Summary

Convicted murderer Gerald Stano becomes the first to die in Florida's electric chair in nearly a year.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 136337
Story Slug Stano Execution
Location Starke, Florida
Format Pkg
Date 3/23/1998
Archive Time 26:32
TRT 1:24
Supers STARKE/FLORIDA BONNIE PLASSIG/PROTESTOR RAYMOND NEAL/WITNESSED EXECUTION JOHN MAHER/WITNESSED EXECUTION
Video Description Shot of the Department to Correction, SOT of female, shot of the prisoner, shot of the hearst, SOT of male, shot of the prisoner, shot of the relatives hugging and crying, SOT of male, SOT of male, shot of the hearse.
Description Convicted murderer Gerald Stano becomes the first to die in Florida's electric chair in nearly a year.
Script LEAD: GERALD STANO-- ONE OF FLORIDA'S MOST NOTORIOUS SERIAL KILLERS HAS FINALLY BEEN PUT TO DEATH. AFTER SPENDING MORE THAN A DECADE ON FLORIDA'S DEATH ROW...STANO WAS EXECUTED THIS MORNING. IT WAS CONSIDERED THE ULTIMATE TEST FOR FLORIDA'S ELECTRIC CHAIR. JACKIE KEENUM REPORTS. SCRIPT:
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