Vicki Hoskinson
Posted on 06/09/2022 3:29:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
An Arizona man convicted of murder in the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old girl was put to death Wednesday in the state’s second execution since officials resumed carrying out the death penalty in May following a nearly eight-year hiatus.
Frank Atwood, 66, died by lethal injection at the state prison in Florence for his murder conviction in the killing of Vicki Hoskinson, whose body was found in the desert, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said in a statement.
Vicki went missing months earlier after leaving her home in Tucson to drop a birthday card in a nearby mailbox.
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49 years….
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28 years to finally smoke this POS. Poor little girl only got 8 up until meeting with this evil monster.
And why does it take 38 years to execute a death sentence?
Freepers………………..not so good at math…….
Vicki Hoskinson
I read earlier, he was convicted in 1981 for forcing an 8-year -old boy to fellate him, and was paroled in 1984.
And the killing of the girl was after THAT.
He should have been allowed 1 appeal and then hanged behind the court house. What’s the point of making him rot in jail for 38 years while we pay for his upkeep?
Well, he wasn’t actually sentenced to death until 1987. 35 years is still way, way too long.
So much for timely justice 🤪
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Frank Atwood
We are in favor of death penalty. This case though, the man was in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. He got out of prison after 25 years, but only after losing everything. His wife, his son, his everything. Thankful he wasn’t executed. Williamson County Texas is notorious for wrongful convictions. Michael Morton was in prison for 25 years and was innocent.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/watch-michael-morton-gives-his-first-full-interview-to-60-minutes/
And another Williamson county wrongful conviction...
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2019/11/06/court-overturns-greg-kelley-s-2014-conviction-for-sexual-assault-of-child-
Nelson
Does anyone know of a successful campaign to SHORTEN the length of time it takes to execute someone?
His lawyers last defense on appeal was that killing him would be cruel because he had a degenerative genetic condition that would make it painful for him to lay on the gurney. Judge didn’t buy it and I say no problem——just strap him to a post. Either way, he’s gone.
lmao
LOL Third time is a charm they say.
Couldn’t they do it without the gurney?
Timothy McVeigh, he requested it.
Amen to that!
Nelson
Minimal investigation into this tells me the prosecution did not have much evidence to go on for conviction.
That’s the kind of situation that leads to long appeals.
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