Arizona inmate executed after murdering 2 girls

By Paul Davenport, Associated Press

Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 | 11:15 a.m.

FLORENCE, Ariz. — An inmate was executed Wednesday after being convicted of murdering two 13-year-old girls in a ghost town where they were raped, strangled and stabbed before being dumped in a partly flooded mine shaft. Richard Dale Stokley, 60, was put to death at a prison in Florence two decades after he and another man were convicted of murdering Mandy Meyers and Mary Snyder in 1991 in rural Cochise County. Stokley had no formal last words but earlier expressed regret while speaking with members of the execution team during the lengthy setup time. "I do wish that I could ...

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By azsk8fan

Dec. 5, 2012

11:53 a.m.

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How much longer will the family of Christopher Milke have to wait until that woman who gave birth to him (I wouldn't DARE call her a mother) is put down? Hasn't she been on death row long enough now? Arizona, get moving on this one.
By NVFisherman

Dec. 5, 2012

3:40 p.m.

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It is a shame it took so long to execute this scum. Bring back public hanging and do it quickly.
By NewVegasResident

Dec. 5, 2012

7:25 p.m.

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I concur with you 100% NVFisherman..