Bodybacks with Joseph Scott Moore.

When we think about how we would like to get back at people, don't we?

Yeah, that's, you know, you're insulted, you're humiliated, you're harmed in some way.

Maybe something has been taken from you.

This idea of making things right is ancient.

It goes back even further than the Bible. The first time we see mention of it is through the Babylonians with, of course, the code of Hammurabi. And what it comes down to is this idea of

what's referred to as reciprocal justice.

Huh.

The back and forth, if you will.

Today we're going to talk about a fellow who just died in the death chamber in Alabama and towards his end he became a believer in Lex Talionis.

I'm Joseph Scott Morgan and this is Bodybacks.

Dave, I, this case came across my desk, and I forwarded it to you because I thought that it was one of these cases that, well, first off, it's happened,

or it happened, the actual murder that is involved here actually happened not too far away

from where we are in the whole grand scheme of things.

And it is arguably, and even our governor, who goes affectionately, I think, by the term of me-maw,

Governor K. Ivey actually made a statement in regards to it.

And just very briefly, just in a few words here, this is a direct quote from her when she was actually asked to grant clemency in this case.

And she's referring to the victim and she says, the murder of Tracy Wildman was premeditated,

gruesome, and disturbing.

And tonight, the state carried out the death sentence of James Osgood.

And this is coming from a woman who, the governor, who had signed a death warrant on someone else this year so far. But she's also granted clemency to one person because she said she was not convinced of

their guilt. It's not like, you know, she's going out and saying that all 164 individuals on

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