On November 20, Joseph Paul Franklin, aged 63, died from lethal injection at the Missouri Eastern Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri. He was executed for a killing spree that happened over 3 decades ago, between 1977 and 1980, targeting specifically African Americans and Jews. It began with an attempted synagogue bombing, and when that failed, he began picking off people with a 12 gauge shotgun, and ultimately ended 20 people's lives. He used to be a Neo-Nazi, member of the Klu Klux Klan, and a white supremacist, before discovering religion shortly before his execution.
http://rt.com/usa/joseph-franklin-executed-pentobarbital-028/
In my eyes, good riddance. Even if he repented for his actions, those 20 people will never get their lives back. He should've been executed earlier instead of today (the reason for this delay was the drug used for the lethal injection. It's scary to think that hatred can drive a person to commit merciless acts of violence.
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