Youngstown murderer of 2 put to death - killings imitated movie Meance II Society

[The Straight Story]

Youngstown murderer of 2 put to death
Man was 21, high when he killed in '94


The killings by Mark A. Brown, 37, at an Arab-owned shop imitated the movie Menace II Society.

LUCASVILLE, Ohio -- Strapped to the lethal injection table, IV tubes hooked to both arms, staring silently at the ceiling, Mark A. Brown looked nothing like the brash, loud-talking, wild-eyed young killer he emulated from the movie Menace II Society.

Those wild days came to a deadly conclusion on Jan. 28, 1994, when Brown, high on Valium, marijuana and wine, gunned down the owner and an employee of a Youngstown neighborhood market.

Brown paid the ultimate price yesterday when he was executed at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility near Lucasville. Sixteen years of litigation capped by a last-minute flurry of appeals in state and federal courts delayed but did not stop his date with death.

Brown, 37, was declared dead at 10:49 a.m. He quickly succumbed to a single, massive dose of thiopental sodium, a powerful anesthetic. The chemical started flowing into his veins about 10:40 a.m. Just a minute later, Brown closed his eyes and yawned. After that, he was silent and motionless.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/02/05/BROWN_DIES.ART_ART_02-05-10_B3_8HGGMRB.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101

[opihimoimoi]

1. Yup, he3 deserved to go...we got too many peeps wasting food air water space

Those that deserve it...should be banned from us....

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

2. Closed his eyes and yawned. That's as cruel and unusual as anything I've ever heard of.

Not really.