INVERNESS -- Apparently John Couey isn't the only one anticipating the death sentence.
State prison officials began this week making plans to house the notorious inmate on death row. If he gets the death penalty, an official for the Department of Corrections told the St. Petersburg Times that Couey would likely be housed at Florida State Prison in Starke away from most other death row inmates.
The vast majority -- 345 of 381 -- of those awaiting death are housed at nearby Union Correctional Institution in Raiford. Officials said the decision on where to put Couey is based on available bed space. But safety concerns are also on their minds. Legal experts believe Couey could be in real danger because child molesters are considered at the lowest of the low among prisoners.
Considering all death row inmates committed notorious crimes, extra precautions are rare, said Gretel Plessinger, a spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections. But she added, "we're not going to put him in a position to be harmed."
-- John Frank, Times staff writer
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That is the best decision this guy deserves. Get rid of him.
Of course, it will take years before it's actually done, but if it was possible I wouldn't mind paying the state whatever amount to get rid of this scum as soon as possible.
CobraJ
Posted by: CobraJ | August 24, 2007 at 04:15 PM