James Aren Duckett, 68, was pronounced dead at 1:19 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. The 11th inmate executed by the state this year, Duckett was convicted of raping and drowning an 11-year-old girl while working as a police officer in a small central Florida city in 1987.
He was convicted in 1988, so his execution has been delayed for 38 years by pointless appeals. It costs about $50K/year to house a death-row inmate, so that's nearly $2M wasted. Plus probably 30 years extra work for prosecutors and judges - another $3M.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely tragic.
The tragedy is it took so long.
ReplyDeleteThe tragedy is that it took almost 40 years to execute him.
ReplyDeleteSure took a long time to take that trash out. Justice delayed is justice denied.
ReplyDeleteIt Is Really Easy to See the Tragedy in This Execution - 39 years!
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