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  • Florida Inmate Who Wanted State to Kill Him Is Executed

    05/26/2004 7:55:55 PM PDT · by nuconvert · 11 replies · 135+ views
    Associated Press ^ | May 26, 2004
    Florida Inmate Who Wanted State to Kill Him Is Executed By Ron Word/Associated Press Associated Press Writer May 26, 2004 STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man who said he killed a fellow prison inmate so the state of Florida would give him the death penalty was executed Wednesday. John Blackwelder, 49, received an injection of chemicals at Florida State Prison, a spokesman for Gov. Jeb Bush said. Blackwelder was convicted in the May 2000 strangling of Raymond Wigley, 39, who was serving a life term for murder. At the time, Blackwelder faced life without parole for a series of sex...