On May 10, 1994, Gacy was executed in the State Penitentiary in Joliet, Illinois, by lethal injection, after finishing his last meal consisting of shrimp, fried chicken, fresh strawberries, and then fries. His execution was a minor media sensation, and large crowds of people gathered for "execution parties" outside the penitentiary, with numerous arrests for public intoxication, open intoxicants and disorderly conduct. In an unusual display of gallows humor, the so-called "Gacy's Day Parade" (a parody of the "Macy's Day Parade") ensued. Vendors sold T-shirts and Gacy merchandise, and the people cheered at the moment when Gacy was pronounced dead.
It's really very epic and heart warming. Like the end of Fantasy novel, in which people celebrate the slaying of a monster.
They also say there was a complication regarding his execution, and that it took him twenty-seven minutes to die.
All of this is in reference to John Wayne Gacy (the famous serial killer).
2006-07-01
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