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Prison Officials Say Nixon Calm as Execution Approaches
The Jackson Channel ^ | 12/14/05

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.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: deathrow; execution; johnnixon
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To: Michael Goldsberry

give a high 5 to Tookie when you see him would ya......


21 posted on 12/14/2005 4:14:35 PM PST by NorCalRepub
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To: libertylass

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.


22 posted on 12/14/2005 4:14:41 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: onyx
Not even covering his execution from outside the prison.

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

23 posted on 12/14/2005 4:15:22 PM PST by mwyounce
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To: CindyDawg


He did repent and he issued what I think is a sincere apology, FWIW to her family/friends.


24 posted on 12/14/2005 4:16:35 PM PST by onyx ((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: Kenny500c

Wasn't there a popular (Democrat?) judge in MS named "Walter Nixon" too? Presumably, not related to this condemned man


25 posted on 12/14/2005 4:16:47 PM PST by Theodore R. (Cowardice is forever!)
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To: onyx

So what happened to the husband?


26 posted on 12/14/2005 4:17:49 PM PST by TASMANIANRED ("You cannot kill hope with bombs and bullets." Sgt Clay.)
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To: onyx
For some reason, he's not getting much media attention. I wonder why...
27 posted on 12/14/2005 4:18:36 PM PST by Politicalities (http://www.politicalities.com)
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To: mwyounce


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!)


28 posted on 12/14/2005 4:19:02 PM PST by onyx ((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: TASMANIANRED


He received a LIFE sentence. He's in prison.


29 posted on 12/14/2005 4:19:46 PM PST by onyx ((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: Politicalities


I tried to post that, but couldn't. Can't find another pic of him either.


30 posted on 12/14/2005 4:20:58 PM PST by onyx ((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: TASMANIANRED
It was her Ex-Husband who hired the hit. He was given life w/o parole. Her then husband was wounded but survived and ID'd Nixon.
31 posted on 12/14/2005 4:21:15 PM PST by TCats
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To: JennysCool

Thanks for posting.


32 posted on 12/14/2005 4:21:44 PM PST by aculeus
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To: onyx

Is anyone screaming that Haley Barbour is a murderer? Or is that just California?


33 posted on 12/14/2005 4:22:42 PM PST by Not A Snowbird (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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To: JennysCool

But I am calm...

34 posted on 12/14/2005 4:23:04 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat
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To: onyx

......He expressed remorse. Finally.......

I looked at the post. Where and when did he express remorse, (not that it really matters)?????


35 posted on 12/14/2005 4:25:54 PM PST by aShepard (But then, I don't live in SF!)
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To: onyx

"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?


36 posted on 12/14/2005 4:26:06 PM PST by dixiechick2000
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To: TCats

EX

husband hired Nixon and he's the one in prison.

Thank you, I am channel surfing local news and posting here without thinking.

37 posted on 12/14/2005 4:26:08 PM PST by onyx ((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: aShepard; dixiechick2000

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.


38 posted on 12/14/2005 4:28:30 PM PST by onyx ((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: SandyInSeattle


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.


39 posted on 12/14/2005 4:30:12 PM PST by onyx ((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: onyx

He didn't use any excuses today, then?
Good!
I guess he finally accepted his fate.

Thank you!


40 posted on 12/14/2005 4:30:19 PM PST by dixiechick2000
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