Tortured to death by The People of the State Of Florida, by order of Governor 'JEB' Bush.
Above photo's of Allen Lee Davis ("Tiny") after he was brutally tortured to death in Florida's electric chair on July 8, 1999.
" And the eyes of the world are watching now . . ."
THE HISTORY OF THE ELECTRIC CHAIR
" Dr. J Mount Bleyer, who invented the electric chair, and through whose efforts this more humane method of killing murderers was substituted by law for the gallows, is one of the strongest advocates of the total abolition of the death penalty. " - New York World - Sunday November 25, 1906
Burnt to death at the stake in the 21st century ?
"Old Sparky" Florida
The three-legged electric chair was constructed from oak by Department of Corrections personnel in 1998 and was installed at Florida State Prison (FSP) in Starke in 1999. The previous chair was made by inmates from oak in 1923 after the Florida Legislature designated electrocution as the official mode of execution. (Prior to that executions were carried out by counties, usually by hanging.) The apparatus that administers the electric current to the condemned inmate was not changed. Officials say it is regularly tested to ensure proper functioning.
The Last Person Executed in Alabama's Electric Chair
Lynda Lyon Block - Executed May 10, 2002 in Alabama She becomes the 1st woman executed in Alabama in 45 years, and the last person ever to be executed by Electrocution in the state. Alabama has since enacted legislation, allowing death by lethal injection as an alternative choice to death in the electric chair. |
| Click here for Botched Executions Since Capital Punishment was re-instated |
| Florida Botches Lethal
Injection of Bennie Demps - June 7, 2000 Minutes before his execution, Demps said technicians had cut him in the groin and leg and that he was "bleeding profusely." An observer from the State Attorney's Office saw " a large bore needle mark in the right groin..." |
Florida
gives the option of Lethal Injection
Department of Corrections Statement on the Special Session of the
Legislature
TALLAHASSEE
- The Department of Corrections is awaiting the outcome of the legislative
special session in January before proceeding to implement any method of
execution other than electrocution.
DOC
does not have a plan, protocol or proposal to carry out the death penalty
other than by electrocution. DOC officials, under the previous administration,
have observed executions by lethal injection in other states. However, no
plans were developed in Florida as a result of those observations.
We
are confident the electric chair has functioned properly in previous executions
and will function properly if used again. We are also prepared to develop
a plan to enforce whatever law is passed by the Legislature that specifies
a method of execution other than electrocution. Any such plan will be devised
in full consultation and with the approval of the Governor's Office, but
only after a different method of execution becomes law.
The state of Florida is now making allowances for inmates to chose
Lethal Injection over Electrocution as a result of court challenge's to
the electric chair constitutionality after the execution of Allen 'Tiny'
Davis.
See the Florida Supreme court site for more info:
http://www.dc.state.fl.us/oth/deathrow/drorder.html
"FLORIDA'S
ELECTRIC CHAIR IN ITS PRESENT CONDITION CONSTITUTES CRUEL AND/OR UNUSUAL
PUNISHMENT AND ITS
USE FOR EXECUTION IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE IT DOES
NOT RESULT IN INSTANT DEATH, CREATES A RISK OF PAIN, AND INFLICTS SEVERE
MUTILATION ON THE BODY OF THE CONDEMNED PRISONER." from FL Supreme court site
"FLORIDA'S CURRENT USE OF JUDICIAL ELECTROCUTION AS ITS SOLE METHOD OF EXECUTION IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE IT VIOLATES THE EVOLVING STANDARDS OF DECENCY THAT MARK THE PROGRESS OF A MATURING SOCIETY." from FL Supreme court site
The execution photo's are from Supreme Court Justice Shaw's dissenting view posted on the internet.
The original links are below....
From the Florida Supreme Court :
http://www.flcourts.org/courts/supct/deathwarrants/index.html
Opinion of the Florida Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the electric chair (issued Sept. 24, 1999, 3:45 p.m.)
In Adobe Acrobat Format
In Zip Format
In Self-Extracting Format
Photographs appended to the dissent of
Justice Shaw:
Photo
1 Photo
2 Photo
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| Florida Botches Lethal
Injection of Bennie Demps - June 7, 2000 Minutes before his execution, Demps said technicians had cut him in the groin and leg and that he was "bleeding profusely." An observer from the State Attorney's Office saw " a large bore needle mark in the right groin..." |
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