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Virginia Man First In Over A Year To Be Executed By Electrocution
FYI...aAnd so it goes...
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Virginia Man First In Over A Year To Be Executed By Electrocution
USA Today, 17 Nov 2009
A former Army counterintelligence worker was executed by electric chair Tuesday for killing a Virginia couple, becoming the first U.S. inmate to die by electrocution in over a year.
Larry Bill Elliott was pronounced dead at 9:08 p.m. at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt. He was convicted of the January 2001 shooting deaths of 25-year-old Dana Thrall and 30-year-old Robert Finch.
Prosecutors said Elliott killed the couple to win the love of former stripper and escort Rebecca Gragg, who was involved in a bitter custody dispute with the man who was killed.
Elliott said in the death chamber that he had prepared a final statement for his attorneys to read after the execution. In the typed statement, Elliott maintained his innocence.
"The very system that I spent a long time defending has failed me," the statement said.
Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine declined to stop the execution earlier in the day, while the U.S. Supreme Court refused to intervene on Monday.
Two separate juries convicted Elliott of the killings. A 2002 verdict was set aside because a juror discussed the case outside of the court. He was convicted again a year later.
Finch was shot three times, and Thrall was beaten before being shot several times in the face and chest while her two boys, ages 4 and 6, were upstairs in the couple's Woodbridge town home.
At 60, Elliott was Virginia's oldest death row inmate. Virginia death row inmates can choose between the electric chair and lethal injection.
Of the 35 death penalty states, seven Southern states still offer electrocution. Two others allow it only if lethal injection is deemed unconstitutional.
The last person executed by electrocution in the U.S. was James Earl Reed, who put to death in South Carolina in June 2008 for killing his ex-girlfriend's parents. Virginia's last electrocution was in 2006.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...hooModule_News
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11-17-2009, 22:53
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11-18-2009, 05:53
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Guess it's not considered to be cruel and unusual punishment if the inmate freely chooses it for himself. Interesting concept.
"Here's the menu - and how would you like to die today, Number 123456789?"
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11-18-2009, 07:00
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Good riddens.......
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11-18-2009, 07:01
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VA is beginning to rival TX.
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11-18-2009, 13:24
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Quote:
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I wonder if he had the option to say "Give me a few more years, I'm not ready to order yet."
And if the options included being cooked rare, medium rare or extra crispy...
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11-18-2009, 15:06
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Guess it's not considered to be cruel and unusual punishment if the inmate freely chooses it for himself. Interesting concept.
"Here's the menu - and how would you like to die today, Number 123456789?"
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Well, it's not like he gave a choice to his victims so he got a pretty good deal.
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11-18-2009, 15:11
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I wonder if he had the option to say "Give me a few more years, I'm not ready to order yet."
And if the options included being cooked rare, medium rare or extra crispy...
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Good one Steve,
Extra crispy, sizzle, sizzle...
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11-18-2009, 15:12
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Well, it's not like he gave a choice to his victims so he got a pretty good deal.
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Lethal injection is too good for these type of people.
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11-18-2009, 16:27
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Lethal injection is too good for these type of people.
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I agree.
You should be executed, as nearly as possible by the same means you used to murder your victims. Old school, medieval, eye for an eye stuff.
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11-19-2009, 13:56
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Here in Va we do what we can 
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11-19-2009, 14:41
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Quote:
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I agree.
You should be executed, as nearly as possible by the same means you used to murder your victims. Old school, medieval, eye for an eye stuff.
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I would like to suggest that in addition the victims' NOK be given first right of refusal to: (pull the switch, drop the trap, inject the juice, pull the trigger).
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11-19-2009, 15:16
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And, playing in the background, the louse heard...........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbUjieMLFSo
Gee, I dont even notice he's gone 
Good Riddance.
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