Posted on 10/01/2013 3:51:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Man convicted of killing two women, attempting to kill a third, executed by lethal injection
A convicted killer who had been on death row for 23 years was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison on Tuesday.
Marshall Lee Gore, 49, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m., authorities said.
Gore, a former Miami-Dade escort service owner, was convicted of killing two women in the 1980s and executed for the March 1988 murder of of one of those women, exotic dancer Robyn Novick. The 30-year-old nude body was found dumped in rural Miami-Dade County.
Gore was also convicted of killing another woman, Susan Roark, and the attempted murder of another woman.
In addition to the two death sentences, Gore was given seven life sentences plus another 110 years in a case involving the attempted murder.
Tuesday was the fourth time Gore's execution has been scheduled this year. Twice, courts put the execution on hold due to insanity claims. Attorney General Pam Bondi's staff also once asked that it be postponed because it conflicted with her political fundraiser.
On Monday, Gore's attorneys asked for a stay from the U.S. Supreme Court.
The 49-year-old Gore says he suffers from delusions related to a conspiracy theory in which the purpose of his execution is so that the elite and wealthy people can harvest his organs. Gore has also said he is being targeted by satanic worshippers for human sacrifice, that he hears voices telling him to hang himself and that he was somehow injected with the virus that causes tuberculosis.
The appeals judges sided with a panel of state-appointed mental health experts who concluded Gore's "insanity" was all an act "designed to mislead the panel and avoid responsibility for his past actions."
Gore was arrested after attacking a third woman, who survived, and later testified at his trial in connection with Novick's death. The survivor said Gore beat her with a rock, choked, raped and stabbed her, leaving her near where Novick's body was found.
The FBI tracked the woman's stolen car to Paducah, Ky., and arrested Gore. When he was found, he had the woman's bank and credit cards in his jacket pocket, according to court documents.
Upon questioning about all three crimes and shown pictures of Novick's body, police said his eyes filled with tears and he said, "If I did this, I deserve the death penalty."
Gore initially denied knowing any of the women, according to police. But he later testified that all three women worked for him at an escort service.
“The 49-year-old Gore says he suffers from delusions related to a conspiracy theory ...”
Justice was finally done to this murderer. But I hope Pam Bondi gets shoveled out of there, one way or another. What a loser.
Did it sincerely apologize to the family of the victim? That’s always such a thoughtful touch.
Another one bites the dust. Luckily my mom and dad gave me only a two part name.
Darn. And on the day he could have signed up for Obamacare. That’s a shame....
23 years.. ? wow.. Talk about insane.
here in Cali , he’d die of old age.
Anyone see the problem with this sentence?
Correct and likely well fed and over weight.
Yes, it was 23 years too long.
It wasn't Al Gore.
I believe the guy who assassinated President William McKinley was tried and executed in about 6 weeks. And why not?
Why did they feed this character for 23 years. They should have executed him the day after the trial.
Executions are so expensive because they do not carry them out immediately.
Another thing Give them a hotshot of Heroin. They will smile all the way to hell.
There’s room at the inn.
I think the guy who tried to kill FDR was executed in a little over a week. He did kill the mayor of Chicago? or maybe it was Miami, just can’t remember off hand.
It seems as though conspiracy delusions run in the Gore family.
Al Gore suffers from the delusion that humans are conspiring to destroy the Earth’s climate by adding Carbon Dioxide to the atmosphere.
Those with the name Lee always seem to be in the news, usually bad news.
Lees and Waynes.
You bethcha!
'Jack Wayne Hydrazine"
"Jack Lee Hydrazine"
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