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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Virginia Inmate to be Executed on August 18th

A Virginia inmate who was sentenced to death for raping and killing an elderly woman in 2001 is facing an August execution.

Jerry Terrell Jackson, 29, is scheduled to be executed Aug. 18 for the murder of 88-year-old Ruth Phillips of Williamsburg.

If Jackson chooses lethal injection over electrocution, he would be the first Virginia inmate executed under a new drug protocol that replaces the sedative sodium thiopental in the three-drug cocktail with pentobarbital.

A nationwide shortage of sodium thiopental forced many states to substitute pentobarbital, but some have questioned its use. Defense attorneys called for an investigation after a Georgia inmate executed last week using the new drug appeared to struggle during the lethal injection.

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6 comments:

jennifer henry said...

Who cares if they struggle!!! there victims did not die pain free.

Anonymous said...

Agree with Jennifer... Who cares if they feel pain... the person they raped and killed felt pain just so this sick bastard can get his jollies off...

Anonymous said...

Just kill the S.O.B. all these bleeding heart liberals are ruining everything in this country. Who cares if the murderer rapist feel any pain his victims sure did.

Anonymous said...

Once again our liberal officials care more about the rights of the convicted criminal, rather than those of the victim or the family of the victim.

Wake up people! YOU and ONLY YOU have the power to elect officials that will change the way things are. Remember that fact the next time you want "Hope and Change" just because you're tired of the "same old, same old" or because it sounds cool.

Anonymous said...

Hang em high , with a smile.

Anonymous said...

2:03....
Just because you have the power to elect them, doesn't mean they'll do what you/I want and it sure as heck doesn't mean they'll do what they say......