Texas man Terry Mark Mangum faces a dismal future.
A judge this week sentenced the 27-year old to life in prison for the 2007 murder of 46-year old Kenneth Cummings, a flight attendant Mangum met at a local gay bar. After leaving the bar together, Mangum went to Cummings house, where he stabbed him in the head before burning and burying the body.
It was, schizophrenic Mangum says, God's plan:
Shortly after the murder, Mangum admitted to the crime in a jailhouse interview with a reporter from The Facts, a Brazoria County newspaper. Mangum told the reporter, who testified during the weeklong trial, that God had called on him to “carry out a code of retribution” by killing a gay man because “sexual perversion” is “the worst sin.”
Mangum later pleaded not guilty to the crime by reason of insanity. Psychologists testified during the trial that Mangum is delusional and schizophrenic, according to The Facts. Mangum, who went by the names of biblical characters during interviews with the reporter and police, believed he was “anointed and appointed by God” to commit the murder, the psychologists testified.
The insanity plea wasn't enough to save Mangum from a hate crime charge, which accounts for his steep sentencing and makes parole a bit tricky. But he won't have to worry about that for about thirty years or so.
On another note - Mangum? That's unfortunate.
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As far as I knew God didn't/doesn't/won't condone death. And why should we pay for him to live in a prison the rest of his life and do nothing good for society - not even as a deterrent!
Thats Ok…I bet ol' blues eyes will GET HIS in Prison..say "Hello to Bubba Bia-atch"! I'm sure GOD will help'm there…NOT that I believe in that Mythical Bullshit!
so sexual perversion is worse … than murder?
I understand that his crime was a horrible one, but schizophhrenia is such a serious mental disorder and I wonder why the insanity plea was denied. Maybe he was a mild scizophrenic, but it sounds like he wasn't; he openly admitted the crime, claimed to be anointed by God, and went by various biblical names. Psychologists testified that he suffered from schizophrenic delusions. Maybe his insanity plea should receive another look over. People with serious mental disorders that affect their perception and consciousness so much that they commit crimes need help, not incarceration. It's not like winning an insanity plea is a get out of jail free card; usually such convicts are subjected to life in a mental hospital, rather than however many years they would get in jail.
This is sad a he has to pay the price for his sins.
But strange where is Churchill-Y and Tallskin you know the ones who blames African Americans for these types of issues?
As I have repeatedly learned from Law And Order - schizophrenics are typically not violent and are more often a greater danger to themselves than to others.
>As I have repeatedly learned from Law And Order - schizophrenics are typically not violent and are more often a greater danger to themselves than to others.
I do hope that your sarcasm font was on when you made that post?
Mr.C, the killer is a white man. Your comment was nothing more than a rabbit punch.
How could Churchhill-Y and Tallskin possibly intimate that African Americans had anything to with this?
Disagree with them, by all means when you feel it is appropriate. It's our American right to do so, but please stay on topic.
UM…….Charles I am on point.
They seem to react to everything Queerty puts out about African Americans, and Carribean folks in regards to HOMOPHOBIA.
So I was given them an intro to see who would come on and blame the Black community first in regards to this.
I know what I meant when I said what I said
Thanks!
MrC, I am a relative newcomer on these threads, so I am really not familiar with the trends of individual posters on Queerty. I am certain that you are privy to information that I am not and as time goes by, I will most likely discover for myself who the naysayers and harbingers of doom and gloom are. lol
Trust me Baby,
Stay Tuned and watch the action.
The thread you read on Lawrence King and you seen Churchill-Y's post there. That is only a prelude to a ??????
LOL….
You'll see!
Q:How could Churchhill-Y and Tallskin possibly intimate that African Americans had anything to with this?
A: Good old fashioned gay racism. The gay dudes are trying tooo hard to be like certain Southern whites.
Please lose the hate, dudes. Really.
As an aside, as bad as gay men have treated me for being trans, they have really blossomed with their racism. I am nonwhite, so I have had the guest of honor position listening to their bile.