Posted on 09/28/2011 8:24:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Florida man convicted of killing a police officer during a traffic stop 33 years ago has been executed at the Florida State Prison. The governor's office said Manuel Valle was pronounced dead at 7:14 p.m. Wednesday. He was the first Florida prisoner to be executed with a new mix of lethal drugs.
Valle fatally shot Coral Gables officer Louis Pena in 1978. He also shot fellow officer Gary Spell, who was saved by his bulletproof vest.
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Thirty-three years?
“Viva Italia! Goodbye to all poor peoples everywhere! Push the button!”
The Constitution say no cruel and unusual punishment. It doesn’t say NO suffering.
If you point it the right way, it splatters away from you.
I like this idea.
Took long enough.
Buh-bye, scumbag.
Totally agree.
Wow. When I saw “1978” it occured to me that that was the year my 51 Y.O. brother graduated high school. The system is sick.
That’s brilliant!
That’s brilliant!
So true.
You could pull a muscle on your trigger finger, or get a a mild strain from the recoil if it hits you wrong.
Great idea, and ‘green’ too!
Simple, isn't it?
I can't stand these thugs playing with our money while they cite bogus claims when the obvious solution hangs in front of everybody's noses. Nobody mentions it because the left wants a world where crooks get away with murder and the public pays for it. Isn't that obvious by now?
One of my personal favorites...
Seriously, my professional research area is death and disease in the Middle Ages, torture and executions are part of that.
Lol! That was the year my NOW 51 y.o. bro graduated...
NEXT!
33 years. What a joke.
I was born and raised just E. of Coral Gables.
Was living there in 1978 and honestly don’t remember this incident.
That’s the main problem w/ Capital Punishment.
The time between the crime and execution is so long the two become detached.
No cause and effect. No deterrent.
“He also shot fellow officer Gary Spell,”
Was Valle an officer, or is this just poor writing posted by a major news outlet?
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