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    Louis Bernard Gaskin - Florida Execution - April 12, 2023


    Robert Sturmfels


    Louis Bernard Gaskin after his arrest


    Louis Bernard Gaskin


    Summary of Offense:

    On the evening of December 20, 1989, Louis Gaskin spotted a light in the Palm Coast home of Robert and Georgette Sturmfels. Gaskin parked his car in the woods and, with a loaded gun, approached the Sturmfels' home. Gaskin saw the Sturmfels in the den and fired two shots through the window, striking Mr. Sturmfels. When Mrs. Sturmfels rose to leave the room, Gaskin shot her once and Mr. Sturmfels once more. Mrs. Sturmfels crawled into the hallway, and when Gaskins saw her through an outside door, he shot her again. Gaskin then pulled out a window screen, broke a window, and entered the house. He fired one more bullet into each of the Sturmfels’ heads and covered the bodies with blankets.

    Gaskin then burglarized the house, taking lamps, VCRs, cash, and jewelry. Gaskin then went to the home of Joseph and Mary Rector, whom he also found in the den of their home. While Gaskin cut their phone lines, the Rectors turned off the lights and went to bed. Gaskin threw a log and rocks at the house to rouse the Rectors, and when Mr. Rector went to investigate the disturbance, Gaskin shot him from outside the house. The Rectors managed to escape in their car, with Gaskin firing shots at the car. Gaskin was implicated in the crimes by Gaskin’s girlfriend’s cousin, Alfonso Golden.

    Golden told authorities that Gaskin arrived at Golden’s home on the night of the murders to drop off some Christmas presents. Gaskin told Golden that he had “jacked” the presents and left the victims “stiff.” Golden learned of the robberies and murders after watching the news and called the authorities to report Gaskin’s involvement in the crimes. Gaskin was arrested on December 30, 1989 and more stolen property was found in a search of his home. After signing a rights-waiver form, Gaskin confessed to the crimes and led the authorities to further evidence of the crime in a nearby canal. The “presents” left at Golden’s home were subsequently identified as belonging to the Sturmfels.

    Gaskin was sentenced to death in Flagler County on June 19, 1990.

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    Gaskin was denied by the US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals back on August 3, 2007.

    http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-11th-circuit/1115306.html

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    LOUIS B. GASKIN v STATE OF FLORIDA

    In today's opinions, the Florida Supreme Court DENIED Gaskin's motion to vacate two convictions of first-degree murder and two sentences of death under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851.
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    In today's United States Supreme Court orders, Gaskin's petition for writ of certiorari was DENIED.

    Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Florida
    Case Numbers: (SC15-1884)
    Decision Date: January 19, 2017
    Rehearing Denied: May 17, 2017

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....c/17-5669.html

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    Don't ask questions, just consume product and then get excited for next products.

    "They will hurt you. They will hurt your grandma, these people. The root cause of this is there's no discipline in the homes, they don't go to school, you know, they live off the government, no personal accountability, and they just beat people up for no reason, and it's disgusting." - Former Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters

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    In today's orders, the United States Supreme Court declined to review Gaskin's petition for certiorari.

    Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Florida
    Case Numbers: (SC17-2190)
    Decision Date: February 28, 2018

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....c/18-5415.html

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    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a death warrant for Louis Gaskin, setting his execution for April 12, 2023.

    https://supremecourt.flcourts.gov/Ne...-Warrant-Cases

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    DeSantis must've read my post.
    "There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche

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    I was just about to send Gov Desantis an email. He beat me to it. The Governor certainly has a different Rogues Gallery list than all of us do.

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    DeSantis must've read my post.
    Which post?

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    In the DeSantis death warrant discussion thread Mike said he wanted DeSantis to target inmates from before the 90s who aren't White.
    Don't ask questions, just consume product and then get excited for next products.

    "They will hurt you. They will hurt your grandma, these people. The root cause of this is there's no discipline in the homes, they don't go to school, you know, they live off the government, no personal accountability, and they just beat people up for no reason, and it's disgusting." - Former Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters

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