Florida man executed for the murder of his wife and two young children in 1994
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a Florida man Convicted of murdering his wife and two children in 1994 died Thursday, marking his ninth execution in Sunshine State this year, marking the state record for a year’s total since the death penalty was restored in the United States nearly 50 years ago.
Edward Zaklzewski, 60, was declared dead at 6:12pm in a Florida prison near Stark after a triple injection consisting of sedatives, paralytics and heart-stopping drugs.
“I would like to thank the good people in Sunshine State for killing me in the coldest, calculated, clean, humane and efficient way. I have no complaints,” Zakrzewski said after the death chamber rose after 6pm.
Zakrzewski lay on a gurney covered in a white sheet when the medication was administered. Before the drugs flowed, he also cited 14 witnesses and reporters and prison staff watching from the poem.
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Edward Zaklkzewski, 60, was declared dead at Florida State Jail at 6:12pm. (Florida Department of Corrections)
Once the drug was administered, Zakrtsevsky began breathing deeply and surrounded by three prison staff in dark suits. One of them shouted his name, shaking Zakrzewski with his shoulder, but there was no response, so he stopped still.
On Thursday morning, Zakrzewski woke up at 5:15am and later that day Zakrzewski said there was one visitor and “one visitor was ‘compliant’ as his run time approached.
zakrzewski you He was sentenced to death On June 9, 1994, the murders of his wife Sylvia (34) and children Edward (7) and five-year-old Edward were shown to have killed his family at an Okaloosa County home after his wife asked for divorce. He told others that he would kill his family rather than cause a divorce.
He first attacked his wife with a clover and strangled her with a rope, court testimony showed. According to court records, the two children were killed in a machete and Silvia was also hit by the blade when she believed Zakrzewski had survived the previous attack.
Edward Zaklzewski was sentenced to death at the age of five on June 9, 1994, killing his wife Sylvia (age 34) and seven-year-old Edward and Anna’s children. (AP)
Zakrzewski’s lawyers have filed several failed appeals over the years. US Supreme Court It was denied on Wednesday.
Before he died, opponents of Zakrzewski’s execution pointed to his military service as an Air Force veteran and the fact that the Ju Court voted narrowly 7-5 to recommend his execution. They stressed that under current state law, he was unable to receive the death penalty on a split ju court vote.
After the Supreme Court restored the US death penalty in 1976, previous records of Florida’s one-year general execution were eight in 2014, exceeded Thursday. The state is scheduled for its 10th run on August 19th, and the 11th run on August 28th.
The execution of an Alabama prisoner stayed to determine whether he was capable enough to die.
Zakrzewski lay on a gurney covered in a white sheet when the medication was administered. (AP photo/sue ogrocki, file)
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Florida has executed more executions this year than any other state, with Texas and South Carolina tied second with four each.
Across the United States, 27 men have died so far this year, while nine others are scheduled to be executed in seven states a year. Florida was also the last state where Michael Bernard Bell was killed on July 15th and executed someone.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.