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| Man executed for '88 murders |
| By Indianapolis Star |
| Published: 07/27/2005 |
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An Indianapolis, Ind., man who told the governor he wanted to die got his wish early this morning, as he was executed for killing three men back in 1988. Kevin A. Conner was put to death at 12:31 a.m. by lethal injection at the Indiana State Prison, officials said. Outside, a steady rain had limited protesters to a few moments of gathering outside their cars. Conner had wanted no protests, no efforts to save his life; he had written to Gov. Mitch Daniels that "killing a person is far more honest and humane than imposed repression under the guise of justice in the penal system." A statement released earlier Tuesday through his attorneys reflected a similar view: "Everybody has to die sometime . . . let's get on with the killing." Besides being convicted in the deaths of three men in Indianapolis, Conner also claimed to have killed a fellow Death Row inmate in 2002. Despite Conner's wishes, capital punishment opponents wanted to use the occasion of another execution -- the fourth this year -- to call attention to an issue that, they said, goes beyond the desires of one condemned man. One protester, Marti Pizzini of the Duneland Coalition Against the Death Penalty, said fewer prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. "Capital punishment "is beginning to wither away in the United States," she said. "We want to keep nipping at its heels." Conner, an avid reader of philosophy and science fiction, donated most of his books to the prison library. He donated his television to Fredrick Michael Baer, sentenced to death last month for killing Cory Clark, 26, and Jenna Clark, 4, at their rural Madison County home. |
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