Threats, bullets sent to protest pending execution

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Wed, Aug. 20, 2003

Threats, bullets sent to protest pending execution
Hill's supporters see him as a martyr for a cause
BY LESLEY CLARK
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TALLAHASSEE - Three death-threat letters containing bullets were sent to Florida's attorney general and two prison officials in protest of the pending execution of anti-abortion activist Paul Hill.

The missives arrived Monday as death-penalty opponents urged Gov. Jeb Bush to cancel the lethal injection execution scheduled for Sept. 3. They warn that Hill's death has the potential of turning him into a martyr to extreme anti-abortion groups.

State law enforcement officials said Tuesday they're investigating the letters and bullets, delivered in Tallahassee to Attorney General Charlie Crist and Corrections Secretary James Crosby. Joseph Thompson, the warden at Florida State Prison in Starke, also received a threat. Hill has been on Death Row there since 1994 for the shooting death of a Pensacola abortion doctor and his escort.

Investigators refused to release details about the letters, but said they were threatening in nature. (snip/...)

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/6572114.htm

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Sent by...

Patriotic Amuricans, one and all. Patriotic Amuricans who pick and choose the parts they like. Just like they read and interpret their Bible. :eyes:

[gratuitous]

2. Some of these "right to life" folks

Seem a bit fuzzy on the details of their concept, don't they?

[ima_sinnic]

3. your right to life ends after you are born

:nuke:

[prolesunited]

4. Isn't it ironic

how so many of these "good Christians" are prone to making death threats and resort to violence and intimidation. What happened to "Justice is mine sayeth the Lord." Do they really think God needs THEIR help? :shrug:

[usual_suspect]

5. Stop Abortion

or I'll kill you. Now thats a bumper sticker.

[opihimoimoi]

6. How can Arnold be considered for Gov when he is pro choice??

Something smelly here?

[phatkatt]

7. No! They made it sound like the anti-death-penalty people did it!

"The missives arrived Monday as death-penalty opponents urged Gov. Jeb Bush to cancel the lethal injection execution ..."

The press left it unclear as to which group was sending the threats, and the cops won't release the contents of the letters (yet).