Posted on 12/14/2006 9:49:13 AM PST by RWB Patriot
STARKE, Fla. - Death penalty opponents criticized the execution of a convicted murderer who took more than half an hour to die and needed a rare second dose of lethal chemicals.
Angel Nieves Diaz, 55, convicted of murdering a Miami topless bar manager 27 years ago, appeared to grimace before dying Wednesday, 34 minutes after the first dose.
Department of Corrections spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger said she doesn't believe Diaz felt any pain and had liver disease, which required the second dose.
"It was not unanticipated. The metabolism of the drugs to the liver is slowed," Plessinger said.
Diaz's cousin Maria Otero said the family had never heard he suffered from liver disease.
"Why a stupid second dose?" Otero said.
Gov. Jeb Bush said the Department of Corrections followed all protocols.
"A preexisting medical condition of the inmate was the reason tonight's procedure took longer than recent procedures carried out this year," the governor said in a news release.
A spokesman for Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, called Diaz's death a botched execution.
"They had to execute him twice," Mark Elliot said. "If Floridians could witness the pain and the agony of the executed man's family, they would end the death penalty."
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If it takes 10 needles and 5 days, then that's what is needed. He needed killin'.
The killer at least had a day in court. His rights were protected and he had a lawyer fighting for him. He had due process and was accorded many chances to appeal the verdict. He has people with protesting his execution and do righter ghouls feasting on his death for their cause.
The victim. He had none of these things. He had death without mercy. He had judgement without trial. He had condemnation without appeal. He had a monster. And now the monster is dead. Too f'ing bad.
I believe that's how they do it in Japan.
"I think the real issue is why 27 years on death row?"
So he and his lawyers could waste time and taxpayer dollars trying to appeal the decision because there might be a one out of a hundred percent chance he might have been innocent.
That's why I'm against appeals. They're colored as a way to ensure innocent people don't go to jail or death row, but nowadays they're used to waste money and postpone the criminal's punishment. If a lawyer can't prove his client is innocent at trial, then that should be the end of it. The criminal has the ability to fire his lawyer if he believes his lawyer isn't up to the task, so it falls on no one but the criminal if he's found guilty.
This was an easy death compared to what was done to Terri Schiavo - and she had committed no crime, never even had a lawyer.
"When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, the hearts of the people are filled with schemes to do wrong."
I say they should give the double-dose (or triple-dose) initially so that this type of thing doesn't happen in the future.
Nice attempt at hijacking the thread. At least it was a Florida story.
Oh, booo hooo!
Whatever it takes...Git-r-done.
How about if they just double the dose as a matter of general practice, and we won't have to hear any more of these tragi-comic stories? If they were willing to support this bastard for 27 years, the cost of doubling the lethal dose is chump change.
Maybe they could patent this process...
You know though with all of the exonerations that have taken place over the past 5 years due to advancements in DNA testing don't assume that just because some jury found the guy guilty doesn't mean he did it. All of these guys were convicted on "eyewitness" testimony which has been shown to be the least reliable form of evidence.
Oh why waste the breath, some people need a show, bring back the gladiators and the Colosseum, they flourished for centuries for a reason I guess.
See the case of Cory Maye from Mississippi. He shot a killed a police officer when they served a no-knock warrant on the wrong address, the police officer just happened to be white and the son of the police chief. Cory Maye is black, with no prior criminal record. I'm surprised they even held a trial. Appeals have their place.
I believe that's approximately the procedure in (gasp!)...blue state Maryland! There is no specified time and date of execution to allow for late night drama outside the prison walls, last minute appeals, etc. The death warrant sets a time frame (over several days) for carrying out the execution. At a time convenient to it, the state executes the condemned person and announces the act by press release afterward.
As usual, the liberal murderer-lovers are deeply saddened.
I've often said that the Garrotte's he way to go!
After 27 years and $5 million they want to save fifty cents.
Wah. Cry me a river.
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