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Eddie Ray Routh enters the court during his capital murder trial at the Erath County, Donald R. Jones Justice Center in Stephenville, Texas, February. 20, 2015.
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(Reuters) - Eddie Ray Routh was jailed for life without the possibility of parole on Tuesday after a Texas jury found him guilty of murdering Chris Kyle, the former U.S. Navy SEAL whose autobiography was turned into the hit movie "American Sniper."
Routh, 27, a former U.S. Marine, was found guilty of fatally shooting Kyle and Kyle's friend, Chad Littlefield, multiple times at a gun range about 70 miles (110 km) southwest of Fort Worth in February 2013.
The jury deliberated for a little more than two hours before reaching a verdict at a court in the rural Texas city of Stephenville. Prosecutors had been seeking a life sentence without parole.
Defense lawyers argued that Routh was a paranoid schizophrenic and should be declared innocent by reason of insanity.
In closing arguments, prosecutor Jane Starnes said Routh acted coldly and deliberately when he waited for Kyle to empty his gun at the range and then ambushed the two from behind before fleeing the scene Kyle's pickup truck.
"That is not insanity. That is just cold, calculated capital murder," Starnes said.
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I would have gave him the death penalty if it was me.
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Routh got what he deserved
I too would have gave him the death penalty
I too would have gave him the death penalty
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Deserves more than life! Hes should have the death penalty!
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I don't know too much about Chad Littlefield so I can't judge him, but Chris Kyle lived violence.
Does this make his death any less tragic? No. But people who are calling for the death penalty are forgetting that Chris Kyle himself killed, according to him, 225 people.
Now I'm not saying you're stupid if you believe that every single one of those kills was justified, but you are definitely gullible and are blinded by patriotic nonsense.
Chris Kyle lied multiple times about a variety of different things, he said he enjoyed his time on tours, and that he wishes they were allowed to 'Kill anyone with a Quran.'
Believing that he killed no innocent people, after knowing that he said things like this, is , to me, ludicrous.
Also, I've seen the argument made that even if he did kill innocent people he was just doing his job and made split second decisions. If this is the case, and it's all right because it's all part of war, why has he never admitted that possibility? Any time he has been asked if he killed any innocent people in interviews, he never once gave a straight answer, always deflecting to another subject.
As far as I'm concerned he used death, war, and misery to become a celebrity.
There's nothing heroic about it. A sniper should do his duty, come home, and get back to living his life. Not gloat about how many people he's killed and lie about shooting looters or car thieves, and lie about having a fight with Jesse Ventura.
A real hero doesn't seek recognition for their deeds.
So, I'm not going to break down crying and calling for the death penalty for his killer.
It's a silly revenge based and hypocritical desire born out of emotion and the patriotic propaganda pushed through America that Chris Kyle was a hero.
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Does this make his death any less tragic? No. But people who are calling for the death penalty are forgetting that Chris Kyle himself killed, according to him, 225 people.
Now I'm not saying you're stupid if you believe that every single one of those kills was justified, but you are definitely gullible and are blinded by patriotic nonsense.
Chris Kyle lied multiple times about a variety of different things, he said he enjoyed his time on tours, and that he wishes they were allowed to 'Kill anyone with a Quran.'
Believing that he killed no innocent people, after knowing that he said things like this, is , to me, ludicrous.
Also, I've seen the argument made that even if he did kill innocent people he was just doing his job and made split second decisions. If this is the case, and it's all right because it's all part of war, why has he never admitted that possibility? Any time he has been asked if he killed any innocent people in interviews, he never once gave a straight answer, always deflecting to another subject.
As far as I'm concerned he used death, war, and misery to become a celebrity.
There's nothing heroic about it. A sniper should do his duty, come home, and get back to living his life. Not gloat about how many people he's killed and lie about shooting looters or car thieves, and lie about having a fight with Jesse Ventura.
A real hero doesn't seek recognition for their deeds.
So, I'm not going to break down crying and calling for the death penalty for his killer.
It's a silly revenge based and hypocritical desire born out of emotion and the patriotic propaganda pushed through America that Chris Kyle was a hero.
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Personally, I think he should've gotten the death penalty.
Buuuuuut, I want to say something about Chris Kyle.
He was a great solider and a great shot yes, but apparently he was a pretty big douchebag. Chris even talks about in his book that he went to New Orleans during Katrina and shot at 'looters' with his buddy for fun.
RIP though, he still saved a lot of lives.
Buuuuuut, I want to say something about Chris Kyle.
He was a great solider and a great shot yes, but apparently he was a pretty big douchebag. Chris even talks about in his book that he went to New Orleans during Katrina and shot at 'looters' with his buddy for fun.
RIP though, he still saved a lot of lives.
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Doesn't guy have PTSD? I heard that it was an accident a while ago. But what I'm reading now, I do agree he deserves the death penalty.
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Woodkid wrote I don't know too much about Chad Littlefield so I can't judge him, but Chris Kyle lived violence.
Does this make his death any less tragic? No. But people who are calling for the death penalty are forgetting that Chris Kyle himself killed, according to him, 225 people.
Now I'm not saying you're stupid if you believe that every single one of those kills was justified, but you are definitely gullible and are blinded by patriotic nonsense.
Chris Kyle lied multiple times about a variety of different things, he said he enjoyed his time on tours, and that he wishes they were allowed to 'Kill anyone with a Quran.'
Believing that he killed no innocent people, after knowing that he said things like this, is , to me, ludicrous.
So, I'm not going to break down crying and calling for the death penalty for his killer.
I have other reasons for being against the death penalty as well, but this is a major one in this case.
So if someone killed your mother, father, etc. you wouldn't want the death penalty given to them?
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All you people saying he deserves the death penalty. Suffering for a long period of time is worse than just simply being killed. He is going to die either way in prison. The death penalty would have been to easy for Routh IMO.
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Wife wroteWoodkid wrote I don't know too much about Chad Littlefield so I can't judge him, but Chris Kyle lived violence.
Does this make his death any less tragic? No. But people who are calling for the death penalty are forgetting that Chris Kyle himself killed, according to him, 225 people.
Now I'm not saying you're stupid if you believe that every single one of those kills was justified, but you are definitely gullible and are blinded by patriotic nonsense.
Chris Kyle lied multiple times about a variety of different things, he said he enjoyed his time on tours, and that he wishes they were allowed to 'Kill anyone with a Quran.'
Believing that he killed no innocent people, after knowing that he said things like this, is , to me, ludicrous.
So, I'm not going to break down crying and calling for the death penalty for his killer.
I have other reasons for being against the death penalty as well, but this is a major one in this case.
So if someone killed your mother, father, etc. you wouldn't want the death penalty given to them?
I would be emotionally involved in that situation so any rational conclusion which I would normally have reached, like the death penalty should be illegal, wouldn't be compromised.
My emotions would be compromised, and they would cloud my judgement.
Although I'm not sure that I would, I don't think anyone can say what they would or wouldn't want in that situation.
My reasons for opposing the death penalty are that innocent people have been executed in the past.
It costs less to imprison a person for life than it does to execute them.
It doesn't work as a preventative for other murders.
It's hypocritical.
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