Opponents of the death penalty will hold a candlelight vigil for death row inmate Donald Beaty at the State Capitol in downtown Phoenix on Tuesday.
The vigil, sponsored by PAX Christi, a Catholic peace organization, will begin at 6 p.m. on the Senate Lawn of the State Capitol complex on 17th Avenue between Adams and Jefferson streets.
Beaty, 56, who has been on death row since July, 1985 for the 1984 death of 13-year-old Christy Fornoff of Tempe, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 10 a.m. Wednesday. On May 9, 1984, Beaty sexually assaulted and suffocated Fornoff, a Connolly Middle School seventh-grader, who was collecting subscription payments on her Phoenix Gazette newspaper route at the Rock Hill Apartments in Tempe that evening. Beaty kept the girl's body in his apartment for two days before telling police he found it behind a Dumpster at the complex.
Various members of groups opposing the death penalty will speak during the vigil, including representatives of the Arizona Death Penalty Forum.
Dale Whiting posted at 8:00 pm on Fri, May 20, 2011.
How long has this man been in jail? Perhaps we need some sort of new SEAL Team. The cost savings could be immence.
devils66 posted at 9:35 pm on Fri, May 20, 2011.
So these people that want to hold these precious vigils, I wounder if this poor girl would have been their own daughter, or loved one or a good friends loved one how would they feel about the way this piece of garbage brutually ended her life. Did they hold a vigil for her after this happened??? I'm so thankful for the death penalty!!!
paul420phx posted at 10:37 am on Sat, May 21, 2011.
You have got to be kidding me! This waste of oxygen should have been put down long ago. I can't imagine the heartache of the victim's family when they hear of this nonsense. A "person" who is capable of such heinous acts can never be rehabilitated, and why should taxpayer's support this scumb@g? The real tragedy is that it's taken 26 years to finally give this guy what he deserves! I'm sure his death will be a lot more peaceful than that innocent girl he murdered for his own twisted gratification!
Thank God that AZ has the death penalty. Let's just work on speeding up the process and quit wasting our money and time on those who are beyond redemption.
Slabside posted at 2:25 pm on Sat, May 21, 2011.
"How long has this man been in jail? Perhaps we need some sort of new SEAL Team. The cost savings could be immence."
can remember months ago posting the same type of comment though mine was more to the point (something like putting a 5.56 in the loser's forehead) and I was condemned by this poster for being some sort of gun loving killer.
CAN WE ALL SAY HYPOCRITE?!!!