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To: ken5050

Yes. Hanging or lethal injection.

http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/methods.htm

Yet, Gary Ridgway, aka the ‘Green river killer’
plea bargained, state exchanged the death penalty
for knowledge of whereabouts of girls he killed,
receiving life sentence instead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ridgway


61 posted on 11/29/2009 12:19:46 PM PST by graceisfree (...and these Three are One)
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To: graceisfree

Thanks for the info...IIRC, the prosecutors consulted with the families of Ridgeway’s victims..and overwhelming majority were OK with the decision to let him escape the death penalty in return for detailed information about other victims..including many the police were not yet even aware of at the time. Many families recalled their years of not knowing what had actually happend to their missing relatives..so they wanted to help as many others find closure. I agree with the decision. BTW..I think I saw the Sheriff on TV recently,saying that he believed that Ridgeway still had many more victims that he hadn’t divulged.


68 posted on 11/29/2009 12:45:32 PM PST by ken5050 (Save the Earth..It's the only planet with chocolate!!!)
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