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Tax Man

(104 posts) Fri Apr 20, 2012, 03:56 AM Apr 2012

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Delaware killer put to death after waiving appeals

Source: Associated Press

By RANDALL CHASE
Associated Press

SMYRNA, Del. (AP) -- A convicted Delaware killer who waived his right to further appeals and sought to speed his execution has been put to death by lethal injection.

The Delaware Department of Corrections says 28-year-old Shannon Johnson was pronounced dead early Friday at 2:55 a.m.

The execution came after a federal appeals court overturned a judge's decision halting the execution in response to a last-minute effort by federal public defenders to spare his life.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DELAWARE_EXECUTION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-04-20-03-41-47

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Delaware killer put to death after waiving appeals (Original Post) Tax Man Apr 2012 OP

i always thought life in prison might be worse for someone as young as this JI7 Apr 2012 #1

maybe that's why he chose death Tax Man Apr 2012 #2

tragic news firzakhan155 Apr 2012 #3

I always thought the death penalty was a easy out. I would have given the person life so he/she southernyankeebelle Apr 2012 #4

Wouldn't real punishment been to say "no" when Old Troop Apr 2012 #5

JI7

(89,248 posts)

1. i always thought life in prison might be worse for someone as young as this

Reply to Tax Man (Original post)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 04:03 AM

Apr 2012

Tax Man

(104 posts)

2. maybe that's why he chose death

Reply to JI7 (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 05:05 AM

Apr 2012

a tragic story, on all levels

firzakhan155

(2 posts)

3. tragic news

Reply to Tax Man (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 07:36 AM

Apr 2012

Well its a biggest tragic news for all of us and thanks you for the sharing.

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)

4. I always thought the death penalty was a easy out. I would have given the person life so he/she

Reply to Tax Man (Original post)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 08:46 AM

Apr 2012

would live to remember the person they killed.

Old Troop

(1,991 posts)

5. Wouldn't real punishment been to say "no" when

Reply to Tax Man (Original post)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 05:37 PM

Apr 2012

he asked to speed up the execution?

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