Posted on 03/29/2011 1:14:38 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
FLORENCE, Ariz. — A man convicted of killing two people in a 1989 Phoenix convenience store robbery was executed Tuesday despite last-minute arguments by his attorneys who raised questions over one of the lethal injection drugs and said they had raised "substantial doubt" about his guilt.
Eric John King's death at the state prison in Florence was Arizona's first execution since October and one of the last expected to use a three-drug lethal injection method.
As the death chamber's curtains opened, King smiled broadly at someone he knew and waved with a hand under a sheet that covered him to his neck. When asked if he had any last words, the 47-year-old calmly and firmly said, "No." He then looked around at the estimated 30 witnesses in the room, at times smiling.
As he was sedated, King breathed heavily for several seconds then appeared to go to sleep.
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I’d like the three-drug method please.
Wow the left must be really busy now, didn’t hear a peep about this from any of the usual suspects.
And another one scheduled for next week. Too long in between as far as I see it.
No protesters at this one either. Very strange.
I bet once he was dead they all shut up.
Maybe they're still in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana?
Snappy dresser!
They take time to mention the crimes this individual committed starting in paragraph 17.
They’re as horrific as you might want to imagine.
Mike Farrell didn’t show up? Maybe he just cares about the high profile cases like Tookie.
He had a record of violence. Maybe that was an influence.
AMF
buh-bye
That's a bit troubling on it's face. I can't know whether the facts he mentions were material or relevant, and I'm relatively sure, after more than 20 years, that the appeals process has been exhaustive, but there really should be no material questions of fact before we allow the state to take the life of a citizen. Let us hope justice was done.
Permanently rehabilitated.
This killer should have been tried and executed 21 years ago. Taxpayers have been paying for his useless evil life since then and even before that when he did a 7 year stretch
I don’t know why he looks surprised in this photo!
He shouldn’t have done it!
Our planet is well rid of another monster. The sad thing is that it took 22 years for justice to be served. I have no sympathy for him; I prefer to give sympathy to his numerous victims.
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