One more joins Tookie...
Posted on 05/22/2007 11:01:12 AM PDT by Princip. Conservative
Arizona conducted its first execution in seven years, after administering a lethal injection to Robert Comer. Comer was convicted in a 1987 crime spree in which he killed a fellow camper at Apache Lake east of Phoenix. Additionally, he was also convicted of repeatedly, brutally raping a female camper the same night, in front of her boyfriend.
Robert Comer was termed the most dangerous man in the Arizona prison system.
Comer is the first inmate to be put to death in Arizona since Donald Miller was executed November 8, 2000, for participating in the murder of an 18-year-old woman.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused a stay of execution Monday, May 14, 2007, for convicted murderer Comer, who died by lethal injection Tuesday.
A stay of execution filed by Attorney Denise Young was denied last week.
Kent Cattani, chief counsel in the capital litigation section of the Attorney General's Office, filed a response to the high court on Friday, May 18, 2007, arguing that Young did not have the standing to request the stay of execution. "Robert Charles Comer was found competent and voluntarily waived all further legal proceedings," Cattani wrote to the court.
In 2000, Comer began requesting to be put to death, saying he owed it to his victims, himself and society. Much of his fight was spent proving he was competent to make that decision.
"An eye for an eye," Comer once said in court. "I mean, I ended a whole bunch of innocent people's lives and changed their lives forever. Even though they're still alive, their lives are destroyed. I owe that to them. I owe it to myself, man. I was totally wrong."
No other pending actions in court Monday afternoon could delay Comer's execution.
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Texas has an express lane and FL is building theirs! LOL
...Just close your eyes scumbag...Bye Bye.
Back in the late 90s when W was gov , I remember Mon and Thur used to be weekly execution nights. Don't know if pop corn and soda were allowed in the witness room.
Good riddance. Too bad it took 20 years, from the time he committed the murders, for him to get his just desserts.
Obviously Bush's fault. November 8, 2000 was the day after the 2000 election.
You hit the nail on the head.
I often wondered if there were phone calls between the FL and TX Governor’s mansions. Hey Jeb, how many did you kill this week? Only one??? What a lightweight. I got me three in the past two days!
Bwahahahahahahahahahaaaaa!!!
How many bad guys - well known and not so well known, have lost their lives during W's tenure as governor and President [1994-2007] ?
Adios to bad rubbish.
What? No amnesty? What about the chillldren?
The big difference between him and Tookie is that he actually agreed that he deserved it. And it still took him seven years worth of asking for the needle. Disgusting!
I will grant that point...this guy knew he was scum and needed to go...Mumia should be next.
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