Posted on 03/30/2011 10:42:50 AM PDT by ThinkingBuddha
A man convicted of killing two convenience store employees in a 1989 robbery was executed by the state of Arizona after he lost an appeal that raised questions about the drugs used in putting him to death by lethal injection.
A jury convicted Eric John King in 1990 of two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of convenience store clerk Ron Barman and the store's security guard, Richard Butts, during a robbery that netted the killer $72.
King, 47, was executed at a state prison in Florence, Arizona, southeast of Phoenix, according to state Attorney General Tom Horne.
"This morning the state of Arizona fulfilled its most sombre obligation to protect public safety by executing convicted murderer Eric King by lethal injection," Horne said in a statement, adding that he was a witness to the execution.
(Excerpt) Read more at tvnz.co.nz ...
If they run out of chemicals, they can start lethally injecting bullets into their brains.
Too bad it took over 20 years to get 'er done!!
Should have made him watch zero’s speech the other night!
It took 22 years to execute a killer?
What the hell is wrong with America?
This article has information regarding his previous record of rape:
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2011/03/arizona_inmate_executed_amid_q.html
It’s a shame that ole’ sparky does not get more of a workout nowadays. These clowns violently murder their victims, then 22 years later they take a sleepy pill before the ultimate dirt nap. They should suffer...
I saw this yesterday on FR and I looked and looked for pics of his two victims, but couldn’t find a one. Plenty of pics of this guy’s stupid mug, but nothing out there to remember his victims.
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