Ibanjwa laseCalifornia Death Row elabulala inkwenkwana eneminyaka esi-9 ubudala kwigumbi langasese epaki eOceanside lizibulele.
Amagosa entolongo yaseSan Quentin abhengeze ukuba uBrandon Wilson oneminyaka engama-33 ufunyenwe ejinga kwisisele sakhe esinye kusasa ngoLwesine.
UWilson wagwetywa ngokubulala uMatthew Cecchi wase-Oroville ekubulaweni kwabantu ngo-1998 kangangokuba yaba ngumxholo welizwe.
UWilson, oneminyaka engama-21 ubudala ngexesha lokubulala, wavuma ukuba wabetha uMatthew umqala ngelixa umakazi wenkwenkwe wayelinde ngaphandle kwendlu yangasese. Uhlawuliswe ngokubulala kwinqanaba lokuqala kunye neemeko ezikhethekileyo zokulinda kunye nokusebenzisa imela, akazange avume ityala ngenxa yobuhlanya.
Amagqwetha akhe athi wayengumntu okhohlisayo odakumbileyo owayekholelwa ukuba uThixo wamnyula njengearhente yokutshabalalisa uluntu.
Ngokuchasene nengcebiso yamagqwetha akhe, uWilson wathetha phambi kwenqanaba lesohlwayo sokuchotshelwa kwetyala kwiqela labachopheli-tyala elalilikhabile ibango lakhe lokuphambana. Uthe uya kubulala kwakhona ngomzuzu, uzimisele ukutshabalalisa uluntu kwaye kufuneka abulawe.
Eyona njongo yam ebomini kukunceda ukutshabalalisa uluntu lwakho, uWilson uxelele inkundla yeNkundla ePhakamileyo yaseSan Diego. … Kufuneka wenze konke okusemandleni akho ukundisusa ehlabathini.
Wancuma xa, kwiintsuku ezimbini kamva, ijaji yacebisa ukuba afe. Yile nto ebeyifuna, utshilo umkhuseli wakhe woluntu.
Imvelaphi yaseWisconsin, uWilson wayehambe phantse iminyaka emibini eNtshona. EOceanside, emantla eSan Diego, ngoNovemba ka-1998 wangena kwimotele kwaye, waxelela amapolisa, aqala ukukhangela ixhoba. UWilson wavuma ukuba wayekhangela inkwenkwe encinci, emsulwa kwaye wakhetha ulwandle lwasesidlangalaleni njengendawo yakhe yokuzingela kuba yayiyindawo awayenokubalekela kuyo ukubulala.
Wabona uMateyu engena kwigumbi lokuhlambela. Le nkwenkwana, yase-Oroville, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-20 kumzantsi-mpuma we-Chico, yayityelele ulwandle kufutshane ne-Oceanside pier ngelixa yayizimase umanyano losapho. UWilson uthe walandela uMateyu ukuya kungena kwisakhiwo se-cinder-block; emva kokuhlatywa waphuma eshiya inkwenkwe iphuma igazi ngelixa umakazi elinde ngaphandle.
Ukusukela ngo-1978 xa iCalifornia ibuyisela isohlwayo senkunzi, amabanjwa angama-54 agwetyiweyo asweleke ngenxa yezizathu zendalo, i-19 yazibulala, i-13 yabulawa eCalifornia, enye yabulawa eMissouri kwaye abathandathu bafa kwezinye izizathu, kubandakanya nokubulala.
Kukho amabanjwa angama-719 kuluhlu lokufa eCalifornia, elona lizwe likhulu.
