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CA: Ailing killer executed at age 76
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 17 January 2006 | Jim Doyle, Bob Egelko and Stacy Finz

Posted on 01/17/2006 12:54:12 AM PST by CounterCounterCulture

Ailing killer executed at age 76

Condemned for 3 slayings, Allen is oldest ever put to death in state

Clarence Ray Allen, a twice-convicted murderer enfeebled by age and illness after more than two decades on Death Row, was executed by lethal injection early today at San Quentin State Prison for ordering three killings from his prison cell in 1980.

Allen, who turned 76 on Monday, was pronounced dead about 12:38 a.m. He is the oldest prisoner ever executed in California and one of the oldest ever put to death in the United States.

His last hope was extinguished Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court denied his request for a stay of execution. Allen was legally blind, suffered from diabetes, had a heart attack in September and was confined to a wheelchair, and his attorneys argued that executing a prisoner so old and sick would violate the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.

Only one justice, Stephen Breyer, voted to grant a stay.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had denied a clemency request Friday that also stressed Allen's age and infirmity. "The passage of time does not excuse Allen from the jury's punishment," Schwarzenegger said.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: California
KEYWORDS: adiosmofo; allen; clarencerayallen; deathpenalty; executed; execution; lethalinjection
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1 posted on 01/17/2006 12:54:15 AM PST by CounterCounterCulture
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Allen's last meal: KFC and pecan pie

(SNIP)

Allen asked for buffalo steak and white-meat chicken from KFC, according to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Elaine Jennings. He was to drink whole milk. For dessert, Allen, who is diabetic, ordered sugar-free pecan pie and black walnut ice cream.

(SNIP)

2 posted on 01/17/2006 12:55:53 AM PST by CounterCounterCulture (That's MISTER Triple-C to you!)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

Heh, heh, he should have had the sugar!!!!


3 posted on 01/17/2006 12:57:30 AM PST by blondee123 (Close our borders to illegals! Don't try to appease us!)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

He sure had plenty of time to make his peace with God and repent.


4 posted on 01/17/2006 12:57:58 AM PST by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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5 posted on 01/17/2006 12:58:11 AM PST by CounterCounterCulture (That's MISTER Triple-C to you!)
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To: blondee123

Indeed.


6 posted on 01/17/2006 12:58:53 AM PST by CounterCounterCulture (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post))
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To: CounterCounterCulture

GOOD!


7 posted on 01/17/2006 12:58:55 AM PST by nopardons
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To: CounterCounterCulture

Exactly 29 years to the day after the execution of Gary Gilmore


8 posted on 01/17/2006 1:00:18 AM PST by lunarbicep (There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless.)
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To: blondee123
Back in the day of the electric chair Jolt Cola would have been an ironic last meal request. All the sugar and twice the caffeine.
9 posted on 01/17/2006 1:00:58 AM PST by carumba (The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho)
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To: CounterCounterCulture
For dessert, Allen, who is diabetic, ordered sugar-free pecan pie and black walnut ice cream.

Which should have kept him healthy 'til the crack of doom.

10 posted on 01/17/2006 1:01:10 AM PST by dighton
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To: CounterCounterCulture
Sugar-free pecan pie?


Now THAT is cruel and unusual . . . just like non-fat gravy or unsalted potato chips: WTF is the point?

11 posted on 01/17/2006 1:01:15 AM PST by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: Petronski

He was worried it might kill him? ;-)


12 posted on 01/17/2006 1:02:02 AM PST by CounterCounterCulture (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post))
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To: CounterCounterCulture

Do they have senior citizen discounts in Hell?


13 posted on 01/17/2006 1:03:44 AM PST by WestVirginiaRebel (The Democratic Party-Jackass symbol, jackass leaders, jackass supporters.)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

That's weird.



But weirder still, Pecan Pie is filled with a sugar-and-syrup goo. So WTF is in sugar-free pecan pie? It ain't natural.

It's like a low-fiber bran muffin, or decaffeinated coffee, or powdered milk. It just doesn't make sense.


14 posted on 01/17/2006 1:04:26 AM PST by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: CounterCounterCulture
Society has rid itself of another miscreant who felt that he had the right to take innocent lives.

I say this is a good thing.

L

15 posted on 01/17/2006 1:05:12 AM PST by Lurker (You don't let a pack of wolves into the house just because they're related to the family dog.)
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To: WestVirginiaRebel; cyborg
Do they have senior citizen discounts in Hell?

Well, they have them at the Old Country Buffet, and that's as close to hell as I ever care to come.

16 posted on 01/17/2006 1:05:54 AM PST by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: Former Military Chick

ping


17 posted on 01/17/2006 1:08:15 AM PST by beaversmom
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To: Petronski

It tastes like lard flavored jello


18 posted on 01/17/2006 1:08:37 AM PST by kublia khan (Absolute war brings total victory)
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To: Petronski
Well, they have them at the Old Country Buffet, and that's as close to hell as I ever care to come.

Good one!

19 posted on 01/17/2006 1:08:53 AM PST by blondee123 (Close our borders to illegals! Don't try to appease us!)
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To: Petronski

My dad calls them the blue haired commandos and my brother refers to them as silverbacks.


20 posted on 01/17/2006 1:09:34 AM PST by beaversmom
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