Jeffrey Landrigan, convicted of strangling Chester Dean Dyer while on the run after escaping from a prison in Oklahoma, had gotten two last-minute reprieves despite being a multiple murderer. U.S. District Court Judge Roslyn Silver ordered a stay of execution for Landrigan, while the court investigated whether or not the chemicals used in Arizona’s lethal injection chamber were safe. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Judge Silver. The U.S. Supreme Court did not, voting 5-4 to overturn the lower court rulings and send Jeffrey Landrigan to the execution chamber. After all that excitement, Landrigan’s last words were the battle cry of the University of Oklahoma: Boomer Sooner.
“I’d like to say ‘thank you’ to my family for being here and all of my friends,” said Landrigan before the final injections were given. “Boomer Sooner.” His final meal was steak, fried okra, French fries, strawberry ice cream, and Dr. Pepper.
It makes you wonder what the lower courts were thinking. Of COURSE the drug is unsafe, it’s SUPPOSED to be unsafe. It causes death when administered, that’s the very definition of unsafe! If you’re going to stay the execution, it’s to find something more lethal than the standard drug administered.
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