September 20, 2003
EXECUTION MOST FOUL
Old Sparky misfired a bit when Allen Lee Davis was executed here in 1999. One of the reasons I prefer electrocution to lethal injection. And lest you think I'm being gratuitously violent, I DIDN'T show the pic when the juice is flowing, his face is purple, and the blood is shooting out of his nose. THAT one came with a Stern Warning About Linking from the Supreme Court of Florida.
I'm not sure where you are. Florida had that happen back in '97, when the inmate caught on fire. Medina
The AG comment was the best, though:
Attorney General Bob Butterworth told AP that Medina's gruesome end would be a deterrent.
"People who wish to commit murder - they better not do it in the state of Florida because we may have a problem with our electric chair," Butterworth said.
Posted by: Geoffrey at September 20, 2003 9:24 PMI'm in Florida, Geoff. Old Sparky misfires a lot. Now they won't use it anymore.
Posted by: Kim at September 20, 2003 9:30 PM