View Full Version : In Memory Of Ronald W. Frye


Budwoman
04-29-2002, 12:15 PM
AUGUST 22, 2001 ON CENTRAL PRISON'S DEATH ROW A MAN WAS EXECUTED THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN.

THIS MAN WAS 42 YEARS OLD. IN 1989 HE WAS CONVICTED OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER BECAUSE HE KILLED HIS LANDLORD BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN ASKED TO MOVE FROM HIS PREMISES.

RONALD WAYNE FRYE WAS ON DRUGS. HE USED COCAINE, AND MANY OTHER DRUGS JUST TO BE ABLE TO LIVE WITH HIMSELF.

AFTER HIS TRIAL, MANY THINGS WERE FOUND OUT ABOUT RONALD WAYNE FRYE. THE N.C. CHILD AUTHORITIES HAD TAKEN HIM AWAY FROM A FOSTER HOME WHERE HE AND HIS BROTHER DAVID HAD BEEN BADLY ABUSED. THEY HAD PICTURES OF HIM AT 10 YEARS OLD WITH BRUISES ALL OVER HIS BODY. RONNIE, IN HIS LAST 9 YEARS OF LIFE, HAD TURNED HIS LIFE OVER TO CHRIST. HE BACAME A VERY CAREING MAN. I MET HIS AUNT, LYNETTE STILLEY, AND BECAME VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH HER AND I STILL AM.

ALSO, RONNIE HAD AN ALCOHOLIC ATTORNEY WHO WE ARE NOW TRYING TO GET DISBARRED BECAUSE IN OCTOBER OF 2001 HE STILL HAS BEEN PUT OUT OF 2 COURT ROOMS DUE TO HIM BEING DRUNK. THIS ATTORNEY NEVER BROUGHT OUT THE FACT THAT RONNIE WAS SO BADLY ABUSED AS A CHILD, NOT ONLY IN THE FOSTER HOME, BUT HE AND HIS BROTHER WERE GIVEN AWAY TO A FAMILY BY HIS MOTHER WHEN THEY WERE ONLY 5 & 6 YEARS OLD. RONNIE NEVER HAD A CHANCE AT LIFE. HAD OUR SYSTEM DONE WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE WHEN HE WAS A CHILD, THIS NEEDLESS MURDER WOULD NEVER HAVE TAKEN PLACE AND TWO LIVES WOULD HAVE BEEN SAVED.

WHEN ARE WE EVER GOING TO LEARN..... THINGS MUST BE DONE OTHER THAT EXECUTION TO STOP CRIME....EXECUTION IS NOT THE ANSWER. FINDING ANSWERS TO OUR SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS THE ANSWER AND THE ONLY ANSWER.


DONNA

Joy
04-29-2002, 08:25 PM
Amen

sherri13
05-01-2002, 10:37 AM
unfortunately, there are many stories like this one-as i have said before we live in a reactive rather than a proactive society-when will we learn? i don't know, but i hope it's soon...

Emma_
03-19-2004, 02:24 AM
No one should be executed!
My prayres are with his family and friends!

ebontortuga23
04-27-2004, 11:15 PM
I've been reading and reading all of these memoriams to get a perspective on my own situation. I just feel bleak now. Like this system won't change. Those of us that started out poor, abused, hurt, & generally disadvantaged are set up for failure.
May God's perfect Grace give him and his victim peace.