There used to be a law in Texas called, "Needs Killing." it's simple...you go before the judge and say, "Your Honor, that despicable ass needed killin'." It was a valid law for many years and may still be on the books.
I place of that, Florida has a Sheriff with brains and common sense. This is an old case and starts with a tragedy and ends well.
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2006545,00.html
Miami - A fugitive gunman accused of killing a Florida sheriff's deputy was shot 68 times by SWAT team officers who found him hiding in the woods, according to post-mortem results.
Police fired 110 shots at Angilo Freeland, 27, the target of a massive manhunt in central Florida after the fatal shooting of Polk county sheriff's deputy Matt Williams on Thursday.
"That's all the bullets we had, or we would have shot him more," said Polk county sheriff Grady Judd to the Orlando Sentinel newspaper.
Judd said Williams was "executed" after Freeland was pulled over in a routine traffic stop on Thursday. Another deputy was wounded and a police dog killed.
Williams, 39, was shot eight times - one bullet fired at close range behind the deputy's right ear and another in his right temple, according to post-mortem results released on Saturday by the sheriff's office.
Sheriff's officials said SWAT team members found Freeland on Friday hiding under a fallen oak tree in a wooded area near where the deputies were shot and began firing when they saw a gun in his hand.
- Reuters
http://www.snopes.com/crime/cops/judd.asp
