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.
No excuses today.
I know things move slowly in the South, but, lol... I will have to wait for the 10PM news to hear about the execution... NOT a word about it before they signed off at the bottom of the hour, which was a full 29 minutes after he was scheduled for the needle.
He's a white guy. Nobody cares.
I hope he made some peace with God.
LOL!
Such is the South. ;o)
asparagus spears
Is that Britanys little brother?
I think he did. His apology rang sincere to me.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not one Nobel nomination.
Did the husband receive the same punishment?
He'll be even calmer after its over.
No, no, no --- the EX-husband hired Nixon --- that guy is prison --- he got a LIFE sentence.
"Did the husband receive the same punishment?"
The article didn't say how long he was married.
There is still NO news --- not even a scroll acoss the bottom of the local channels.
Oh well, details at 10PM.
ah hahahaha...
Convicted Hitman Nixon Executed For 1985 Murder
Was that the case involving the mayor of Gulfport?
I guess if President Ford hadn't been in the hospital yesterday he could have forgiven him...:)
Any details... like how long it took, trouble finding a vein, number of witnesses?
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