Convicted Child Killer Executed At State Prison

WESH ^ | July 1, 2008 | WESH

[mdittmar]

Mark Schwab was executed Tuesday evening by lethal injection at the Florida State Prison. Schwab was convicted of raping and killing 11-year-old Junny Rios Martinez of Brevard County in 1991.

Tuesday morning, Schwab visited with his mother and aunt and ate his final meal of fried eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, buttered toast and chocolate milk.

A representative of the prison said Schwab was polite and followed directions and visited with his religious adviser until 30 minutes before his 6 p.m. execution.

The Supreme Court denied Schwab's last appeal early Tuesday evening.

This was the first execution since the case of Angel Diaz and Schwab’s attorneys were unsure of the Florida State Prison system’s ability to correctly administer lethal injection.

“We’re confident, our procedures have been in place since last July, we’ve held numerous trainings. The execution team has been training. They train not only for a normal execution, but for any contingencies that might arise, even things such as power failure, so we’re very confident,” state prison spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger said prior to the execution.

Officials said that after the Diaz execution, a commission on the administration of execution by lethal injection was formed by the governor. The commission submitted 37 recommendations to assure a correct and humane execution.

All 37 recommendations have been accepted, such as additional lighting in the execution chamber, a check of unconsciousness of the inmate after the sedative has been given and relocation of the clock inside the chamber to be visible by all inside.

"Once the needles are inserted, [Schwab] is not moved. That is what is different than 2006," Plessinger said.

The prison held an open phone line with the governor’s office and the Florida attorney general’s office to check for any last-minute stays. A final check for a stay of execution took place right before the execution.

Schwab was given the chance to make a final statement right before he was executed, but he chose not to say anything.

The Schwab family did not witness the execution. Families of death row inmates do not witness the executions in the state of Florida.

Schwab was executed after 16 years in one of the prison’s death watch cells.

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[Godwin1]

The creep Souter, ACLU hag Ginsburg and “let’s do what the French do Bryer” did not get a chance to save Schwab. I wonder why.
In the national media, not too much news about the case or handringing about the poor killer until today. No news, I suspect, because Schwab was a homosexual rapist/killer. No handwringing over his execution because he was white.
Good Riddance.

[backhoe]

... At about 10:00 p.m., Schwab led the officers to a largely undeveloped part of the county. Once there Schwab walked down an unpaved road, stopped, began pacing around in the road, and then pointed into the woods. The search team crossed a drainage ditch and walked into the woods in the direction that Schwab pointed. Not far from the road, they saw a small footlocker tied nearly shut with rope and covered with palm fronds and debris, which obviously had been placed there to hide it. The lid of the footlocker was slightly open and a white cloth was visible inside. Even from ten feet away, the team could tell from the smell that a human body was inside. It had been five days since Junny was last seen alive.

Wall...
Post...
The condemned...

Squad of riflemen...

Some assembly required...

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( And yes, I'm one of those rare right-wingers who has a lot of reservations about the death penalty. Just not here... )

[smedley64]

Wow. The amount of planning this bastard did in order to hurt these kids is truly sickening. Imagine being these boys parents, finding out that the guy they learned to trust was really a vile monster in disguise that had been plotting every move he made in order to achieve his sick aims. Mind boggling.

I'll leave the final, eternal sentence in God's hands, but I only hope that he is made to feel all the pain and horror he caused his victims as well as their families.

[rrrod]

Will he still be able to vote in Nov? Do the RATS have an organized recruiting effort in hell?

[VA40]

That he was allowed to be with his mother and drink chocolate milk just makes me sick.