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150: The Death Penalty as a Means of Suicide - October 10 2019 - Today in True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2019

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com The death penalty is one of the most hotly debated topics amongst people. It sparks major controversy and many an argument. One of these arguments that often gets brought up, is the use of an execution paid for by the state being used as assisted suicide. On October 10th 1954 a man named Newton Carlton Slawson was born. He would go on to commit a crime that he was tried and put to death for. And his lack of appeal and fight for stay of execution sparked the argument of assisted suicide amongst Florida lawmakers. Newton Carlton Slawson Born (1954) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

The death penalty found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:05.4

The weird is described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

0:09.0

The death penalty is one of the most hotly debated topics amongst people.

0:15.2

It sparks major controversy and many an argument.

0:18.8

One of these arguments that often gets brought up

0:21.1

is the use of an execution paid for by the state

0:24.3

being used as an assisted suicide.

0:27.2

On October 10, 1954,

0:30.0

a man named Newton-Carlton-Slaussen was born.

0:33.3

He would go on to commit a crime

0:35.1

that he was tried and put to death for.

0:38.0

And his lack of appeal and fight for stay of execution sparked the argument of assisted suicide amongst Florida lawmakers.

0:46.9

So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:56.7

As a child, Newton-Carlton-Slaussen suffered from severe head injury and began having seizures.

1:03.8

He began abusing both drugs and alcohol and lived a very solitary life.

1:09.0

At some point, Slossom moved to Hillsborough County, Florida, and began working at a compost

1:14.1

company as a forklift driver.

1:16.5

This is where he met Gerald Wood.

1:18.7

On April 11, 1989, Slosson went to Gerald's home, where he lived with his eight-and-a-half-month

1:25.2

pregnant wife, Peggy, their four-year-old daughter, Jennifer, and their three-year-old son, Glendon.

1:31.4

It isn't clear the reason he went to the casual work acquaintances home.

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