all upset when a policeperson is killed, but not when a citizen is killed for any reason.
Police took the job knowing it was dangerous. In my opinion our police have largely become thugs with badges who feel they are above the law. Until they clean their own house, they no longer "serve and protect", and are not entitled to any more respect than anyone else.
being on death row for all this time? something should be done with this in all 50 states - once you are convicted and put on death row - you should be killed within a year - that would get rid of all this riff raff - and the cost of keeping these people alive is way too much - I feel that if it is 100% sure they did it - then be done with it - we have DNA now that will either convict or set free. So lets get on with it!!!
I'm quite sure most who are sentenced to life in prison would much rather die,but not at the hands of there own...
geezelouise:
I actually DO get it...this has been our system of justice for over 250 years...you should get used to it. I have, and if you don't like it, you can opt out at any time. You have choices and options; exercise them like your rights to free speech, and the right to bear arms (or bare arms), and protect yourself, and others and to live freely and not be killed at the hands of another unless you have been justifiably convicted by your peers, under the laws of our society.
Please don't quote random statistics you read somewhere on the web, as I'll fire one right back at you, to wit: more than 80% of what you read on the web is not true or fact based. Ugh...
These people you refer to as wrongly convicted are probably habitual criminals and recidivists who should be there, if not for the current crime, then for the previous crimes for which they were probably placed on probation. Probation is in most cases postponing the inevitible trip to the University of Corrections anyway...
Don't give me crap about injustice and unfairness and entitlements to reparations and all this other junk. Live your life for today in today's environment and according to the laws and morals of society.
Otherwise, enjoy your sociopathic lifestyle, living off the sweat of others who don't take anything in this world for granted...be thankful for what you've got, especially on this day of Thanksgiving...
After watching Doug Hampton's pitiful performance the other night and reading and listening to others on this board, I deem it unlawful to WHINE in AMERICA...get up off your butt, rub some dirt on it and get back in the game!!!! GEEZE!
over and out...
cool. one less criminal we have to feed.
He heard that "Chuck" was coming back on the air.
This news story is appearing in many different countries and states but only here do the people talk like they were raised by wild pigs instead of by humans. You don't care at all for the constitution or the rule of law. This is one ignorant place.
Oink.
How about this:
Due to the economic status of the State of Nevada, we have decided to execute all of those that are on death row now. That would probably free up some money in the State now wouldn't it?
Hey GOV, grow a nut and do your job!
This has NOT been our system of justice for 250 years. There was a time when the system worked much better than it does now. I believe it will again, but not without prodding.
Contrary to your post, elgato, those wrongly convicted are not all miscreants who got caught for the wrong crime, or habitual offenders. Many of them had not committed crimes before being convicted of someone else's crime. It is a misstatement of the facts to suggest otherwise. And, while they are incarcerated for a crime they didn't commit, the real perpetrator is living free and giving the one finger salute to our system of justice.
Life today is and should be about correcting the issues, not about just accepting them as they are. I won't sit back and watch as that happens. Who knows, maybe somewhere along the path Lady Justice will peek out of her blindfold and shine some light on the mess we call our justice system.
I plan to keep tugging on her blindfold.
As I stated before, I could believe in the death penalty if I could believe in our justice system. But, that isn't possible today and I will continue to fight against any more innocents being executed by the state for no more reason than they received inadequate counsel at trial.
I realize that I am not likely going to change anyone's mind on this board.
That's fine. It won't stop me from posting my opinion.
Geeze:
You and Jezebel speak in gross generalities and plural pronouns with no specificity whatsoever...
Let's assume 10 percent of population is in prison.
Let's assume 1 percent of those are on death row (which is the topic here).
Let's assume 1 percent of those on death row are wrongly convicted.
Let's assume that even 1 percent of those on death row are put to death before they die of natural causes or suicide (as is the topic here).
It's somewhere around a billion to one chance of executing a person wrongly convicted (not necessarily innocent -- different topic).
Statistically insignificant and well within the margin of error...the same justice system has been in place for over 250 years, and with the above in mind, works pretty well for a democratic country. And rather than repeat the same complaint over and over, suggest a solution...or an alternative.
I'm suggesting, in my opinion, to keep what we have as it works pretty well for the most part. You suggest something different that will work and I'm sure you'll be suggest for some sort of Nobel Prize, and deservedly so.