Reply #14: "Go Raiders!" [View All]

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When asked if he had any last words, minutes before his execution last week, Robert Comer looked at the gallery and said, “Yes, Go Raiders,” fueling speculation among sports analysts coast to coast.
Was he being flippant or crazy, or was he a die-hard fan?
Actually it was a private message to his attorney, Michael Kimerer, who, against his own anti-death penalty beliefs, helped Comer end his appeals.
The two men, who both come from northern California, visited that morning.
They chatted about football, as they often did.
“He spent a lot of time trying to make me feel better,” Kimerer said.
“You may feel defeated by this, but this is a victory for me,” Comer told him.

Kimerer was among the witnesses to the execution.
Comer looked right at him and smiled when asked his last words: “Go Raiders.”