But I am calm...
Posted on 12/14/2005 3:58:14 PM PST by onyx
Prison Officials Say Nixon Calm As Execution Approaches
POSTED: 7:20 am CST December 14, 2005 UPDATED: 5:10 pm CST December 14, 2005
PARCHMAN, Miss. -- Convicted hitman John B. Nixon, Sr., spent the final hours before his scheduled execution Wednesday visiting with relatives, and prison officials described him as calm and tranquil.
The 77-year-old man ate a breakfast of two eggs, two sausage patties, two pieces of white bread, coffee and milk. Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps said Nixon declined to eat lunch, saving room for a last meal.
The execution -- Mississippi's first since 2002 -- was set for 6 p.m. at the state penitentiary at archman.
Nixon would become the oldest person in the nation to be executed since the death penalty was reinstated nearly three decades ago.
He has spent nearly 20 years on death row for the 1985 murder of 45-year-old Virginia Tucker of Brandon.
The U.S. Supreme Court denied Nixon's request for a reprieve just hours before the scheduled execution.
The High Court had been the last hope for the former auto mechanic after Gov. Haley Barbour denied clemency.
give a high 5 to Tookie when you see him would ya......
Kind of sad really. Mr. Williams had weeks of media coverage. This man has 17 FR posts. Well, may he have repented, found Jesus and RIP.
I was going to jokingly say "yeah, he doesn't even have a page on Wikipedia like Tookie... but son of a gun, he does: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Nixon
He did repent and he issued what I think is a sincere apology, FWIW to her family/friends.
Wasn't there a popular (Democrat?) judge in MS named "Walter Nixon" too? Presumably, not related to this condemned man
So what happened to the husband?
According to your link:
For his last meal, Nixon requested a well-done T-bone steak, buttered asparagus spears, a baked potato with sour cream, peach pie, vanilla ice cream and sweet tea.
(Boy, they're FAST with the info!)
He received a LIFE sentence. He's in prison.
I tried to post that, but couldn't. Can't find another pic of him either.
Thanks for posting.
Is anyone screaming that Haley Barbour is a murderer? Or is that just California?
But I am calm...
......He expressed remorse. Finally.......
I looked at the post. Where and when did he express remorse, (not that it really matters)?????
"He expressed remorse. Finally."
I'm glad to know that he did.
Hopefully, he worked things out with the Lord while in prison.
What is his status as of now?
Is he dead, Jim?
Thank you, I am channel surfing local news and posting here without thinking.
This afternoon he FINALLY expressed remorse in an issued apology. Before today, he would sort of apologize, but would include that he was "on booze and drugs" at the time he murdered Virginia Tucker.
Hi Sandy,
Not that I've heard... and to be fair to CA, I think the Arnold haters at Tookie's are the scum of the earth and not at all representative of CA.
He didn't use any excuses today, then?
Good!
I guess he finally accepted his fate.
Thank you!
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