ChicagoAvenger
09-22-2008, 02:20 AM
FLA Preps To Execute Killer Of 2 Young Girls
Sunday, September 21, 2008
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STARKE, Fla. (AP) -- When Florida resumed executions this summer after an 18-month moratorium, Gov. Charlie Crist wanted to sign death warrants for those convicted of the most heinous murders.
The ultimate punishment was certainly justified for Richard Henyard, who is scheduled to die Tuesday, the governor said then.
Henyard, 34, and a teenage accomplice carjacked Carol Lewis and her daughters, Jasmine, 3, and Jamilya, 7, outside a central Florida grocery store 15 years ago. He told Lewis he was Satan when she prayed for help, raped her and then shot her multiple times, but she survived. He then participated in the execution of her daughters after they cried out for their mom.
"When you look at the horrific nature of this crime, it lets you know that the penalty he will receive is certainly justified," Crist said when he signed the death warrant. It's "unimaginable that any human being could carry out such a horrendous act."
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
http://www.540wfla.com/cc-common/mlib/1140/09/1140_1220896728.jpg
STARKE, Fla. (AP) -- When Florida resumed executions this summer after an 18-month moratorium, Gov. Charlie Crist wanted to sign death warrants for those convicted of the most heinous murders.
The ultimate punishment was certainly justified for Richard Henyard, who is scheduled to die Tuesday, the governor said then.
Henyard, 34, and a teenage accomplice carjacked Carol Lewis and her daughters, Jasmine, 3, and Jamilya, 7, outside a central Florida grocery store 15 years ago. He told Lewis he was Satan when she prayed for help, raped her and then shot her multiple times, but she survived. He then participated in the execution of her daughters after they cried out for their mom.
"When you look at the horrific nature of this crime, it lets you know that the penalty he will receive is certainly justified," Crist said when he signed the death warrant. It's "unimaginable that any human being could carry out such a horrendous act."
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