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Fla. Man Executed Amid Injection Controversy
CBS News ^
| September 28, 2011
Posted on 09/28/2011 8:24:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Florida man convicted of killing a police officer during a traffic stop 33 years ago has been executed at the Florida State Prison. The governor's office said Manuel Valle was pronounced dead at 7:14 p.m. Wednesday. He was the first Florida prisoner to be executed with a new mix of lethal drugs.
Valle fatally shot Coral Gables officer Louis Pena in 1978. He also shot fellow officer Gary Spell, who was saved by his bulletproof vest.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: deathpenalty; florida; legal
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/28/2011 9:21:54 PM PDT
by
stevem
To: Freedom4US
“Viva Italia! Goodbye to all poor peoples everywhere! Push the button!”
To: taxcontrol
The Constitution say no cruel and unusual punishment. It doesn’t say NO suffering.
If you point it the right way, it splatters away from you.
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posted on
09/28/2011 9:22:52 PM PDT
by
occamrzr06
(One day this will all make sense!)
To: Carry_Okie
They should just OD them on heroin. People PAY to do that frequently. Sometimes they almost succeed, and PAY to do it again. It cannot therefore be construed as either cruel or unusual.I like this idea.
To: nickcarraway
Took long enough.
Buh-bye, scumbag.
To: sargon
To: Freedom4US
Wow. When I saw “1978” it occured to me that that was the year my 51 Y.O. brother graduated high school. The system is sick.
To: Carry_Okie
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posted on
09/28/2011 9:30:31 PM PDT
by
REDWOOD99
("Earth first! We can log the other planets later")
To: Carry_Okie
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posted on
09/28/2011 9:30:54 PM PDT
by
REDWOOD99
("Earth first! We can log the other planets later")
To: taxcontrol; occamrzr06
With a .45 you are not 100% sure of no suffering. So true.
You could pull a muscle on your trigger finger, or get a a mild strain from the recoil if it hits you wrong.
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posted on
09/28/2011 9:41:56 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!)
To: Amberdawn
Wow; he must’ve been really dumb. So he's like, 84, now?
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posted on
09/28/2011 9:44:46 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!)
To: taxcontrol; mrreaganaut
Great idea, and ‘green’ too!
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posted on
09/28/2011 9:44:54 PM PDT
by
reaganaut
(Rick Perry says I'm heartless.)
To: nickcarraway
33 years ago? That's justice? He should have been executed 33 hours after the guilty verdict. Good riddance scumbag.
To: Longbow1969
I like this idea. Simple, isn't it?
I can't stand these thugs playing with our money while they cite bogus claims when the obvious solution hangs in front of everybody's noses. Nobody mentions it because the left wants a world where crooks get away with murder and the public pays for it. Isn't that obvious by now?
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posted on
09/28/2011 9:48:30 PM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(GunWalker: Arming "a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as well funded")
To: VeniVidiVici
One of my personal favorites...
Seriously, my professional research area is death and disease in the Middle Ages, torture and executions are part of that.
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posted on
09/28/2011 10:14:20 PM PDT
by
reaganaut
(Rick Perry says I'm heartless.)
To: FredZarguna
Lol! That was the year my NOW 51 y.o. bro graduated...
To: nickcarraway
37
posted on
09/28/2011 11:22:48 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(The epitome of civility.)
To: nickcarraway
38
posted on
09/28/2011 11:40:15 PM PDT
by
onona
(Words spring songs in my head, what can I say ?)
To: ExSoldier
I was born and raised just E. of Coral Gables.
Was living there in 1978 and honestly don’t remember this incident.
That’s the main problem w/ Capital Punishment.
The time between the crime and execution is so long the two become detached.
No cause and effect. No deterrent.
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posted on
09/29/2011 2:38:05 AM PDT
by
Vinnie
To: nickcarraway
“He also shot fellow officer Gary Spell,”
Was Valle an officer, or is this just poor writing posted by a major news outlet?
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posted on
09/29/2011 2:42:15 AM PDT
by
EDINVA
( Jimmy McMillan '12: because RENT'S, TOO DAMN HIGH)
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