Florida set to execute man who has been on death row for 22 years for......

MailOnline ^ | 12 November 2014 | Associated Press Reporter

[Morgana]

FULL TITLE: Florida set to execute man who has been on death row for 22 years for raping and murdering his 10-year-old stepdaughter and her mother

A Florida Panhandle man is set to be executed tomorrow for raping and murdering his 10-year-old stepdaughter 22 years ago, just minutes after he killed her mother.

Chadwick Banks, 43, is scheduled to die at 6pm Thursday at Florida State Prison in Starke for the 1992 slaying of Melody Cooper, who was found on her knees naked from the waist down and her body slumped on her bed at their Gadsden County trailer home.

The body of her mother, Cassandra Banks, was found nearby.

Both had been shot in the head.

Banks, who was 21 at the time, is serving a life sentence for his wife's murder.

[Morgana]

I sure hope he's made his peace with God.

[dfwgator]

[Ken522]

An obamason, 22 years and going ....

[caver]

So, why does it take 22 years to execute this POS?

[Morgana]

Appeals I guess. Not sure. Any Florida FReepers here? Give us any insight into this case?

[yarddog]

I think Gadsden County is the only mostly Black county in Florida.

I think it is also the reason Steve Southerland barley lost his Congressional Seat to the Daughter of Former Gov. Graham.

[caver]

This perp lived four times longer than his youngest victim did.

[onedoug]

Well then, get on with it!

[FamiliarFace]

‘Their son turned his life over to God and they are content with everything that’s going on.’

If the article is accurate, it would seem that he is.

[Ouderkirk]

I should know better than to ask if he's black....when the crime is the most depraved of actions.

[DanielRedfoot]

Roll on One....... And skip the water Percy

[EEGator]

I don’t. May he rot.

[jocon307]

Thank you, perfect.

[fortheDeclaration]

Yes, and then then they argue that Capital Punishment is too expensive.

[Bigg Red]

I sure hope the pig burns in hell.

[Sherman Logan]

Works for me.

[AnnaZ]

I should know better than to ask if he's black....when the crime is the most depraved of actions.

Really? I thought white. Do I really need to post a list of hideous child rapes and murders by white men?

[Oatka]

This is pretty far off topic, except for the ending, but get thee the movie "Citizen X". It's about Russia's, and probably the world's, biggest serial murderer with 52 deaths to his name - all in the '80s and '90s. Check out the reviews of this 1995 sleeper.

The pertinent part here is after he's caught and convicted, TWO YEARS later the guy is executed. No ACLU wringing their hands or tearful candlelight vigils, just a short walk through the cell block hallway. Don't want to give the ending away, but it was a no fuss, no muss deal, unlike the travesty reported here.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Too bad they don’t have the electric chair any more. Give the convict the choice of settings: slow fry or crispy critter.

[yarddog]

The guy who tried to assassinate FDR, but instead killed the mayor of Chicago or was it Miami, was executed two weeks later.