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| | State Prepares to Execute Inmate Who Killed to Receive Death Penalty - from TBO.com |
 | | Blackwelder is scheduled to die on the 25th anniversary of the execution of John Spenkelink, the first Florida inmate and the second in the country to be executed after the Supreme Court made states redo their death penalty laws. |
 | | After a visit from his sister, Jean Gardner of Okechobee, on Tuesday morning, Blackwelder was to be served a final meal of pizza, with cheese, onions, green peppers, ground beef and mushrooms, plus a salad and Coke. |
 | | Court records show he lured Wigley into his cell with the promise of a sex act, tied Wigley to the bed and strangled him as he begged for mercy. |
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