On this date, July 27, 2006, Michael William
Lenz was executed by lethal injection in Virginia for the murder of his inmate,
Brent Henry Parker on January 16, 2000.
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Michael William Lenz
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Victim, Brent Henry Parker
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CASE: Michael Lenz and fellow inmate Jeffrey
Remington were convicted of murdering Brent Henry Parker, 41, a fellow inmate
at the Augusta Correctional Center on January 16, 2000. Lenz was serving 29
years for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, four counts of statutory
burglary and one count of weapon possession when the murder occurred. Remington
was incarcerated on unspecified charges. The homicide occurred during a meeting
between inmates who claimed to be followers of a religion called Asatru, were
attending a meeting of their "Ironwood Kindred." They were able to
hold this meeting in a room with the door closed, as VADOC permits for
religious ceremonies. However, an unarmed guard soon saw the two inmates
stabbing Parker, who was laying on the floor in a fetal position. By the time
backup had arrived to intervene between the five inmates present, Parker was
dead, having been stabbed 68 times. Both Lenz and Remington were sentenced to
death after separate trials. Remington committed suicide while incarcerated in
2004.
COMMENTS:
I feel that the other states in the America
should follow Virginia’s example by putting those guilty murderers to death
from between five to seven years from their first sentence of death. In this
way, it is a swift and sure execution and do not allow them to spend decades
appealing their death sentence. Kent Scheidegger wrote in his blog post, Virginia Execution July 28, 2006 8:11 AM:
Six years from crime to execution in a
non-"volunteer" case is quite an accomplishment. This is the way it
should be. That is long enough for a thorough consideration of the case, yet
not so protracted as to dilute the deterrent effect and transform a death
sentence into a nearly-life-expectancy sentence.
Michael William Lenz is a prison killer. I am
personally glad that he is dead, in this way; he can never kill another inmate
or a prison guard again.
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