Six years ago on this
date, Michael William Lenz was executed by lethal injection in Virginia for the
murder of his inmate, Brent Henry Parker.
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.
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| Michael William Lenz |
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| Brent Henry Parker |
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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