Note to self: Do not gloat over a possibly "horrible, excruciating" death for Michael Taylor:
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lawyers for a Death Row inmate said Tuesday they want to depose a doctor and nurse involved in Missouri executions so they can argue their case that a drug combination used to kill condemned prisoners is unconstitutionally cruel punishment.
But the state has blocked it — in part over concerns medical personnel would be harassed.
The defense team is not seeking a reprieve of the death penalty for convicted killer Michael Taylor of Kansas City. Attorney Donald Verrilli, Jr., of Washington, told a federal appeals court panel in St. Louis that the three-drug cocktail used in Missouri and around the country could result in a “horrible, excruciating death” if the anesthesia doesn’t take effect or wears off.
Taylor and his co-defendant Roderick Nunley pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, forcible rape, armed criminal action and kidnapping for the March 1989 killing of 15-year-old Ann Harrison.
What a beautiful young lady!
Who cares if the cocktail they use to kill these pieces of trash is humane or not. Isnt taking this young woman against her will, raping her, and killing her inhumane too? They deserve what they get, and they should get it very soon.
Posted by: A | Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at 10:02 AM
I remember when this happened. I believe the girl was waiting to go to school when these two thugs did what they did. It has been 17 years since this happened. She was only 15. Way, way past time to get their justice.
Posted by: Champion of Justice | Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at 10:42 AM
What difference does it make how he dies? The young girl that he killed was violently raped and killed, let's go back to the day of the crime and ask him not to violently kill her, do it nice like. Why couldn't he just let her go to school like she was trying to do. I don't care if he was on drugs that was his choice, she did not have a choice, did she? I know she begged for her life and he still killed her. I believe he was the leader not the follower. He is a bad seed. Why are we still wasting my tax dollars taking care of him in prison, why don't you just do what the judge and jury decided without all these B--s--- appeals. She can't appeal her death, so why should he appeal his.
Posted by: Klassyk | Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at 12:20 PM
Ann was mine and my families childhood friend and the two guys that left nothing but her books and her instrument at our bus stop in front of her parents house in KCMO deserve the most horrifying deaths possible! SHe was about to get her drivers license, she was a sweet young girl who was very talented and just beginning her life. Her sister and I played in her untouched room for a year, not quite understanding why she had to dissappear from our lives so abruptly. These guys were on drugs and stabbed my good friend 17 times raped her and stuffed her to be found 3 days later in the back of a stolen Monte Carlo...discusting!!!
Posted by: Leslie Foroozanfar | Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 09:26 PM
This has NOTHING TO DO with race, I am not white and JUSTICE NEEDS TO BE SERVED HERE!!!Ann DID not deserve this MURDER by two IRRESPONSIBLE Crack Addicts, GIVE THEM THE CHAIR!!!!!
Posted by: Leslie Foroozanfar | Friday, April 22, 2011 at 12:36 PM
I am not sure why the April 16th 2006 post is listed as being written by "Klassyk" I wrote it, I am Leslie Foroozanfar and I knew Ann personally she was friends with my entire family, and she is now gone because of two Murders that have still not been properly punished for this crime, they have been using the "race card" to avoid the death sentence, and are buying time. Justice must be served!
Posted by: Leslie Foroozanfar | Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 01:13 PM