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US murderer confesses just before execution
AFP News ^ | October 16, 2013

Posted on 10/16/2013 5:11:34 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

After claiming his innocence for over two decades, William Happ finally confessed to murder as he was put to death by lethal injection in the US state of Florida.

News reports said Happ took over 15 minutes to die, as his body repeatedly made convulsive movements, as the state corrections system used a new lethal chemical for the first time.

Happ, 51, had spent 24 years on death row for the murder of a young woman named Angela Crowley in 1986.

Happ, who had drug and alcohol problems, met Crowley in a parking lot. The woman was strangled and raped, and her body found in a canal.

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: deathpenalty

1 posted on 10/16/2013 5:11:34 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
his body repeatedly made convulsive movements

I wonder how his victim died?

2 posted on 10/16/2013 5:14:22 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

I hope it was painfully terrifying until his last breath.


3 posted on 10/16/2013 5:22:12 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (What's the frequency, Kenneth?)
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To: central_va
took over 15 minutes to die...

While I have no sympathy for this POS, can't they just reinstate the gallows and make it quick?

Isn't capital punishment often times called “cruel and unusual”?

It should be like a guillotine, fast.

4 posted on 10/16/2013 5:22:33 AM PDT by Netz
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I agree....... and then it should be public for all to see


5 posted on 10/16/2013 5:24:08 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Travon... Felony assault and battery hate crime)
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To: central_va

what’s with the time it takes for someone getting lethal injection to die.

cyanide capsules seem to have worked almost instantly against the Nazis who killed themselves during capture.

give these creeps and double OD dose of heroin and cyanide cocktail to boot. should not take long.

of course if it was up to me, I would just hang or fry or shoot the scum.


6 posted on 10/16/2013 5:27:26 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“After claiming his innocence for over two decades....”

I wonder if “The Innocence Project” tried, unsuccessfully, to get him freed?

Surely some law student somewhere spent countless hours listening to him profess his innocence, researching his case, filing briefs and appeals, etc.

After all, there might have been a footprint that wasn’t Happ’s footprint somewhere in the area. By that logic the Project has freed many, and likely including many that were in truth guilty.


7 posted on 10/16/2013 5:29:15 AM PDT by WL-law
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To: Vaquero

I would prefer we reinstitute gladiatorial games for death row inmates who volunteer for the games. The money raised would go to paying for their lawyers and housing expenses. They could show the matches an PPV.


8 posted on 10/16/2013 5:30:05 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Angela Crowley

William Happ

9 posted on 10/16/2013 5:31:34 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
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"of course if it was up to me..."

If it was up to me I would bind and gag the asswipe and shove him in a small room with the victim's family who would be armed with sharp sticks.

10 posted on 10/16/2013 5:32:31 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
as the state corrections system used a new lethal chemical for the first time.

Thank Zippy/Holder for taking away the old one.

11 posted on 10/16/2013 5:36:49 AM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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“As stocks of the usual lethal injection drug dwindle, most US states that carry out executions are turning to new drugs. This is sparking lawsuits from death row prisoners that the changes will cause undue suffering.”

Maybe we should change the laws to not only include a speedy trial (Unless you are the Fort Hood Terrorist) and a speedy punishment. 20 years?


12 posted on 10/16/2013 5:50:09 AM PDT by huldah1776
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To: fella

Now he’s Happ-less.


13 posted on 10/16/2013 6:06:18 AM PDT by Firecracker74
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