Florida executes man convicted of 1994 killing of college student in forest

Tampa Bay Times ^

[TheDon]

A Florida man convicted of killing a college freshman and raping the murder victim’s older sister while the siblings camped in a national forest 30 years ago was executed Thursday.

Loran Cole, 57, received a lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. at Florida State Prison for the 1994 killing of the 18-year-old student. Cole also was serving two life sentences for rape.

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[TheDon]

He's dead Jim.

[BenLurkin]

30 years

[TheDon]

Yes, it’s a shame. Should have been executed 30 years ago.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The world is a little cleaner now.

[ifinnegan]

Why’d they execute him in the forest?

[Bullish]

The lawyers also argued Cole shouldn’t be executed because he was mentally ill and had brain damage and Parkinson’s disease.

Not to worry, that's all cleared up now.

[citizen]

Recommend to work on your reading comprehension. Neither the headline nor the excerpt were misleading.

[BipolarBob]

It could be read either way.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

In town, in the forest, or at the seashore. It doesn't matter to me as long as he was executed.

[No name given]

Way too long to wait for justice.

[No name given]

I agree.

[No name given]

Actually, the perpetrator killed his victims in the forest.

[No name given]

Indeed.

[lee martell]

Stringing an already condemned man’s life for 30 years post conviction, could be seen as cruel and inhuman.
Just get it over with. There should be a limitation to appeals and an overall schedule of carrying out the execution. There are times when keeping someone alive is a worse punishment than a firing squad. Especially, when the inmate has become too dangerous to be living with anyone should they ever be paroled.

[ifinnegan]

Are you trying to say the elephant I shot was not in my pajamas?

[No name given]

I agree. The perpetrator should be executed one day after the sentence is handed down and no last meal.

[PGR88]

30 years is not “justice”

[rellic]

I’ve thought about this a bit.
Death penalty in the USA is a joke
and I don’t trust the justice system
anyway.
Life in prison solitary confinement
may be a better(and cheaper)way to go.

[lee martell]

The Last Meal is a rather strange tradition leftover from when America was still a new union. I speculate the meals were offered mainly to make it easier for the jailers to carry out their roles in the upcoming execution. To assuage any misplaced guilt feelings.

All I know, is if I was scheduled for execution, that would make me lose my appetite in a hot second.
Of course, before I semi retired, I never even liked business lunches. I always would wonder, what is the real reason for this little “lunch”? Especially if it was out of the ordinary.

[AAABEST]

lmao