State of Tennessee Executes Philip Workman
Workman was the Forth Inmate Executed Since 1960
Workman is the forth inmate executed by the state of Tennessee since 1960. Workman was injected with the deadly chemical drugs called lethal injection at approximately 1:00 AM at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.
Philip Workman, 53 was convicted in the 1981 death of officer Lt. Roland Oliver. During a robbery at a fast food restaurant, Lt. Oliver was shot, and Workman stated right to the end that the shot that killed Oliver had likely come from a fellow officer's gun.
Just hours before his execution Workman asked the high courts to halt his execution. His lawyers claimed he did not have sufficient time to challenge the new death penalty protocols. Lethal injection has been the controversy in many states because it is unclear if it is cruel and unusual and causes torture.
According to staff reporters Schrade, Wissner, and Burke, and Dorinda Carter, spokeswomen for TDCJ, Workman visited with his family friends and a spiritual adviser. He asked that his last meal be a vegetarian pizza, and that it be donated to a homeless person, but was denied his request. Workman asked that his body not be autopsied and that it be turned over to his brother. Judge Campell issued a temporary injunction ordering that his body not be autopsied until a hearing can be held on May 14, 2007 about it.
According to WKRN, Nashville Tennessee, when asked if he had a last statement, "He said, 'I have prayed to the Lord Jesus Christ not to lay charge of my death on any man.' He just lay there, looking straight up... He swallowed several times and appeared to be somewhat nervous." Oliver's family members were witnesses at the execution.
Sources: WKRN Nashville, Tenn.
The Tennessean.com
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Post a CommentAh, but Charles Manson has the possiblity of parole. Some killers actually do get released from prison. The only witness later recounted his story and forsenic evidence showed the deadly bullet did not come from his gun. Thus he was executed for a murder he did not committ. By Wes' logic then the person who hooked the man on cocaine should also be held for the death. At least the homeless people in Nashville ate well that day.
Philips body was ordered to be autopsied, despite his wishes against it because of his religion.
he states a cop probably shot him...but if he was shooting at all then he was the cause I guess for the gunfire and therefore it seems plausible that he should be held responsible regardless of the fatal bullet...meh. thanks for sharing