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South Carolina executes man in electric chair
Reuters ^
| June 21, 2008
| Jim Loney
Posted on 06/21/2008 11:58:53 AM PDT by Baron OBeef Dip
South Carolina on Friday electrocuted a man for murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents in 1994, the second execution in the state since a Supreme Court ruling lifted a de facto national moratorium, a state official said.
James Earl Reed, 49, was convicted in 1996 of shooting Joseph and Barbara Lafayette multiple times, including execution-style shots in the heads, after they refused to tell him where their daughter was. He had dismissed his attorney during his trial and tried to defend himself in court.
"The execution of James Earl Reed was carried out at 11:27 p.m.," state prison spokesman Josh Gelinas said.
The execution had been scheduled for 6 p.m. EDT but was halted at the last minute and delayed for nearly 5 1/2 hours while lawyers made final appeals.
The U.S. Supreme Court ultimately cleared the way for the execution.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: deathpenalty; execution
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To: Baron OBeef Dip
As a man who has had
A close friend senselessly murdered
I firmly believe that,
With the given facts,
this man lived too long
To: upchuck
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posted on
06/21/2008 12:03:00 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Code Pink should guard against creating stereotypes in the Mincing Community." --Titan Magroyne)
To: Baron OBeef Dip
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posted on
06/21/2008 12:07:56 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Baron OBeef Dip
Why would the “de-facto moratorium” have affected S. Carolina if they are using the chair to execute people? That case was all about the chemicals in lethal injections.
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posted on
06/21/2008 12:08:10 PM PDT
by
MovementConservative
(John Roberts and Sam Alito.... Thank you GWB)
To: Baron OBeef Dip
Well, if they wanted to execute him, then it’s a good thing he was in an electric chair.
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posted on
06/21/2008 12:08:35 PM PDT
by
Krankor
(N)
To: skeeter
Pictures?
To: Baron OBeef Dip
I thought my tv flickered a lil bit last night
To: HangnJudge
Is that before, after or during?
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posted on
06/21/2008 12:13:27 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: skeeter
To: Baron OBeef Dip
Got what he deserved. Too bad it took 14 years.
To: Baron OBeef Dip
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posted on
06/21/2008 12:14:17 PM PDT
by
buffyt
(Glowbull Warming: The Greatest Hoax Since Y 2 K !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: Baron OBeef Dip
It’s good to see that some states still use the electric chair. Most states, if they have capital punishment at all, opt for that sissy lethal injection.
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posted on
06/21/2008 12:14:22 PM PDT
by
Neoncon
(I am disrespectful to Socialism! Can you see I am serious?)
To: skeeter
Is that before, after or during? Don't know
Doesn't look too happy though...
I suspect before
To: Neoncon
SC has lethal injection but allows the convict to choose either one.
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posted on
06/21/2008 12:18:03 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. (Say no to RINOs))
To: Baron OBeef Dip
"South Carolina Executes Man in Electric Chair" Did Rueters think unless they said how he was executed we might believe they threw him into an electric fence to execute him?
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posted on
06/21/2008 12:18:49 PM PDT
by
Spunky
(You are free to make choices, but not free from the consequences)
To: Brilliant
12, not 14 years, but still too long.
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posted on
06/21/2008 12:20:48 PM PDT
by
TheBattman
(Vote your conscience, or don't complain about RINOs!)
To: Baron OBeef Dip
The world is a safer place.
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posted on
06/21/2008 12:24:36 PM PDT
by
TheDon
To: buffyt
The lifers at Maryland State Penitentiary used to refer to the use of the electric chair as "riding the lightenin' express." I worked with many of the lifers who were officers and members of the Jaycee Chapter in the prison. They freely stated that the worst of the worst in the penitentiary richly deserved to ride the lightenin' express.
Congressman Billybob
Latest article, "Barack (Rorschach) Obama"
To: darkangel82
He chose Ol' Sparky?
I'm guessing he flunked HS physics.
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posted on
06/21/2008 12:28:05 PM PDT
by
skeeter
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