Thursday, February 16, 2012
After three decades on death row, man convicted in 1966 Greenport murder and 1980 Florida murder is put to death Wednesday night.
The decades-old story with local ties of convicted killer Robert Waterhouse has come to an end. Despite pleas to the Florida State and U.S. Supreme Courts for a stay of execution, Waterhouse, formerly of Greenport, was pronounced dead at Florida State Prison at 8:22 p.m. on Wednesday after undergoing a lethal injection procedure mandated by Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Jan. 4., according to a report from Reuters. Waterhouse, 65, was sentenced to life in 1967 for the 1966 rape-murder of 77-year-old Greenport resident Ella Carter. While out on lifetime parole in 1980, he raped and killed Deborah Kammerer in St. Petersburg, Fla., and was convicted of first-degree murder. Waterhouse had been sentenced to death for the 1980 conviction, but a 1985…
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Convicted murder Robert Waterhouse will undergo lethal injection as planned by the Florida State government at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at the Florida State Prison.
After a denial of a stay of execution from the Florida State Supreme Court and now the U.S. Supreme Court, convicted killer and former Greenport resident Robert Waterhouse will be put to death by lethal injection on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Florida State Prison as planned since Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed the order of execution — his first of the year — on Jan. 4. The U.S. Supreme Court announced the denial on Wednesday morning, according to a report from the Associated Press. Waterhouse, 65, was sentenced to life in 1967 for the 1966 rape-murder of 77-year-old Greenport resident Ella Carter. While out on lifetime parole in 1980, he raped and killed Deborah Kammerer in St. Petersburg, Fla., and was convicted of first-degree murder. …
Monday, February 13, 2012
A report from CBS Miami describes Florida Governor's execution selection process as 'incredibly secretive.'
Three days before former Greenport resident and convicted murderer Robert Waterhouse is scheduled to die by lethal injection at a Florida prison, CBS Miami published a report saying that Florida Gov. Rick Scott would not talk in detail about the process that led him to pick Waterhouse over other death row inmates whose appeals have run their course. The report includes interviews with a man who handled death row appeals for years in Florida, who said that the governor's execution selection process is "incredibly secretive." Another expert told CBS that Florida governors have rarely been forthcoming as to why they pick one inmate over others for execution. Waterhouse, 65, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Feb. 15 at 6 p.m. Scott …
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Convicted murderer Robert Waterhouse asks U.S. Supreme Court to review Florida court's decision to deny stay of execution.
Former Greenport resident Robert Waterhouse, who has spent decades on death row at Florida State Prison, was denied a stay of execution by the Florida Supreme Court this past Wednesday and is now taking his case to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a report from the Miami Herald. Waterhouse is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Feb. 15 at 6 p.m. Florida governor Rick Scott signed the order of execution — his first of the year — on Jan. 4. Waterhouse, 65, was sentenced to life in 1967 for the 1966 rape-murder of 77-year-old Greenport resident Ella Carter. While out on lifetime parole in 1980, he raped and killed Deborah Kammerer in St. Petersburg, Fla., and was convicted of first-degree murder. Waterhouse had been sentenced to death…
Friday, January 6, 2012
Florida Governor signs death warrant for Robert Waterhouse, 44 years after gruesome Greenport murder.
Former North Fork resident Robert Waterhouse, who has spent decades on death row at Florida State Prison, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Feb. 15 at 6 p.m., according to reports on sunshineslate.com and westorlandonews.com. Florida governor Rick Scott signed the order of execution — his first of the year — on Wednesday. Waterhouse, 65, was sentenced to life in 1967 for the 1966 rape-murder of 77-year-old Greenport resident Ella Carter. While out on lifetime parole in 1980, he raped and killed Deborah Kammerer in St. Petersburg, Fla., and was convicted of first-degree murder, according to the reports. Waterhouse had been sentenced to death for the 1980 conviction, but a 1985 stay of execution was issued four days before his …
barbara radich
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