GEORGIA EXECUTES FAMILY KILLER ANDREW DEYOUNG

A ONETIME university student who murdered his parents and 14-year-old sister to get an inheritance was executed by Georgia last night. Andrew Grant DeYoung, 39, even had a video camera recording his final moments. His last words were: "I'm sorry for everyone I have hurt."
DeYoung was put to death for butchering his parents and sister in 1993. A brother, 16, managed to escape the home turned into the Cobb County slaughterhouse. He was nabbed within hours.
A Kennesaw State University student and 19 at the time, DeYoung killed because he believed he would inherit $480,000 in inheritance for a business venture. MORE IN THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

FORT HOOD MASSACRE: NIDAL MALIK HASAN IN COURT

NUT

THE CRAZY major who allegedly gunned down 13 soldiers and wounding 30 others in crazy shooting rampage has made his first court appearance.
Army Psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan is accused opened fire at the Fort Hood, TX base, firing indiscriminately at anyone who got in his way, until he was eventually taken down himself.  
At the brief 15 minute arraignment, Hasan, who will face the death penalty if convicted, surprised onlookers by dropping  his lead attorney, a retired Army colonel, John Galligan, who had represented him since the 2009 attack on the U.S. army post.
He told The Associated Press just before the hearing that he decided to step down temporarily but stood ready to "resume an active role."
Hasan, charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder, said he wanted to be represented by three military attorneys.
He did not enter a plea during the 15-minute arraignment, and it's unclear when he will. According to military law, he cannot plead guilty because it is a death penalty case. Col. Gregory Gross, Fort Hood's chief circuit judge, set the military trial date for March, which the defense team had requested. Jurors will be brought in from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, according to documents filed in the case.

HUMBERTO LEAL GARCIA EXECUTED; YELLS 'VIVA MEXICO'

FINAL MEAL WAS TACOS

HUMBERTO Leal Garcia Jr. apologized for his crimes, shouted "Viva Mexico" and then was blasted into eternity with a deadly cocktail that came courtesy of Texas. The Mexican national had been convicted of raping then strangling and bludgeoning to death Adria Sauceda, a 16-year-old San Antonio girl in 1994.
He was executed Thursday night in Huntsville, Texas. His case came to the attention of President Obama because he was allegedly not allowed to contact the Mexican consulate. The Supreme Court denied a stay of execution.
Garcia's last meal was fried chicken, pico de gallo, tacos, two colas and a bowl of fried okra.Before being dispatched, he said: "I am sorry for everything I have done. I have hurt a lot of people. Let this be final and be done. I take the full blame for this."

Leal then shouted "Viva Mexico," followed by "I'm ready warden, let's get the show on the road."

MEXICAN NATIONAL EXECUTED IN TEXAS

PA. COP KILLER RICHARD POPLAWSKI GETS DEATH

AMERICA will take vengeance against a Pittsburgh killer who murdered three cops in 2009. Richard Poplawski, 24, was sentenced to die Tuesday for the murders of officers Paul Sciullo II, 36, Stephen Mayhle, 29, and Eric Kelly, 41, on April 4, 2009.
The tragic murders were triggered when Poplawski and his mother started arguing about his puppies peeing on the floor. Things got so intense, she called 911. It took the jury just 90 minutes to render it's verdict.  During the penalty phrase, the killer's attorney trotted out the usual chestnuts: dysfunctional, unloving home life, yada, yada, yada.
Granddad was a racist who hate the government.. No male role model. But lawyer William Brennan made some solid points.

Poplawski's great aunt Joanne Duffy testified: "I've never seen her kiss him or put her arms around and show any kind of affection for him."
The prosecution wasn't biting. Most of his grandfather's vile deeds occurred before the killer was even born. DA Mark Tranquilli posed some fairly pointed questions himself.
He said: "I know another guy who didn't know a father in his life -- (murdered cop) Eric Kelly. How did he turn out?" He added that the doting father of three also helped raise a sister 22 years younger than himself as well as his oldest daughter's child, who he often watched during the day after working an overnight shift. MORE ON THE CASE

MYSTERY DELAY IN CASEY ANTHONY MURDER TRIAL

SATURDAY'S Casey Anthony Show was over almost as soon as it began. Judge Belvin Perry said after meeting lawyers that the day's testimony would be scratched.
Legal analyst Linda Kenney Baden said: "Obviously it's big, and obviously it's troublesome and obviously it's something that can't be disclosed." Relations between the defence and prosecution have been less than collegial with the D throwing out some fairly wild theories. Meanwhile, the prosecution has been criticized for overtrying the case (smell expert, anyone?) Party Mom Casey Anthony, of course, as even
Buddhist monks in Nepal are aware of, is the glib Florida floozy charged with murdering her 2-yer-old daughter Caylee in 2008. Cops believe the cute child was knocked out with chloroform, her mouth and nose duct-taped and then her body dumped in the woods. What did mom do? Partied! Best body contests, faux lesbian lick-a-thons at Orlando nightclubs. Non-existent nannies and sugar daddies.
The defense says Caylee drowned, and Caey and her dad George tried to cover it up. Mom and dad seem to think she's guilty but should get the death penalty. Being the betting kind, our money is a needle to Neverland for old Casey. CNN HAS MORE

CASEY ANTHONY'S PARENTS: 'WE THINK SHE'S GUILTY'

WHEN YOU lost mom and dad, you now you're in big trouble. In a shocking interview with CNN, the lawyer for the parents of Party Mom Casey Anthony said they think she's guilty but DO NOT want to see the swinging floozie get the death penalty for the sickening crime that has riveted the world.
Mark Lippman said of George and Cindy Anthony: "But this is important and they wanted me to stress this. They love her, they support her and they do not want her to get the death penalty and they will do all they can to avoid her getting the death penalty in this case."
Ah, but they may not have a say. Anthony, 25, is now on trial in Florida for first-degree murder in the brutal 2008 slaying of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. If she is convicted, in all likelihood she will be frog marched to death row. Testimony is expected to continue today.


Her team continued calling witnesses yesterday on chemical testing etc., along with other scientific stuff that you can read about on CNN.
In their uphill battle to keep Anthony from receiving a ride on the needle (destination: Abyss) they have argued that Caylee drowned and that the Party Mom and her father panicked and hid body. According to George Anthony, that's just not so.

CASEY ANTHONY DEFENCE SAYS AUTOPSY WAS 'SHODDY'

AS ANOTHER week in the Casey Anthony murder trial wrapped up, her defence team are starting to try and rip holes in the prosecution's case. Read: they're trying to plant the seeds of reasonable doubt. We say, 'good luck dude!' Florida Party Mom Anthony, 25, is charged with first-degree murder in the 2008 slaying of her toddler daughter Caylee. If convicted, she will likely get the needle. On Saturday, Dr. Werner Spitz said that the duct tape found on Caylee's skull was placed there AFTER decomposition. The prosecution has claimed that the little girl was suffocated by the placement of the duct tape over her nose and

mouth. Of course, after she disappeared, her mom seemed hell-bent on partying hard, banging every guy in sight and continuing with her moronic lifestyle in Orlando, Florida. Indeed, the past week has been chock-a-block with outlandish claims by the defence: dad did it, incest, yada, yada.

Spitz--a forensic pathologist--also slammed Orange County Medical examiner Dr. Jan Garavaglia for his "shoddy" autopsy. The judge slammed the defence for not informing the prosecution of their first witness of the day.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS OF SPITZ TESTIMONY:

* Claimed there was no examination inside Caylee's skull, "standard practice", he sniffed.

* The dried sediment indicated the body decomposed on the left. That differs from the crime scene.

* Lack of DNA on the duct tape indicated it was put there to keep the jawbone from falling off: meaning, someone moved the body.

EXPLOSIVE FORENSIC TESTIMONY

TEXAS, ALABAMA EXECUTE KILLERS POWELL, TAYLOR

NO ONE is going to get out the hankies for these guys. Two states ratcheted up ultimate justice yesterday for a pair of ruthless killers. Alabama executed Eddie Duval Powell, left, for the rape, robbery and murder of a woman, aged 70. He apologized for "the pain he caused everyone." An earlier appeal was knocked down. He murdered Mattie Wesson in 1995. He said there should be no execution because he is mentally challenged. Didn't work.
In Texas, Lee Andrew Taylor, 32, right,was put to death for stabbing another inmate to death in 1999. He told his mother and wife he loved them and apologized for the murder of Donta Green. He always maintained he was acting in self-defence. Lest you have doubts... he was doing a life sentence for killing a man during a home invasion.