Niamh Shackleton
The family of one of Wade Wilson's victims has spoken out after the so-called 'Deadpool killer' was sentenced to death.
In June, Wilson was found guilty of murdering Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz in October 2019.
The two innocent women's killings were described as 'heinous, atrocious and cruel' by a judge and Wilson has since received the death penalty for his crimes yesterday (August 27).
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The 30-year-old made a chilling request afterwards, with his lawyer asking on his behalf that he's put on death row 'as soon as possible', but his date of execution is yet to be confirmed.
Following the ruling, Assistant State Attorneys Andreas Gardiner and Sara Miller explained why Wilson should be executed.
Gardiner said, as per Fox 4: "This defendant's acts warranted the death penalty, not because he killed, how he killed, but why he killed.
"He killed because he could, he killed because he wanted to, he killed because he'd already done it once, he killed because he was going to do it again."
Elsewhere Diana Ruiz's father, Felix Ruiz, promised to be at Wilson's upcoming execution.
"This is not the end. The end is when the accused takes his last breath and I will be there at the execution. That's a promise," he said.
Meanwhile Kristine Melton's cousin Samantha labeled the last five years as being 'agony'.
The unwarranted attention Wilson has received from his apparent 'fans' was also addressed yesterday, which Amira Fox, State Attorney for the 20th Judicial Circuit of Florida, criticized people for.
"It has not gone unnoticed that this defendant has been is being idolized by some people who are somehow proud to mix their name with his through public comments, fundraising for him or holding him up to be some sort of positive representation of a man, ignoring that he is nothing more than a vicious killer and about the most poor representation of a man there could ever be," Fox said, as per Newsweek.
She went on: "I've been doing this a very long time, 34 years, and I have to say that I have never seen someone as evil as Wade Wilson. And I have never been so stunned as to see some people in the community that actually think it's a good idea to support somebody that evil and monstrous."
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