If you can’t execute a guy like this, you might as well not even have the death penalty on the books as a sentencing option.
Former Florida cop to be executed for murdering 9 people:
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.
“I am a soldier, I accomplished my mission and I humbly ask you to give me the glory of ending my life and not send me to spend the rest of my days in state prison,” Pardo told jurors at his 1988 trial.
Pardo’s attorneys are trying to block his execution, arguing in federal appeals that he is mentally ill, something his trial attorney believed more than two decades ago.
I’ll concede that he’s insane. Sane people don’t become serial killers. And, just like all dangerous, rabid animals, he needs to be put down. For his own good as well as ours.
It’s a damned shame that it’s taken this long to kill a without-a-doubt serial killer. Guy should have been dragged out behind the courthouse immediately after his sentencing and hanged from the nearest tree.
But you can bet your ass that the hybristophiles will be out in force for this guy:
Pardo was dubbed the “Death Row Romeo” after he corresponded with dozens of women and persuaded many to send him money.
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Pardo contended that he was doing the world a favor by killing them in 1986.
As we are in executing you, asshole. He murdered drug dealers so he could take their cash & drugs & then he sold the drugs himself.
He killed a couple of women who had the misfortune of being present when their drug dealing bfs were robbed & murdered.
He killed two women over a argument over a $50 pawned rig.
He murdered a gunsmith who sold him a silencer that he feared wd be traced back to him.
These were all brutal execution style murders. The victims suffered.
Pardo murdered with premeditation and full understanding of consequences thus he does not meet the legal definition of insanity. Sane people murder and he is one of them. And, this is good because if he were judged legally insane, the dude would not be eligible for execution. He is more like a psychopath with delusions of grandeur (personality deficiencies) but sane nonetheless.
No need to worry that the hybristophiles will prevail; the only argument they can have – that Pardo is/was insane – is without merit.
May victims and their families be always at the forefront of consideration…
Julia does not like victims and their families but cuddles murderers. Brian Evans of AI is surely most proud. I have most contempt for thug-oving unstable idiots like Julia and the AI posse. The humanity they want is one that has murdering PoS running around free or enjoying amenities galore in prison.
Julia, just so that you know – insults are not winning anyone to your side here. Time to think up a different strategy.
Anonymous #3: I don’t see any psycho woman posting anti comments. Where did you see them?
She went out with the trash.
If the crazy woman is posting here, she’s not posting at AI. I am sure they are happy to not have her around. A lot of her comments get deleted over there. Obviously, they even recognize her as a loose cannon. So, it’s funny that even the side she claims to be espousing for thinks she’s a psycho.
Does Bones work Florida executions or only Texas ones?
Then again, the last time one was supposed to be executed, the thug managed to get a stay after THREE previous denials THE SAME DAY.
Looking forward to January when the next one comes up. (Sadly this site is now blocked at work so I can only comment at home)
The Florida 11th Circus of Appeals really pissed me off regarding John Ferguson’s scheduled Oct,16th execution. I barbecued thick steaks & set off a volley of fireworks to celebrate his overdue departure from this world, only to learn once again that the murderous POS weaseled his way out of receiving justice once again. Bring a smart phone or an Ipad to work, they can’t block this site from your own personal device. Pardo is fresh out of “save my ass” cards to play, no doubt we’ll hear he’s dead within the hour.
Anonymous #3
Copy/pasted from the DPIC site that’s rapidly going down the crapper
John Ferguson execution date 10/16/2012
Stayed by Gov. Scott to allow time for psychiatric testing. Execution could go forward if Ferguson found mentally competent. Update – The Florida Supreme Court granted a 2-day stay of execution so the justices can hear another appeal, the stay will expire 10/18. Update – prior stay required setting of a new execution date. Update – Execution date has been set for 10/23. Update – Execution has been stayed by the United States District Court in Miami to allow a hearing on 10/26 of his habeas corpus petition on the grounds that he is mentally incompetent to be executed. Update – Stay has been lifted by the 11th Circuit Court after Florida’s secretary of state filed an emergency order to vacate the stay, holding that the District Court abused its discretion in issuing the stay. Update – Execution has again been stayed by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, the stay was upheld by The U.S. Supreme Court… That’s nearly as bad as the Preston Hughes fiasco, look at how long it took to permanently eliminate that POS.
The 11th Circuit denied him as well as SCOTUS. He’s done.
NEXT.
I was going to leave Pardo goo bye, but then I noticed that it’s after 6:00 P.M., Florida time. I expect that by this time, Pardo is trying to explain to his maker how HIS constitutional rights were violated!!! Good riddance to bad trash!!!
He filed an appeal in the USSC on a denial in the 11th. I thought the fucker wanted to die?
Denied. Okay, here we go…
Bones is waiting to hear this murderous bastard receives justice.
Okay, he’s gone.
Tamara Lush ?@TamaraLush
Pardo made a very brief statement while in the death chamber. We couldn’t hear what he said. We are trying to clarify w/DOC
Anonymous #3 I just saw this at Crime & Capital Punishment
http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/showthread.php?3277-Manuel-Pardo-Jr-Florida-Execution-December-11-2012/page8&s=dc54c19faa4cec47847e810c0025ec8f
Manuel Pardo pronounced dead at 7:37 p.m. We are waiting for DOC to distribute a copy of his final, written statement.
Anonymous #3
Florida executes ex-cop for killing 9 in 1986
A former police officer who murdered nine people during a 1986 crime spree was executed Tuesday after his attorneys’ last-minute appeals were rejected.
Manuel Pardo, 56, was pronounced dead at Florida State Prison at 7:47 p.m., about 16 minutes after the lethal injection process began. His attorneys had tried to block the execution by arguing that he was mentally ill, but federal courts declined to intercede.
Reporters could not hear his final statement because of an apparent malfunction in the death chamber’s sound system. A white sheet had been pulled up to his chin and IV lines ran into his left arm. He blinked several times, his eyes moved back and forth and he took several deep breaths. Over the next several minutes the color drained from his face before he was pronounced dead.
Officials said most of Pardo’s victims were involved with drugs. Pardo contended that he was doing the world a favor by killing them over three-month period in early 1986.
“I am a soldier, I accomplished my mission and I humbly ask you to give me the glory of ending my life and not send me to spend the rest of my days in state prison,” Pardo told jurors at his 1988 trial.
Ann Howard, a spokeswoman for Florida’s Department of Corrections, said that Pardo visited with eight people Tuesday. He also met with the prison chaplain and a Roman Catholic bishop.
Pardo ate a last meal of rice, red beans, roasted pork, plantains, avocado, tomatoes and olive oil. For dessert, he ate pumpkin pie and drank eggnog and Cuban Coffee. Under Department of Corrections rules, the meal’s ingredients have to cost $40 or less, be available locally and made in the prison kitchen.
Pardo was dubbed the “Death Row Romeo” after he corresponded with dozens of women and persuaded many to send him money.
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.
In 1981, Pardo was one of four Sweetwater officers charged with brutality, but the cases were dismissed.
He was fired four years later after he flew to the Bahamas to testify at the trial of a Sweetwater colleague who was accused of drug smuggling. Pardo lied, telling the court they were international undercover agents.
Then over a 92-day period in early 1986, Pardo committed a series of robberies, killing six men and three women. He took photos of the victims and recounted some details in his diary, which was found along with newspaper clippings about the murders. Pardo was linked to the killings after using credit cards stolen from the victims.
http://news.yahoo.com/florida-execut…010205349.html
That sounds to be a fancy last meal for a soon to be dead condemned murderous POS
Manuel Pardo ‘s last words: “Airborne forever. I love you Michi baby.” Reference to his daughter
Kept waiting and as soon as I sit down for dinner they announce, so let’s make it official.
He’s DEAD, Jim!!
I don’t know why his kid would have anything to do with him.
I wouldn’t even attempt to examine the relationships in that family.
However, I am always prepared for comments from alleged family members to call his crimes “mistakes.”
Anonymous #3
Not to worry he can never again interrupt another persons dinner. Now if Florida would only recycle John Ferguson into worm food, I’d want for nothing this Christmas morning.
I have nowhere better to put it, but here is a link to an excellent article by Theodore Dalrymple on the spiritual sickness of those who forgive murders:
http://www.city-journal.org/2012/22_4_otbie-serial-murder.html
A death row romeo?? maybe to blind, desperate and tastless women,,,,ugly fuck wit!