Fla. Ex-Cop Set for Execution in 1986 Killing of 9

[jsr]

Source: Associated Press

A former Florida police officer was scheduled to be executed Tuesday for the murder of nine people in a 1986 rampage over three months.

The execution by lethal injection of 56-year-old Manuel Pardo was set for 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison in Starke. A federal judge denied Pardo's request for a stay Monday.

Officials said most of Pardo's victims were involved with drugs. Pardo contended that he was doing the world a favor by killing them in 1986.

Pardo, a former Boy Scout and Navy veteran, began his law enforcement career in the 1970s with the Florida Highway Patrol, graduating at the top of his class at the academy. But he was fired from that agency in 1979 for falsifying traffic tickets. He was soon hired by the police department in Sweetwater, a small city in Miami-Dade County. ...

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[naaman fletcher]

1. I'm against the death penalty

But, I have no personal sympathy for this guy.

[Tansy_Gold]

3. You don't have to have personal sympathy

I, too, am against the death penalty. In all cases, even this one. Period.

[iandhr]

4. I share your sentiments.

[Gman]

2. Another Dexter in FL

[Hayabusa]

5. So, the guy went Punisher?

That's not cool in real life.

[Tom Ripley]

6. He's no vigilante, "Scourge of God", or whatever; he's just a psychopathic murderer and thief...

who should spend his life behind bars.

[Mangoman]

7. I smell some large lawsuits

"But he was fired from that agency in 1979 for falsifying traffic tickets. He was soon hired by the police department in Sweetwater, a small city in Miami-Dade County. ..."

Who the hell would hire a crooked cop that was just fired for corruption ?

[friendly_iconoclast]

9. Florida law enforcement agencies occasionally have rather lax hiring standards...

[jsr]

8. Ok, he ate and died.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/12/11/3136913/florida-readies-to-execute-former.html
According to a corrections spokeswoman, Pardo’s last meal Tuesday morning was roasted pork chunks, white rice and red beans, fried plantains with tomato and avocado, topped with olive oil. He finished off the meal with pumpkin pie and Cuban coffee.

[Tom Ripley]

12. Sounds tasty. I am anti-death penalty, but fascinated by last meal choices.

[joshcryer]

10. This is how Dexter must end.

At least life imprisonment.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. A horrific group of crimes, no doubt. But....

....I still don't see how killing him constitutes "justice" in any shape, way or form.

Just a sad, sad situation all around.

[JohLast]

13. It's about time.