N.C. executes Flippen for 2-year-old's slaying

Journalnow.com ^ | August 18, 2006 Updated 2:23 a.m | Journal Now

[Graybeard58]

Death row inmate Samuel Flippen was executed early Friday for the beating death of his 2-year-old stepdaughter 12 years ago. Flippen was pronounced dead at 2:11 a.m., state Corrections Department spokesman Keith Acree said.

Gov. Mike Easley denied a clemency request from Flippen's attorneys after state judges and the U.S. Supreme Court rejected arguments to stop the execution.

[Graybeard58]

[Bonaparte]

Twelve years late, but I'll take it.

Here's how absurd Flippen and his attorneys got as his time started running out.

[dennisw]

Andrea Yates killed 5 children and got a free ride. Our legal system is crazy to give crazies like Yates a free pass. To let them avoid execution

[upchuck]

North Carolina ping.

[Lancey Howard]

[beaversmom]

Surprised he got the death penalty in the first place. Usually you can do in a child and be out in a few years.

[Joe Boucher]

Why at 2:11 a.m.?
Why not 9:p.m. on prime time t.v.?

[Constitution Day]

NC *Ping*

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[wolfpat]

This guy's a liberal, but he makes some similar points.

http://www.newsobserver.com/1101/story/471036.html