SLOUCHED
SLOUCHED DOWN....THAT 4@HAPPEND TWICETONIGHT -- THE MAN 4@ CONVICTED OF RAPING AND
MURDERING 23-YEAR-OLD LEE
STANDIFER WAS EXECUTED -- MORE
THAN 4@37 YEARS AFTER HER DEATH.
HER KILLER -- DAVID EARL
MILLER -- DIED BY ELECTRIC
CHAIR.
4@
MILLER -- DIED BY ELECTRIC CHAIR. LEE STANDIFER MET 224@-YEAR-OLD
DAVID MILLER IN MAY 1981.HE
LATER CONFESSED ON-TAPE TO
KILLING HER.IN 1982 -- A JURY
CONVICTED MILLER IN HER DEATH
AND SENTENCED 4@HIM J TO DIE BY
THE ELECTRIC CHAIR.4@THE DEATH
SENTENCE WAS OVERTURNED A
COUPLE YEARS LATER.IN 1987 --
A JURY AGAIN SAID HE SHOULD
DIE.
SINCE THEN -- HIS CASE HAS
GONE THROUGH EVERY APPEAL.4@
MILLER WAS FINALLY EXECUTED
TONIGHT AND PROUNOUNCED DEAD
AT 8:25.4@WITNESSES SAY HIS
FINAL WORDS WERE "BEATS BEING
ON DEATH ROW."
4@
FINAL WORDS WERE "BEATS BEING ON DEATH ROW." WBIR 10NEWS ANCHOR BRANDON
BATES HAS BEEN COVERING THE
SCHEDULED EXECUTION ALL DAY.HE
JOINS US NOW LIVE IN NASHVILLE.
BRANDON?
4@
JOINS US NOW LIVE IN NASHVILLE. BRANDON? ROBIN AND BETH,WE'RE JUST DOWN
THE STREET NOW FROM THE
RIVERBEND MAXIMUM SECURITY
COMPLEX.4@THAT'S WHERE DAVID
EARL MILLER DIED BY ELECTRIC
CHAIR TONIGHT.MILLER WAS
PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 8:25.4@
WITNESSES SAY THE 4@BLINDS WERE
RAISED IN 4@THE CHAMBER AT 8:12.
AT 8:15 -- THE ELECTRICAL
4@4@
CABLE 4@4@
CABLE WAS 4@4@
CABLE WAS CONNECTED 4@4@
CABLE WAS CONNECTED TO 4@4@
CABLE WAS CONNECTED TO THE 4@4@ ELECTRIC CHAIR.AT 8:16 -- THE FIRS4@T JOLT OF CURRENT WAS SEN
AND THEN A SECOND.AT 8:22 --
THEY LOWERED 4@THE BLINDS.A
VOICE ANNOUNCED THE TIME OF
DEATH AS 8:25.
WBIR 10NEWS MARC 4@SA4@LLINGER
OF 7 MEDIA WITNESSES.MARC --
COULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE EXECUTION
CHAMBER.
4@
HAPPENED IN THE EXECUTION CHAMBER. BACK HERE LIVE IN NASHVILLE
DOWN THE 4@STREET FROM WHERE TH
EXECUTION TOOK PLACE...4@DAVID
EARL MILLER OFFICIALLY DIED AT
8:25.
WHEN DAVID MILLER DIED IN THE
ELECTRIC CHAIR IN NASHVILLE...
THE FAMILY OF HIS VICTIM...
23-YEAR-OLD LEE STANDIFER WA4@S
NOT THERE.4@4@BUT LEE'S MOTHER.
HELEN STANDIFER... AGREED TO
TALK TO US ON 4@THE PHONE FROM
HER
4@
HOME @
HOME IN
HOME IN ARIZONA... AND SENT THESE PICTURES OF LEE.4@DOCTORS DIAGNOSED LEE WITH DIFFUSE
BRAIN 4@DAMAGE WHEN SHE WAS A
CHILD.WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION --
SHE GRADUATED FROM 4@FARRAGUT
HIGH SCHOOL.HELEN STANDIFER
SAYS 4@SHE WANTS TO WORLD TO
REMEMBER LEE'S DEATH -- 4@BUT
ALSO HER
4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@
4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@
"SHE @4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@
"SHE WAS @4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@
"SHE WAS A @4@4@4@4@4@4@4@
"SHE WAS A VERY 4@4@4@4@4@
"SHE WAS A VERY VIBRANT 4@
"SHE WAS A VERY VIBRANT PERSON AND JUST DIDN'T GET A CH4@ANCE TO SEE WHAT HER LIFE WOULD 4@
HOLD, WHAT SHE COULD BE AND
AGAIN
AGAIN --
AGAIN -- STANDIFER'S FAMILY DID NOT ATTEND THE EXECUTION TONIGHT.
AGAIN -- DAVID EARL 4@MILLER
DIED BY ELECTRIC CHAIR TONIGHT.@
HE WAS PRONOUNED DEAD AT 8:25.
WRAP AD LIB
4@
THANKS,
THANKS, BRANDO4@N.4@ 4@
THANKS, BRANDO4@N.4@ @
THANKS, BRANDO4@N.4@ 4@ BEFORE THE EXECUTION... PROTESTERS GATHERED IN
DOWNTOWN KNOXVILLE... TO VOICE
THEIR OPPOSITION. THE
GROUP BELIEVES THE STATE OF
TENNESSEE SHOULD SENTENCE
DEATH ROW INMATES TO LIFE IN
PRISON... INSTEAD OF
PERFORMING EXECUTIONS.4@
WE DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS THE
RIGHT TO TAKE A LIFE AND WE DO
NOT WISH THE STATE TO BE DOING
IT IN OUR NAME.4@ SIMILAR
VIGILS ALSO TOOK PLACE IN
NASHVILLE, MEMPHIS AND
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
RIGHT NOW ONLINE -- YOU CAN
FIND THE DATES FOR THE
UPCOMING EXECUTIONS.YOU CAN
ALSO READ MORE ABOUT VICTIM
LEE STANDIFER AND HEAR4@ MORE O
THE INTERVIEW WITH HER MOTHER.
THAT'S ALL AT WBIR DOT COM.
TURNING NOW