Abortion Dr. Killer Awaits to be excuted.

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hes one deffy either a wacko or really umm I dunno *shivers*


STARKE, Fla. (Sept. 3) - Anticipating his reward in heaven, an unrepentant Paul Hill awaited execution Wednesday for the shotgun slayings of an abortion doctor and his bodyguard outside a Pensacola clinic nine years ago.

The 49-year-old former Presbyterian minister stood to become the first person executed in the United States for anti-abortion violence.

Death penalty opponents and others called on Gov. Jeb Bush to halt the execution, some of them warning Hill's death would make him a martyr and unleash more violence against abortion clinics. The governor said he would not be ''bullied'' into stopping the execution, the third in Florida this year.

Florida abortion clinics and police were on heightened alert for reprisals.

''Paul Hill is a dangerous psychopath,'' said Marti McKenzie, spokeswoman for Dr. James S. Pendergraft, who runs clinics in Orlando, Ocala, Tampa and Fort Lauderdale.

Hill was to be executed by lethal injection for the deaths of Dr. John Britton and his bodyguard, retired Air Force Lt. Col. James Herman Barrett. Barrett's wife, June, was wounded.

Hill had final visits Wednesday with his wife and son, along with his spiritual adviser, parents and two sisters. His two daughters visited him earlier in the week.

Extra law enforcement officers, explosives-sniffing dogs and undercover officers were posted outside Florida State Prison to prevent any protests by death penalty and abortion foes from getting out of hand.

''We don't want an incident of national proportion,'' Sheriff Bob Milner said.

After losing his automatic appeals, Hill did not fight his execution and insisted in a jailhouse interview a day before he was to die that he would be forgiven by God for killing to save the unborn.

''I expect a great reward in heaven,'' he said in the interview, during which he was cheerful, often smiling. ''I am looking forward to glory.''

He added: ''More people should act as I have acted.''

Members of the mainstream anti-abortion movement have denounced the calls for violence.

''You do not take the law into your own hands and kill in the name of life, that is a contradiction in terms and is absurd,'' said Lynda Bell, a spokeswoman for Florida Right to Life.

Inspired by the 1993 shooting death of another abortion doctor in Pensacola, Hill bought a shotgun, went to the Ladies Center in Pensacola on July 29, 1994, and shot Barrett in the head and upper body. He then reloaded and fired again, hitting Britton in the head and arm. June Barrett was wounded in the arm.

Hill put down the shotgun because he did not want to get shot by police and walked away. When officers arrested him within minutes, he said, ''I know one thing: No innocent babies are going to be killed in that clinic today.''

Several Florida officials connected to the case received threatening letters last week, accompanied by rifle bullets.
 
UPDATE: the excutiion has gone thru

STARKE, Fla. (Sept. 3) - Paul Hill, a former minister who said he murdered an abortion doctor and his bodyguard to save the lives of unborn babies, was executed Wednesday by lethal injection. He was the first person put to death in the United States for anti-abortion violence.

Hill, 49, was condemned for the July 29, 1994 shooting deaths of Dr. John Bayard Britton and his bodyguard, retired Air Force Lt. Col. James Herman Barrett, and wounding Barrett's wife, June, outside the Ladies Center in Pensacola.

Hill was pronounced dead at 6:08 p.m., Gov. Jeb Bush's office said.

Death penalty opponents and others had urged Bush to halt the execution, some of them warning Hill's death would make him a martyr and unleash more violence against abortion clinics. The governor said he would not be ''bullied'' into stopping the execution, the third in Florida this year.

Florida abortion clinics and police were on heightened alert for reprisals.

''Paul Hill is a dangerous psychopath,'' said Marti McKenzie, spokeswoman for Dr. James S. Pendergraft, who runs clinics in Orlando, Ocala, Tampa and Fort Lauderdale.

Outside Florida State Prison, extra law enforcement officers, explosives sniffing dogs and undercover officers were in place to prevent protests from getting out of hand.

''We don't want an incident of national proportion,'' Bradford County Sheriff Bob Milner said.

Hill, a former Presybertian minister, had final visits with his wife and son, his mother and father and two sisters. His two daughters visited him earlier in the week. Hill was served a final meal of steak, a baked potato, and orange sherbet about 10 a.m. Wednesday.

His religious adviser, Donald Spitz, was outside Hill's Death Watch cell and stayed with him until just before his scheduled 6 p.m. EDT execution.

Since losing his automatic appeals, Hill has not fought his execution and insisted up to the day before his death that he would be forgiven by God for killing to save the unborn.

''I expect a great reward in heaven,'' he said in an interview Tuesday, during which he was cheerful, often smiling. ''I am looking forward to glory.''

Hill suggested others should take up his violent cause.

Fringe elements of the anti-abortion movement that condone clinic violence have invited attacks on Web sites that proclaim Hill as a martyr. Members of the mainstream anti-abortion movement have denounced the calls for violence.

Most abortion clinics in Florida reached by The Associated Press on Wednesday declined comment. McKenzie said security is always high at their clinics, but they are particularly cautious now because of Hill's call for people to follow his actions.

''The bottom line is when you work in the industry you're aware those people are out there every single day,'' she said.

Inspired by the 1993 shooting death of another abortion doctor in Pensacola, Hill purchased a new shotgun and went to a gun range to practice. The morning of the murder, as Britton and the Barretts entered the clinic parking lot, Hill shot James Barrett in the head and upper body. He then reloaded and fired again, hitting Britton in the head and arm. Mrs. Barrett was wounded in the arm.

Hill put down the shotgun because he did not want to get shot by police and walked away. When officers arrested him within minutes without incident, he said, ''I know one thing, no innocent babies are going to be killed in that clinic today.''

Hill was the 57th inmate executed since Florida resumed executions in 1979 and the third in Florida this year.

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Kinda sounds like those so called Muslim militants who think there will be rewards in heaven along with all the women they want if they kill.

:barf:
 
This is one crime I believe punishable by execution - snipers who kill to silence their distractors. Hill's head ought be on a stick for a week.
 
It shows that everyone's not perfect and anyone can commit murder despite the fact of being a minister...It's so appalling and sad that it's like that today. :(
 
Bush_in_2004! said:
don't be surprised, the church is responsible for most of the most horrorific crimes on Earth. :evil: :evil: :evil:
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Like the guy they burnt at the stake for declaring that Earth isn't flat?
 
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