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Florida Man Executed For Killing Stepdaughter, Her Mother
November 14, 2014
Death Row inmate Chadwick D. Banks was put to death by lethal injection Thursday night at Florida State Prison near Starke for killing his 10-year-old stepdaughter after also murdering her mother. He was pronounced dead at 7:27 p.m., according to the Department of Corrections.
The planned start of the execution was delayed nearly one hour before a final appeal for Banks, 43, was turned down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The execution of Banks was the 20th since Gov. Rick Scott took office and the eighth this year, the most for Florida in a single year since 1984. Speaking to reporters after a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, Scott repeated his assertion that he takes capital punishment seriously.
“I think about the victims, I think about their families,” Scott said. “It’s what I think about and I’m going to continue to do the job that I’m committed to do.”
Scott in September signed a death warrant for Banks, who was convicted in the 1992 slayings in Gadsden County. Banks was accused of shooting his wife while she slept and then going to his stepdaughter’s bedroom, where he sexually battered her before shooting her in the top of the head as she knelt at her bedside.
He was sentenced to death for the child’s murder and also received two life sentences.
by The News Service of Florida
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9 Responses to “Florida Man Executed For Killing Stepdaughter, Her Mother”
REGARDING:
“It’s not Scott who did anything. He just did what he legally had to do as Governor.”
He can not be forced to sign a death warrant. Many governors don’t.
David for truth
Banks got what he had coming. It’s not Scott who did anything. He just did what he legally had to do as Governor. The department of corrections is run by good ole boys. They didn’t do nothing either, but what they had to do. They be busy taking care of they cronies. It was the jury and judge who sentence Banks. Thank them.
After conviction and sentenced to death it should take no longer than 2 yrs to carry out the sentence.
You’ve got to nip it, IN THE BUD.. Gov Crist never signed as many as Scott has,, Keep up the good work Rick..
How about rubber stamping all death row inmates papers
I agree with “Florida Resident”…..you did good Governer Scott, but why should taxpayers money pay to have someone sit on death row 22 years. He should have been gone a long time ago. This mother and daughter didn’t have time to ask for a longer life, he choose to take it from them. Just as Ted Bundy wasted space in prison while we paid for him also. Just not right.
Thank you Governor Scott. I agree with Florida resident. It just took too long.
I must concur with FL Res. in this matter. One execution this year involved an inmate who’d been sentenced to death 27 years ago. That’s more than a quarter century. 10 years is plenty. Texas rarely waits that long. In many cases the victims families die off before they see justice.
Governor Scott, you did the right thing. Keep up the good work. My complaint is that it took 22 years to get the job done!