Supreme Court: Fla. killer's execution may proceed

[Scurrilous]

Source: Associated Press

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"The U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to block the execution of a 45-year-old man convicted of murdering a state wildlife officer in 1984 when she found him with a stolen gun.

The court's ruling clears the way for the execution of Martin Edward Grossman, who is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison. He was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Margaret "Peggy" Park, who was killed on Dec. 13, 1984.

Authorities said Grossman beat Park with a flashlight and shot her in the back of her head after she found the then-19-year-old and 17-year-old Thayne Taylor with a stolen handgun while she was patrolling a wooded area in Pinellas County. Grossman, who was on probation for a burglary, asked Park to not turn him in, but she radioed the sheriff's office.

Park managed to fire a wild shot with her gun and kick Taylor in the groin, but Grossman wrestled away the gun and fired a shot into the back of Park's head."

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"Grossman was convicted in October 1985 and the jury recommended a death sentence. Taylor was convicted of third-degree murder."

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1482234.html

[thunder rising]

1. lethal injection? I guess Crist must have put "old smokey" out of business. Jeb was a fry baby.

[Freddie Stubbs]

4. The electric chair hasn't been used in FL since 1999, when

the state started giving the condemned a choice of the electric chair or lethal injection. So far they have all chose lethal injection.

[WriteDown]

2. No tears here. nt

[Zavulon]

6. None here, either. (NT)

[golfguru]

3. Not gonna cry for the murderer getting what he deserves...n/t

[Scurrilous]

5. Fla. executes 45-year-old inmate for 1984 slaying

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"Florida has executed 45-year-old Martin Edward Grossman, who was convicted of killing a state wildlife officer during the 1980s.

Governor Charlie Crist's office said Grossman died at 6:17 p.m. on Tuesday at Florida State Prison.

He was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Margaret "Peggy" Park, a Florida wildlife officer who was shot with her own gun in 1984.

Grossman was the 69th person executed in Florida since the death penalty was reinstated here in 1979. He was the 25th by lethal injection, the fifth executed under Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and the first in 2010.

Park's family traveled from Ohio to witness the execution."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h9phXQSniGZ83AWPQhGhgbCTaZ4QD9DTIIG02

[Downwinder]

7. As long as we are going to have human sacrifices,

we ought to put them in a stadium and sell tickets. That would be the capitalist way.

[BlueJazz]

8. ...and people that kill other people the s-l-o-w way through fraud and..

..hucksterism drink martini's by the pool.

[old mark]

9. What took them so long? The cruel part is keeping this

guy on death row all these years. Flip the switch.


mark