Arizona secretly refurbishes its GAS CHAMBER for death row inmates and will execute them with same pesticide Nazis used to kill 865,000 Jews at Auschwitz
Records show the state began quietly restoring the chamber in the state prison in Florence, southeast of Phoenix, last year
Officials also bought up materials needed to manufacture hydrogen cyanide gas
That is the same pesticide the Nazis used to murder more than 865,000 Jews at Auschwitz, sparking fury from anti-capital punishment campaigners
No one has been executed by gas chamber in Arizona - or nationwide - in more than two decades when killer Walter LaGrand was put to death in 1999
Order comes on heels of gym owner arrests in Broward
DeSantis broke the news in the context of two Broward County gym owners who had been arrested at least three times and charged with misdemeanors after allowing patrons to work out without masks in violation of Broward s mask mandate.
The state s Board of Executive Clemency includes DeSantis, state CFO Jimmy Patronis and Attorney General Ashley Moody, all Republicans. The other member is Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, a Democrat who is expected to challenge DeSantis bid for reelection next year.
The governor needs only two additional votes to grant a pardon, which unconditionally releases a person from punishment and forgives guilt for any Florida convictions, according to the state s clemency rules.
Have mercy For the past decade, felons in Florida have had to wait at least five years after being released from prison before becoming eligible to have their civil rights restored. But last week DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet, acting as the Board of Executive Clemency, did away with the waiting periods, opening the door for so-called returning citizens to have their rights restored and possibly wiping out a backlog of thousands of other cases awaiting review. The revamped clemency rules also establish an expedited process for felons who have paid all of the legal financial obligations related to their crimes.