Bordeaux Prison original Press Photograph from 1952Convict caused fire Smoke pours skyward from Bordeaux Prison in Montreal after rioting convicts set fire to it.
Gary Whitton was sentenced to die in Florida's electric chair
for the October 9, 1990 beating and slaying of a friend to death, James Mauldin (“Jimmy”), a fellow alcoholic, in a fight that left a
motel room covered with blood. The men fought for more than 30
minutes at a motel after Jimmy had gone on a drinking binge.
Gary
delivered massive blowsto Jimmy's head and neck
“that would have brought down a drunk elephant”.