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Florida Executes Double Murderer
April 24, 2014
Robert E. Hendrix, convicted in the 1990 murders of a Lake County couple, was executed by lethal injection Wednesday at Florida State Prison near Starke. Hendrix, 47, was pronounced dead at 6:21 p.m., according to the Florida Department of Corrections.
The execution is the 16th since Gov. Rick Scott took office in January 2011. Hendrix shot and stabbed Elmer Scott Jr. and Michelle Scott, according to a death warrant.
The governor’s office said Hendrix murdered the couple in an attempt to prevent the husband from testifying against him in an unrelated armed-burglary case. Elmer Scott was Hendrix’s cousin.
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4 Responses to “Florida Executes Double Murderer”
Justice should be swift and not take 24 years. Obviously he has been eating well while in prison yet his 2 victims didn’t have that opportunity let alone breathe for the last 24 years.
@Mike– you and I are on the same page in the song book. Go back to the “chair” and when they burn one and the lights dim and let the other big bad boys reflect on what’s coming for them.
It should NOT have taken 24 years to carry out this execution of a convicted double-murderer. If the number of years were much shorter between conviction and execution AND if the method of execution was more violent as in the past, then I think the numbers of murders would be reduced. Put the FEAR of the execution process in the minds of the criminal.
Justice should not have taken 24 years.