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Convicted child killer Daryl Holton dies in Tenn. electric chair
AP via KnoxNews ^ | 9/12/7

Posted on 09/12/2007 7:44:57 AM PDT by SmithL

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ A Gulf War veteran from Tennessee who murdered four children with an assault rifle has been executed.

Death row inmate Daryl Holton was pronounced dead at 1:25 a.m. CDT Wednesday.

He is the first Tennessee inmate put to death by electrocution since 1960.

The 45-year-old Holton had confessed to shooting his three young sons and their half-sister in 1997 in the town of Shelbyville, about 50 miles south of Nashville.

Holton told police he killed the children because his ex-wife had denied him from seeing them. He also said he intended to kill his ex-wife and himself, but instead decided to turn himself in.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: bzzzz; capitalpunishment; darylholton; deathpenalty; electricchair; extracrispy; oldsparkey; snapcracklepop; tookietime
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To: Al Gator
This will keep their belief system intact for the next 100 years.

Like they actually need evidence for that.

I note that the article actually used the term "assault rifle" instead of the usual "assault weapon". How did that get through the iron curtain? Are we to take this as meaning the murder weapon was actually selective fire?

21 posted on 09/12/2007 8:48:37 AM PDT by thulldud (Millete adi politikacilar gibi yalanci vaadlerde bulunmaktan nefret ederiz. -- (Ataturk))
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To: SmithL

“....his ex-wife had denied him from seeing them.” This must have been written by a journalism school graduate.


22 posted on 09/12/2007 9:05:53 AM PDT by em2vn
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To: SmithL

So those 1750 volts did the job! Didn’t need 2000 volts after all!


23 posted on 09/12/2007 9:39:37 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Ever see WILLIS SHAW backwards in your rear view mirror? I have!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

They should have started at about 9 volts, and slowly increased the voltage until they were successful.


24 posted on 09/12/2007 9:50:15 AM PDT by SmithL (I don't do Barf Alerts, you're old enough to read and decide for yourself)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
So those 1750 volts did the job! Didn’t need 2000 volts after all!

It musta been one of those compact flourescent chairs.

25 posted on 09/12/2007 9:53:25 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: SmithL
Convicted child killer Daryl Holton dies in Tenn. electric chair

And people say there's never any good news....

26 posted on 09/12/2007 11:23:40 AM PDT by Cable225 (I almost never post, and rarely reply - but I donate to FR. How about you?)
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To: Al Gator
"I like how they make a point of saying: "A Gulf War Veteran"

No kidding. How the hell is that relevant to the story?
27 posted on 09/12/2007 11:31:50 AM PDT by FortWorthPatriot (No better friend, no worse enemy)
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To: SmithL
in the town of Shelbyville

Shelbyville? Isn't that right next to Springfield?

28 posted on 09/12/2007 11:33:47 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: SmithL

There’s nothing like the good old electric chair!


29 posted on 09/12/2007 11:36:08 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard

Springfield is North of Nashville, while Sheb’vul is South of Nashville. Shelbyville is pretty close to Lynchburg, though.


30 posted on 09/12/2007 11:59:39 AM PDT by SmithL (I don't do Barf Alerts, you're old enough to read and decide for yourself)
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To: SmithL

I hpoe it was garbage pick up day otherwise he will start to smell ripe soon.

Oh well they could always feed him to the sharks, or cut him up for pig food.


31 posted on 09/12/2007 10:00:20 PM PDT by chiefqc
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To: thulldud

That observance deserves recognition.


32 posted on 09/12/2007 10:03:15 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: Tolkien
Say F*** you to Satan for me!

Yeah sure, talk tough now... !! :-)

33 posted on 09/12/2007 10:06:52 PM PDT by JoeSixPack1
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To: SmithL

Yikes! Tennessee has a chair?


34 posted on 09/12/2007 10:08:29 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (Buy a Mac ...)
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To: BunnySlippers

Yep, we have a chair, with parts of it being from the old old chair from years ago. Strange, huh?

I was so sick of hearing this on radio today. Each news story startd, with Gulf War Veteran, was put to death today.

They never quit with their digs about this war, or previous wars. Pitiful.


35 posted on 09/12/2007 10:13:33 PM PDT by Shortstop7
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To: pandoraou812

yes....keep that chair warmed up...there’s others on the way.....


36 posted on 09/12/2007 10:14:55 PM PDT by cherry
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To: pandoraou812

It apparently took a “double-tap” tho...they should have kept it at 2K volts, but they were worried about politically incorrect smoke, flame and charring!! This story has a reference to “a second time”:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-09-12-execution-holton_N.htm


37 posted on 09/12/2007 10:16:49 PM PDT by Drago
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To: SmithL
One of the incredibly rare instances where justice is actually served.

It’s my sincere hope he felt every bit of the pain and terror he inflicted on his helpless victims before he was put down.

38 posted on 09/12/2007 10:17:23 PM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg (Mohammedanism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
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To: Drago; cherry
I am glad he died. I really didn’t care what it took. They ought to fix the chair but why shouldn’t he have suffered? Think of the suffering of his victims & family. Prayers for his exwife, I can not imagine the pain & suffering she has had.
39 posted on 09/12/2007 10:26:38 PM PDT by pandoraou812 ( zero tolerance to the will of Allah ...... dilligaf? with an efg.....)
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To: Al Gator

And “ assualt rifle”


40 posted on 09/12/2007 10:30:28 PM PDT by gunner03 (just another grunt)
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