Posted on 10/23/2013 10:54:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Arizona on Wednesday executed its second death-row inmate in two weeks, a man convicted of a pair of deadly robberies that left six dead in Tucson.
Robert Glen Jones Jr. was given a lethal dose of pentobarbital at 10:35 a.m. and was pronounced dead 17 minutes later in the execution chamber at the state prison in Florence.
It took execution technicians about 30 minutes to find usable veins in Jones, a former drug user. At one point, Jones jokingly said, "Shooting dope. Free up one of my hands and I'll find it for you."
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Well, Jones .... I’d guess you’re not laughing now.
Change I can believe in!
Next!
I’m not laughing.
It’s a start. But with almost 7,000 murders in Arizona since this guy went on his spree in 1996 (and with over 1,500 of those UNSOLVED), it’s ONLY a start...
This one here paid the price. He’s square with the house.
Thanks for posting this. I needed some good news today
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