Most of the time, media stories about death row inmates getting executed for the crimes they were convicted of committing are of the run-of-the-mill variety and don’t get much attention beyond what local outlets report.
But in the case of Florida death row inmate Donald Dillbeck, things went a little differently after the twice-convicted murderer used his final words to blast Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
According to the Tallahassee Democrat, 32 years prior to Dillbeck’s last moments he was sentenced to death row after being convicted of murdering a woman who he carjacked after he got tired of serving a life sentence for another murder and escaped:
It had been 32 years since Dillbeck was sentenced to death, and [Faye Lamb Vann] wasn’t his only victim. At the time of her murder, Dillbeck had escaped from a work-release catering job in Gadsden County, where he was serving a life sentence for killing Lee County Deputy Dwight Lynn Hall, 31.
The lede in the story was about how Dillbeck’s last words were to tell DeSantis, who last month signed his death warrant, to “suck our d**ks“:
“I know I hurt people when I was young. I really messed up. But I know Ron DeSantis has done a lot worse. He’s taken a lot from a lot of people. I speak for all men, women and children. He’s put his foot on our necks. Ron DeSantis and other people like him can suck our d**ks.”
On Twitter—just like in the story—the reporter who wrote the article, Kathryn Varn, made the reaction of victim Faye Lamb Vann’s family on Dillbeck’s execution secondary to what he had to say about DeSantis:
The reporter later tried to defend herself by declaring it was the media’s duty to report on the final words of someone who the state is about to execute:
While that may be the case, should their final words be the focal point of the story or their crimes and the victim’s family’s reaction?
I think we all know the answer to that question, at least in the eyes of the mainstream press:
Quite simply put, DeSantis Derangement Syndrome has struck again in the media because these people simply cannot help themselves.
— Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via Twitter. —
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