A Florida death row inmate used his last words to insult Governor Ron DeSantis.
"He's taken a lot from a lot of people," Donald Dillbeck said before he was executed.
Dillbeck was sentenced to death after he was convicted in the fatal stabbing of a woman.
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A Florida death row inmate and convicted killer used his last words before he was executed to insult Governor Ron DeSantis, saying the Republican politician has "done a lot worse" than he has in life.
Donald Dillbeck, 59, was executed by lethal injection on Thursday just after 6 p.m. local time at Bradford County's Florida State Prison, making the execution the first in the state since August 2019.
"I know I hurt people when I was young. I really messed up," Dillbeck said in his last words before he met his end, according to the Tallahassee Democrat.
Dillbeck continued, "But I know Ron DeSantis has done a lot worse. He's taken a lot from a lot of people. I speak for all men, women, and children. He's put his foot on our necks," the news outlet reported.
"Ron DeSantis and other people like him can suck our dicks," Dillbeck added, according to The Daily Beast.
A rep for DeSantis did not immediately respond to a request for comment by Insider on Friday.
Dillbeck was sentenced to death after he was convicted in the 1990 fatal stabbing of 44-year-old Faye Lamb Vann in a Tallahassee mall parking lot.
Prosecutors said at the time that Dillbeck killed Vann during an attempted carjacking after he escaped from prison while serving a life sentence for the 1979 killing of 31-year-old Lee County Deputy Dwight Lynn Hall.
DeSantis signed Dillbeck's death warrant last month. The execution of Dillbeck was the third execution in Florida under DeSantis.
Vann's children, Tony and Laura Vann, said in a statement after the execution Dillbeck "robbed" them of time with their mother.
"11,932 days ago, Donald Dillbeck brutally killed our Mother. We were robbed of years of memories with her, and it has been very painful ever since," the family said in the statement, according to the Associated Press.
Vann's children said they were "grateful" to DeSantis for carrying out the execution and explained that it has "given us some closure."
For his last meal, Dillbeck indulged in fried shrimp, mushrooms, onion rings, butter pecan ice cream, pecan pie, and a chocolate bar, according to the Tallahassee Democrat.
DeSantis announced his agenda for his second term in January, in which he wants to make it easier for convicted criminals to be sentenced to death.
Currently, Florida requires a jury to be unanimous to hand down a death penalty, but, according to his new proposal, DeSantis wants a supermajority in a jury to be able to invoke the death penalty in a case.
eggsarecoolin on February 25th, 2023 at 06:54 UTC »
Probably too busy sucking dicks.
bsurfn2day on February 25th, 2023 at 00:30 UTC »
People who kill with the stroke of a pen seldom meet justice.
Peasant_Stockholder on February 25th, 2023 at 00:17 UTC »
"I know I hurt people when I was young. I really messed up," Dillbeck said. Dillbeck continued, "But I know Ron DeSantis has done a lot worse. He's taken a lot from a lot of people. I speak for all men, women, and children. He's put his foot on our necks," the news outlet reported.
"Ron DeSantis and other people like him can suck our dicks,"