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ANGEL N. DIAZ STATEMENT
BY SOL OTERO
I AM THE NIECE OF ANGEL DIAZ

  • I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF WITH MY UNCLE’S VERY POWERFUL FINAL WORDS :

    ” THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS COMMITTING A CRIME, BECAUSE I AM AN INNOCENT MAN. THE DEATH PENALTY IS NOT ONLY A FORM OF VENGEANCE, BUT ALSO A COWARDLY ACT BY HUMANS. I’M SORRY FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY FAMILY WHO HAVE BEEN PUT THROUGH THIS”

  • I FEEL THAT IN ORDER TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION FOR LETHAL INJECTION AND WHAT WENT WRONG ON DEC. 13TH ALL ASPECTS OF SUCH A LEGAL HOMICIDE SHOULD BE OF IMPORTANCE FOR THE END RESULTS OF YOUR REPORT. I AM NOT ONLY SPEAKING OF THE PROTOCOL OR THE DESIGN OF THE EXECUTION ROOM.

    I AM SPEAKING ABOUT THE HUMAN BEING THAT IS LAYED OUT IN THAT GURNEY.

  • ANGEL N. DIAZ, WAS A HUMAN BEING THAT INSPIRED LOVE AND RESPECT BY ONLY MEETING HIM. THESE ARE DIRECT WORDS FROM INMATES AND OFFICERS AT FSP AND UCI.

  • ANGEL N. DIAZ SAID “ BEING INNOCENT, LOOSING MY FREEDOM, AND LIVING IN THESE CONDITIONS IS LIKE BEING BURIED ALIVE. THE BIGGEST HELL IS THE HELL YOU LIVE IN HERE”

  • ANGEL N. DIAZ, WAS A HUMAN BEING MORE CONCERNED ABOUT OTHERS THAN HIMSELF. HE PREDICTED PRIOR TO HIS DEATH THAT HE WOULD BE TORTURED IN THAT GURNEY. BECAUSE HE INFORMED US OF IT MONTHS BEFORE HIS WARRANT WAS SIGNED.

  • WARDEN BRYANT TOLD YOU THAT MY UNCLE COULD HAVE SCREAMED OR CRIED OR YELLED AND BECAUSED HE DID NOT, THEN HE WAS NOT TORTURED. MY UNCLE WAS A LATIN MAN. HE WAS THE 1ST PUERTO RICAN EXECUTED. KNOWING HIM AS WELL AS WE DID, HE WOULD HAVE TRIED TO GET THEIR ATTENTION AND EXPRESS WHAT HE WAS FEELING, VERBALLY.

  • BUT AS WE KNOW THERE WAS NOT ONE SPANISH SPEAKING PERSON IN THAT CHAMBER.

  • AND THIS IS NOT EXCLUDING THE FACT THAT HE MAY HAVE BEEN PARALYZED, LIKE IN MRS. CAROL WEIHLER’S CASE. WHICH TILL THIS DAY WE DO NOT KNOW SINCE THERE IS NO FACTUAL EVIDENCE OR MONITORING ON HOW THE CHEMICALS WERE FLOWING IN HIS BODY.

  • MY UNCLE HAD BEEN TAUNTED FOR WEEKS BY GUARDS TELLING HIM THAT IT WAS GOING TO HURT AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO CRY. HE WOULD NEVER HAVE GIVEN THEM THE SATISFACTION. MY UNCLE SAID THAT GUARDS HAD TOLD HIM THAT HIS FAMILY WOULD BE SCREAMING AND CRYING IN AGONY KNOWING HE WAS BEING KILLED.

  • THIS IS WHY HE REQUESTED THAT WE SHOWED NO EMOTION ONCE WE LEFT, SO THAT IT WOULD NOT GO BACK TO HIM. WE OFCOURSE COULD NOT CONTROL THE PAIN WE WERE FEELING, SPECIALLY WHILE SEEING SOME GUARDS AND WARDENS, SMILING AND LAUGHING AND ENJOYING WHAT WAS GOING ON. IT SEEMS LIKE A DAY OF CELEBRATION OR A FESTIVE EVENT FOR THOSE WORKING AT THE PRISON THAT DAY. THAT OFCOURSE CONFIRMED WHAT MY UNCLE HAD TOLD US THAT MORNING.

  • I REPEAT, MY UNCLE WAS A LATIN MAN, HIS FAMILY CAME FIRST. TO PROTECT US, HE WENT TO HIS DEATH LIKE A SOLDIER WITH DIGNITY.

  • I HAVE BEEN STRESSING HUMAN BEING, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT HE WAS AND HE WAS A WONDERFUL ONE. THIS CRUEL AND UNJUST PUNISHMENT THAT TOOK PLACE ON DEC. 13, 2006, “BECAUSE THAT IS THE KINDEST WAY I CAN CALL THE CRUCIFIXION, MY UNCLE UNDERWENT IN THAT GURNEY” IT DID NOT ONLY AFFECT HIM, IT AFFECTED AN ENTIRE FAMILY, A VERY LARGE GROUP OF FRIENDS, AND AN ENTIRE ISLAND, PUERTO RICO.

  • THE ENTIRE PROCESS, FROM THE DAY THE WARRANT WAS SIGNED TO THAT HORRIBLE EVENING, HAS CAUSED THE LOSS OF 2 VERY GOOD FRIENDS and THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL STABILITY OF MANY OF OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

  • IF THIS IS NOT ENOUGH, TO THIS DAY I PRAY FOR ALL THOSE WORKING IN YOUR FACILITIES THAT HAVE TO UNDERGO THESE TYPE OF PROCEEDINGS. YOU, THE GOVERNMENT ARE ALSO AFFECTING THE EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL STABILITY OF YOUR DIRECT EMPLOYEES IN THOSE FACILITIES.

  • YOU ARE PROMOTING DEATH, YOU ARE PROMOTING THEIR MENTAL DISABILITIES, AND WITH THIS YOU ARE TELLING THEM IT IS OK TO TORTURE THESE HUMAN BEINGS. AND BELIEVE ME THAT IS WHAT MANY OF THEM DO. AND THEY FEAR NO ONE SINCE THEY ARE PROTECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT, EXAMPLE THE CASE OF: ANGEL DIAZ, MY UNCLE AND THE SUFFERING HE WENT THROUGH THE LAST 34 MINUTES OF HIS LIFE ON EARTH.

  • OUR DOCTORS AND MEDICAL ASSISTANTS, YOU ARE PROMOTING THEM TO GO AGAINST THEIR PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND PRINCIPLES TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE EXECUTIONS.

  • THOSE THAT HAVE A MALPRACTICE, NO LONGER WANT TO HELP OTHERS HEAL, ARE NOT ACCEPTED IN OTHER FACILITIES. EXAMPLE, MR. MATHEWS, A PHYSICIANS ASSISTANT, CALLED A “DOCTOR” INSIDE THE PRISON, AND WORKING 26 YEARS FOR FSP.

  • YOU ARE TELLING ALL THOSE REJECTS “THE ONE PLACE TO APPLY AND WORK FOR IS DEFINITELY FLORIDA’S CORRECTION FACILITY, BECAUSE WE, THE GOVERNMENT WILL PROTECT YOU. EXAMPLE THE CASE OF: ANGEL DIAZ, MY UNCLE AND THE SUFFERING HE WENT THROUGH THE LAST 34 MINUTES OF HIS LIFE ON EARTH.

  • AND FOR THOSE GOOD HEARTED ONE’S IN THERE, AND WE DEFINITELY MET A COUPLE, I’M SURE CANNOT SLEEP AT NIGHT FROM BEING FORCED TO BE A PARTICIPANT OF SUCH A BARBARIC ACT.

  • ONCE AGAIN I ASK THAT YOU LOOK AT ALL ASPECTS OF THIS HORRIFIC ACT OF VENGEANCE AGAINST HUMAN BEINGS AND TRY TO GET MORE OUT OF YOUR WITNESSES.

  • AND ONCE AGAIN I READ TO YOU THE FINAL WORDS OF MY UNCLE, ANGEL N. DIAZ:

    ” THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS COMMITTING A CRIME, BECAUSE I AM AN INNOCENT MAN. THE DEATH PENALTY IS NOT ONLY A FORM OF VENGEANCE, BUT ALSO A COWARDLY ACT BY HUMANS. I’M SORRY FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY FAMILY WHO HAVE BEEN PUT THROUGH THIS”

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