They claimed that they had settled that before Leo Jones was put to death. As Justice Leander Shaw pointed out in a bitter but brilliant dissent, that was simply untrue. They might as well have pleaded with imperial Rome to give up the gladiators and the lions. Our legislators have various excuses for why Florida is one of only four states still relying exclusively on the chair, but few are as truthful as Sen. Ron Silver, R-North Miami Beach. I think it's too easy on society's conscience.
Silver thinks it's too easy on the condemned inmate.
I think these folks fear going to the electric chair. Death isn't enough. Silver wants as much terror as the courts will allow. As Florida legislators go, Silver is one of the best and brightest. That does not say much for the rest, few of whom are as candid about their primal rage.