Bengal Dude
05-23-2007, 05:03 PM
From MSNBC:
FLORENCE, Arizona - A condemned killer who fought to drop his appeals, saying he owed it to his victims, was executed Tuesday by injection.
Robert Charles Comer, 50, the first inmate to be put to death in Arizona since November 2000, smiled throughout his execution, which began at 1:03 p.m. ET. The smile faded as he let out his breath. He was pronounced dead at a minute later.
Comer was convicted in a 1987 crime spree in which he killed a fellow camper east of Phoenix. He also was convicted of repeatedly raping a female camper that night, once in front of her boyfriend.
He was strapped to a gurney and covered from the shoulders down with a sheet when the curtains were pulled back to allow witnesses to see him Tuesday. He looked around and mouthed "Hi, how are you" toward witnesses who were not visible to the media.
Warden Carson McWilliams then asked him if he had any last words. Comer said, "Yes, Go Raiders," referring to the American professional football team known in the late 1970s as being particularly aggressive.
FLORENCE, Arizona - A condemned killer who fought to drop his appeals, saying he owed it to his victims, was executed Tuesday by injection.
Robert Charles Comer, 50, the first inmate to be put to death in Arizona since November 2000, smiled throughout his execution, which began at 1:03 p.m. ET. The smile faded as he let out his breath. He was pronounced dead at a minute later.
Comer was convicted in a 1987 crime spree in which he killed a fellow camper east of Phoenix. He also was convicted of repeatedly raping a female camper that night, once in front of her boyfriend.
He was strapped to a gurney and covered from the shoulders down with a sheet when the curtains were pulled back to allow witnesses to see him Tuesday. He looked around and mouthed "Hi, how are you" toward witnesses who were not visible to the media.
Warden Carson McWilliams then asked him if he had any last words. Comer said, "Yes, Go Raiders," referring to the American professional football team known in the late 1970s as being particularly aggressive.