Convicted Ohio killer John Hicks executed

UPI ^ | 11/29/2005

[ncountylee]

LUCASVILLE, Ohio, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Convicted Cincinnati killer John Hicks, 49, was put to death Tuesday for the cocaine-fueled slayings of his step-daughter and mother-in-law.

Hicks confessed to the August 1985 slayings of Brandy Green, 5, and Maxine Armstrong, 56, which he blamed on his addiction to cocaine, The Cincinnati Enquirer and The Cincinnati Post reported.

Hicks told police he stole $300 from Armstrong's apartment to buy drugs and strangled the woman. Hicks told authorities he returned later that night and strangled his step-daughter, fearing she might have heard him kill his mother-in-law.

On Monday, Ohio Gov. Bob Taft denied Hicks' appeal for life without parole. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also refused to intervene.

Hicks was put to death by lethal injection at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility near Lucasville, Ohio, The Post reported.

[dfwgator]

Next!

[msnimje]

FASTER!

[jocon307]

Buh-bye, and as another freeper said: save a spot for Tookie!

[beachn4fun]

Yes

One down and ???? to go.

[Trust but Verify]

My baby was born in August of 1985, the same month this scum murdered two people. My son is 20 years old. It took 20 long years for this creep to get what he deserved. What a disgrace.

[mlbford2]

He should have wrote some poems and childrens books.

[ninergold3]

**save a spot for Tookie**

I don't know if Gov. Arnold cares what we think or not, but I sent him a message yesterday asking him not to grant clemency to Tookie.

[ClaudiusI]

That's one less vote for the Democrats.

[mlbford2]

"That's one less vote for the Democrats."


Don't be so sure. I'm sure he'll cast his vote in '08.

[Red Badger]

The MSM is already breathlessly awaiting the 2K mark on executions just as they did for deaths in Iraq...........

[ncountylee]

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[TCats]

Was he Black? Bet not since there weren't the usual suspects protesting his'Conversion' and value to Society alive as opposed to executed.

[Red Badger]

One Less? One More! He'll be voting from now til eternity!.......

[TheDon]

Agreed, 20 years late.

[Redleg Duke]

And yet the Clintons rammed through Tim McVay's execution so fast that we weren't able to determine who bankrolled him.

[GAB-1955]

Well, you must admit McVeigh deserved it for being the instrumental cause of the death of nearly 200 Americans. He could have walked away and said "no." He didn't.

[YoungCurmudgeon]

Hey! Taft did something right! Good for him.

[TheDon]

I wouldn't mind so much if they also talked about the number of murders during the same period. I wonder what it would be? 200,000 murders vs 2,000 executions?

[manwiththehands]

"That's one less vote for the Democrats."

Not in Ohio. He's more likely to have his vote counted now.