We Have an Official State Executioner?

 

It would seem that AL.com is out to get Holman Prison warden Terry Raybon who inspected the lengths of two female reporters' skirts at a recent execution. Since Holman is the only facility with a death chamber (any envy out there?), the facility's governor is automatically the official State Executioner. Is that a title that anyone would ever aspire to?

When Raybon filed a lawsuit against the state after his dismissal as a state trooper, Judge Ira DeMent stated he should have been terminated after the first accusation of violence against a woman...a woman who had to be treated in hospital.

Raybon was also charged by the DOC for a physical fight with another corrections officer. Yet he continued to climb the ranks of the department. In other words, violence seems to be a regular component of the warden's life.

We doubt that too many would actively seek the title of Alabama State Executioner, but what does the current holder of the office say about our state?

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We recently had a laugh at a reader who called us a "feminist journalist." No one who blogs here is a journalist; we consider ourselves commentators or pundits. Certainly no one here considers themselves a feminist that we know of.

We do believe both males and females should be held accountable in incidents of domestic violence, especially if they work in law enforcement. We also believe in equal pay for equal work. We believe that simply makes us someone with a conscience, not a feminist.

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45th Anniversary of Presley's Death

ALEA Blames the Woman

 

Pictured is Warden Terry Raybon, governor of Holman Prison. He's recently come under scrutiny for calling out a female reporter on her short skirt and uncovered toes.

Yes, her toes. Was she expected to be moving file cabinets? Has he seen some of the females who work at Florence Municipal Court? 

Yet this is about Raybon's previous job as a state trooper. He was suspended for allegedly attacking two women whom he had dated. He admitted to owing the second woman almost $6,000.00. What is now ALEA chastised him for this. Not because he had poor money management skills, but because he should not have borrowed from a woman with an arrest record. Apparently if he had borrowed from his 89 year-old former grade school teacher and failed to pay it back, it would have been all right.

Our take, look closely at anyone, male or female, accused of domestic violence - especially if it's more than one accusation. The number of accusers dramatically raises the odds that the claims are true. Second, if a woman recants just after her partner comes into some money? Probably neither is telling the whole truth. 

Now let's all sing a verse of "Good Ol' Boys."