Robert Gleason Jr. Put To Death

'Kiss my a**', put me on the highway to Jackson and call my Irish buddies': Defiant last words of death row killer as he is strapped to the electric chair

Robert Gleason Jr., 42, was serving life in prison without parole for a 2007 murder when he strangled his first inmate using bedsheets in 2009

One year later he strangled his second inmate through a wire fence while both were in solitary recreational pens
He vowed to kill again until his execution
On Wednesday he was strapped to the electric chair from his ankles to his chest before the last wide leather band was tightened across his face

A maximum of 1,800 volts at 7.5 amps ran through his body until he was pronounced dead at 9.08pm

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