[Sharon]

Very interesting reading, thanks

Men got what they deserved

[Airbornemama]

Really,really awesome post!!I live in washington and did'nt hear of that guy's execution until I read it here!!Thank-you and keep updating please!

[Warack60]

Bes thread on the site please add more

[aintthatathing]

who chooses how they die. I noticed one from fireing squad.

[Oneg]

Originally Posted by aintthatathing ↗

who chooses how they die. I noticed one from fireing squad.

State wide telephone and tv competition. The method is kept secret until the last moment when the highest votes are revealed. Or maybe that's just in my fantasy-land.

[variable]

Originally Posted by aintthatathing ↗

who chooses how they die. I noticed one from fireing squad.

I reckon the doomed can choose between the needle, electrocution, gas chamber and firing squad. At least that's how it was like in Utah with said firing squad execution.

[variable]

No recent executions but I'll add some from earlier this year:


Vernon Lamont Smith

Executed January 7, 2010 10:28 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio



Crime:

Sohail Darwish was a palestinian immigrant who owned and operated a small store called the Woodstock Market in Toledo. Smith and Bryson made plans to rob the store and entered together. As Darwish was ringing up the sale on the cash register for a forty ounce beer, Smith brandished a black gun and ordered Darwish to “[o]pen the cash register, motherfucker.” Darwish put his hands up in the air and did not resist. Bryson went behind the counter and unsuccessfully attempted to open the register. Bryson then ordered Darwish to open the cash register, which he did. Darwish then put his hands back up in the air. Smith then told Darwish to "empty your wallet, motherfucker.” As Darwish was reaching for his wallet, Smith fired a single shot, hitting Darwish in the chest. Smith then ordered Tahboub to empty his wallet as well, and the two assailants then fled the scene. Darwish bled to death from the gunshot wound.Layson, who was waiting in Bryson's car, noticed Smith holding a gun in his hand when he and Bryson climbed back into the automobile. According to Layson, Smith complained about forgetting to get the beer and said he shot the man because “he moved too slow,” and then said “[F]uck him, he in our neighborhood anyway. He shouldn't be in our neighborhood with a store no way.” Later, Smith, Bryson and Layson split the money taken. Bryson and Layson pled guilty and testified against Smith at trial, along with a customer who identified Smith as the shooter.

Accomplice Bryson was sentenced to 8-25 years for Involuntary Manslaughter. Accomplice Layson was sentenced to 10-25 for Aggravated Robbery and paroled in 2001.

Citations:

State v. Smith, 89 Ohio St.3d 323, 731 N.E.2d 645 (Ohio 2000) (Direct Appeal).
Mahdi v. Bagley, 522 F.3d 631 (6th Cir. 2008) (Habeas).

Final/Special Meal:

Whole and chopped dates as well as hot tea with lemon and honey. He was also given a miswak, a tree branch used to clean teeth, as well as olive oil, which he used to lubricate his beard.

Final Words:

"There's no god but God, and Mohammed is his prophet."

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Gary James Johnson

Executed January 12, 2010 06:26 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas



Crime:

Johnson and his brother Terry went to the Triple Creek Ranch west of Huntsville to burglarize it. Gary Johnson had once been employed there as a ranchhand. While the brothers were looking for items to steal, ranch foreman James Hazelton, 28, and his brother-in-law, Peter Sparagana, 23, arrived. They confronted Terry, but did not see Gary. While Terry distracted them, Gary surprised them and opened fire on Sparagana. Hazelton tried to run, but Gary caught him. The assailants then brought Hazelton back to the barn, made him kneel, and tied his hands behind his back. While Hazelton pleaded for mercy, Gary shoved the gun in his mouth and fired. Both victims died from wounds from a .44-caliber pistol at close range. Brother Terry received a 99 year sentence after testifying against Gary at trial.

Citations:

Johnson v. State, 853 S.W.2d 527 (Tex.Cr.App. 1992). (Direct Appeal)
Johnson v. Quarterman, 306 Fed.Appx. 116 (5th Cir. 2009). (Habeas)

Final/Special Meal:

A po-boy sandwich, milk chocolate, Coke or Dr. Pepper and a cherry or apple pastry.

Final Words:

At first declining offers to make a last statement, Johnson directed his comments to family members and friends in the personal witness room, including his daughter, a brother and sister-in-law and friends. “Tell my family goodbye,” he said. “... you tell the rest of them what they did was wrong for letting me fall for what they did. I never done anything in my life to anybody.”

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Lawrence Raymond Reynolds Jr.

Executed March 16, 2010 10:27 a.m. by Lethal Injection in Ohio




Victim:



Crime:

Loretta Mae Foster was a 67-year-old widow who baby-sat children in her neighborhood and lived three doors down from Reynolds in Cuyahoga Falls near Akron. Reynolds was an alcoholic who was out of work and needed money for booze. He forced his way into Foster's house, strangled her with rope and left with $40 in cash and a blank check from her purse. She was later discovered beaten, tied up, and almost naked in the living room of her home. Bloodstained clothing and the blank check was later recovered from his bedroom. On the evening of the murder, Reynolds bragged to friends about killing Foster and even took his brother to the home before the body was discovered. About a month before her murder, Foster hired Reynolds to paint her basement. Reynolds claimed he was promised $300 but only got $100. Reynolds harassed the widow for weeks — knocking on her door after dark, hiding outside and jumping out to scare her.

Citations:

State v. Reynolds, 80 Ohio St.3d 670, 687 N.E.2d 1358 (Ohio 1998). (Direct Appeal)
Reynolds v. Bagley, 498 F.3d 549 (6th Cir. 2007). (Habeas)

Final/Special Meal:

A porterhouse steak with A1 sauce, pork chops with barbecue sauce, jumbo fried shrimp with cocktail sauce, fried mozzarella sticks, french fries, onion rings, fried mushrooms, chocolate fudge, black cherries, black walnuts and a Dr Pepper.

Final Words:

"I came in like a lion and go out like a lamb." Addressing two women he didn't identify, he said, "Erin and Emma will forever and always hold the heart of the lion. To my brothers, I hope they will never have to walk these 15 steps I walked today. I have tried to bring attention to the futility and flagrantly flawed system we have today. Stop the madness." In the witness room, the murder victim's niece, replied, "It's going to stop right now."

[ChockFullOfChock]

Ohio sounds like a damn good place to have a final meal!