Nicely FRIED- Another one bites the dust.

superbeets · Nov 2, 2018

'Let's rock': Smiling double killer's defiant final words as he is executed by electric chair in Tennessee after he CHOSE it over lethal injection and had one last meal of pickled pig knuckles and tails

Edmund Zagorski, 63, was executed in the electric chair on Thursday night
He died at 7.26pm at a maximum-security prison in Nashville, Tennessee
Zagorski's final meal request was pickled pig knuckles and pig tails
Asked if he had any last words , Zagorski replied: 'Let's rock'
Witnesses to his execution said Zagorski alternated between grimacing and smiling as a sponge was put on his head
They noted that his fists clenched when the voltage was applied and he did not move once the electricity stopped flowing
Zagorski was convicted in the April 1983 slayings of two men during a drug deal

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Edmund Zagorski, 63, was electrocuted in the chair at a maximum-security prison in Nashville on Thursday night after his last meal request of pickled pig knuckles and pig tails

superbeets · Nov 2, 2018

A Tennessee man who was convicted of a 1980s double murder had just two final words before he was executed in the electric chair: 'Let's rock'.
Edmund Zagorski, 63, was electrocuted in the chair at a maximum-security prison in Nashville on Thursday night after his last meal request of pickled pig knuckles and pig tails.
Zagorski's official time of death was 7.26pm.
Asked if he had any last words just moments before the execution, Zagorski said: 'Let's rock'.
Witnesses to his execution said Zagorski, who had insisted on the rarely used method rather than lethal injection, mostly looked ahead but did glance around the death chamber in the minutes before his death.
He smiled at witnesses, including members of his victims' families, as they stood behind a glass window in the chamber.
Zagorski was strapped in the electric chair with buckles and had electrodes fixed to his feet.
He alternated between grimacing and smiling as a sponge soaked in saline was put on his shaved head. Authorities then put a shroud over his head, which was followed by the helmet.
Witnesses noted that his fists clenched when the first 1,750 volts of electricity was applied for 20 seconds and he raised up in his chair when each jolt of electricity went through him.
Zagorski did not move once the electricity stopped flowing.

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He is the first inmate in five years to be put to death by electrocution in the United States. Pictured above is the electric chair Zagorski was electrocuted in on Thursday

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Zagorski had opted for the electric chair over a lethal injection after arguing it would be a quicker and less painful way to die

His attorney, Kelley Henry, told reporters it appeared he was still breathing before a second charge was applied for a further 15 seconds.
She said both of Zagorski's pinkies appeared to dislocate or break when the electricity surged through him because of how strongly he pulled down on the straps.
He had opted for the electric chair over a lethal injection after arguing it would be a quicker and less painful way to die.
His attorneys then launched a last minute appeal on Thursday to the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the execution, saying it was unconstitutional to force him to choose between the electric chair and lethal injection.
He is the first inmate in five years to be put to death by electrocution in the United States. He became only the second person to die in the electric chair in Tennessee since 1960.
Nationwide, only 14 other people have been put to death in the electric chair since 2000, including a Virginia inmate in 2013.
The state came close to administering a chemical injection to Zagorski three weeks ago, but the plan was halted by Tennessee's governor when the inmate exercised his right to request the electric chair.
In Tennessee, condemned inmates whose crimes occurred before 1999 can choose the electric chair. It is only one of six states that allow such a choice.

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Witnesses, including family members of the victims, are pictured leaving the Zagorski's execution on Thursday night. They watched him die from behind a glass window in the death chamber

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His attorney, Kelley Henry, told reporters after the execution that it appeared Zagorski was still breathing before a second charge was applied for a further 15 seconds

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Vigils were organized outside the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville on Thursday night ahead of Zagorski's execution

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People form a circle and pray against the death penalty just before the execution of Edmund Zagorski at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution

Zagorski was convicted of the April 1983 slayings of two men during a drug deal.
He shot victims John Dotson and Jimmy Porter and then slit their throats after robbing the two men after they came to him to buy marijuana.
Zagorski has been on death row for 34 years.
Tennessee's electric chair was inspected on October 10 and found to meet the criteria for an execution, according to state documents.

superbeets · Nov 2, 2018

[h=3]The chilling last moments before Tennessee murderer was executed by electric chair[/h]In the final moments before Edmund Zagorski was executed in the electric chair, he alternated between grimacing and smiling as he prepared for the volts of electricity to go through his body.
Eight people believed to be family members of Zagorski's two victims, as well as a reporter, were led into a room to bear witness to his execution in Nashville, Tennessee on Thursday night.
They stood outside the execution chamber and stared through a glass window to where Zagorski was seated in the electric chair with buckles and straps pinning him down.
Electrodes were already fixed on the 63-year-old's feet.
Witnesses said Zagorski, who was dressed in cotton clothing, smiled at them from beyond the glass.
Asked if he had any last words, Zagorski only replied: 'Let's rock'.
He alternated between grimacing and smiling as prison officials sponged his shaved head with saline solution.
While Zagorski mostly looked ahead, he did look around the death chamber briefly and raised his eyebrows at his lawyer before a black shroud was placed over his head.
The shroud was to ensure witnesses could not see his face during the electrocution.
A metal helmet was then placed over his head before the prison warden signaled for the execution to commence.
Witnesses noted that his fists clenched and arms turned red when the first 1,750 volts of electricity was applied for 20 seconds. He raised up in his chair when each jolt of electricity went through him.
His attorney, Kelley Henry, told reporters it appeared he was still breathing before a second charge was applied for a further 15 seconds.
She said both of Zagorski's pinkies appeared to dislocate or break when the electricity surged through him because of how strongly he pulled down on the straps.
Zagorski did not move once the electricity stopped flowing and a doctor confirmed soon after that he was dead.