FLORIDA: WHITE MAN WHO KILLED BLACK PERSON TO BE EXECUTED
Source: Associated Press
Aug 23, 9:57 AM EDT
BY JASON DEAREN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- For the first time in state history, Florida is expecting to execute a white man for killing a black person - and it plans to do so with help of a drug that has never been used previously in any U.S. execution.
If his final appeals are denied, 53-year-old Mark Asay is to die by lethal injection after 6 p.m. Thursday. Asay was convicted by a jury of two racially motivated, premeditated murders in Jacksonville in 1987.
The execution is Florida's first since the U.S. Supreme Court halted the practice in the state more than 18 months ago. It is expected to be carried out using etomidate, an anesthetic that has been approved by the Florida Supreme Court.
Death penalty experts say the drug is unproven, while state corrections officials say the choice has been reviewed. Two other drugs also will be used.
Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EXECUTION_FLORIDA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-08-23-09-57-59
(Short article, no more at link.)
Mark Asay
flyingfysh
(1,990 posts)It turns out that etomidate was made by Johnson & Johnson. which wants nothing to do with executions. They no longer make the drug.
Disclaimer: my wife and I have a lot of Johnson & Johnson stock.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)So many things they no longer make after of course, making a profit .
This drug is just one more
J&J has a history of scandals, government investigations, drug and device recalls and lawsuits related to products that injured thousands of people.
In fact, a notable investigation by Steven Brill for Huffington Post Highline called J&J Americas most admired lawbreaker.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)This sure doesn't happen very often!
SweetieD
(1,660 posts)Louisiana who killed dozens of gay black men didn't get the death penalty.
I'd be interested to know how many white men in the US have actually been executed by the state for killing black people, outside of mass terrorist killings (like Tim McVeigh).
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)that's why it's pretty big news when it does happen.
I remember 3 white guys dragging and killing a black man named James Byrd in Texas.
Shawn Allen Berry: Life in prison
Lawrence Russell Brewer:Executed on 09-21-2011
John William King: Still on death row.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Byrd_Jr.#Perpetrators
BumRushDaShow
(129,127 posts)Note - Black (non-Hispanic) represents 13.3% of the population (as of 2016) & white (non-Hispanic) represents 61.3% of the population (as of 2016).
The cases represented here are cases of one defendant executed for the murder of one or more victims of one race. Cases involving multiple victims of several different races are not included here.
White Defendant / Black Victim (20)
Black Defendant / White Victim (288)
Executions for Interracial Murders
Current U.S. Death Row Population by Race
BLACK 1184 41.65%
LATINO 375 13.19%
WHITE 1205 42.38%
OTHER 79 2.78%
Death Row Population Figures from NAACP-LDF "Death Row USA (April 1, 2017)" race chart 3
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/race-death-row-inmates-executed-1976#Vic
And people ask why so many of us keep saying "social justice" must be at the forefront.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Botany
(70,520 posts)...... and he is not the same person but if we have a D.P. then
this man is a perfect case for it.
http://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/asay-mark.htm
TexasBushwhacker
(20,204 posts)I don't support the death penalty, but prostitutes lives often have little value to law enforcement.
Doug the Dem
(1,297 posts)In other news, Saudi Troops In Yemen Bombed By Squadron Of Flying Pigs
BuddhaGirl
(3,608 posts)and has no place in a civilized society. The US should be better than this.
wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)to justify the killing of innocent people on death row.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)Maybe even a cabinet appointment?
jcmaine72
(1,773 posts)GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)GaryCnf
(1,399 posts)liquid diamond
(1,917 posts)South it's that they don't fuck around when it comes to the DP. Kill someone and they'll kill you back.
wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)down around those parts
liquid diamond
(1,917 posts)poster bragging about Florida's supposedly low murder rate. Is that what you're mocking?
wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)But if your murder rate is higher than New York's, then you are doing it wrong and deserve to be mocked.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)a micro drop takes them out very humanely. and let those on 'death row' self suicide earlier-if they wish.