Posted on 04/12/2023 5:23:41 PM PDT by Morgana
Florida has executed a 56-year-old man known as the 'Ninja Killer', who shot dead a visiting New Jersey couple in 1989 and robbed their winter home for Christmas presents.
Louis Bernard Gaskin confessed to the crime, which he committed wearing all-black ninja clothing.
'The guilt was always there,' Gaskin said. 'The devil had more of a hold than God did. I knew that I was wrong. I wasn't insane.'
Jurors voted 8-4 in 1990 to recommend the death sentence, which the judge accepted. Florida law now requires a unanimous jury vote for capital punishment.
Gaskin woke up at 4:45am on Wednesday and had his last meal at 9:45 am, said Kayla McLaughlin Smith, a spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections.
His final meal included BBQ pork ribs, pork and turkey neck, buffalo wings, shrimp fried rice, french fries and water. Gaskin's execution was carried out at Florida State Prison in Raiford, 40 miles south east of Jacksonville.
None of the relatives of the victims were present.
Protesters outside demanded an end to the death penalty, claiming that Gaskin was mentally ill.
'Louis Gaskin, a mentally ill Black man sentenced to death by an all-white non-unanimous jury, is scheduled to be executed in Florida at 6pm,' tweeted the ACLU of Florida.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Good job, Florida.
Next!
Should have been put down in 1990.
CNN Headline:
DeSantis signs legislation which will lead to the death of many Florida residents.
“Ron DeSantis rapidly signs death warrants for three prisoners within three months” Kudos, Gov. DeSantis.
This one killed an innocent couple. The other two in the article killed women. All were killed over 3 decades ago.
“Should have been put down in 1990.”
Exactly. Good grief!
there goes that evil neocon deep state globalist ron desantis doing his evil neocon deep state globalist stuff to florida again...
The bastard killed them and “robbed their winter home for Christmas presents.”
He got a last meal. Why the hell do we do that? He didn’t give the poor couple visiting Florida that courtesy.
Just randomly stop by his cell and say “It’s time.” Better yet, say “It’s time and give him an injection right in his cell.” Should have been done in 1990.
Via blow-gun? No warning, not even to wake him up? Hmmm....
Works for me.
Personally, I’d like to see public hangings come back into the mix.
agree. Why pay for their life all those 33 years?
What would be great is to reinstate hanging, and do 6 at a time. That would be 72 a year. 6 years and we will no longer have any backlog.
Very good news. Awesome.
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