Martin Grossman

After years of attempts to obtain the death sentence of convicted of murder, Martin Grossman, commuted to life imprisonment in the Romanian Jewish and Catholic groups had not been able to stop the execution Tallahassee (Florida).

Grossman (45 years) died at 6:17 pm, Tuesday, February 16th by lethal injection. Convicted of killing 26-year-old) Margaret “Peggy” Park, a wildlife officer of the State.

According to representatives of Agudath Israel of America, Grossman implementation comes with great sadness. SCO has entered pleas to officials in Florida, most recently in the office of Gov. Charlie Crist, forGrossman clemency.

“Mr. Grossman death hit our community it is very difficult,” said Rabbi David Zwiebel. “He said that he was Jewish and his colleagues, so we have seen, such as brother.”

Zwiebel and other supporters, “said Grossman, the crime was not intentional and he has shown remorse for the killing. It was also Grossman had diminished mental capacity. Of Final Appeal rejected the arguments of the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Agudath Israel of America is not only religious group in the forefront of Grossman appeals for clemency. Representatives of the Vatican also send requests to the state of Florida and hopes that the State would reduceGrossman sentence to life.

Grossman, 19 at the time of the crime, and was shooting a stolen gun Park when they tried to arrest him. Said Rafic beat the officer, before shooting them to death with the gun.Grossman was also under surveillance for a burglary and grand theft.

Grossman, who expressed remorse for the family garden before his execution, he spent his last days with a rabbi and her aunt and friends. His sister and his mother and his brother were present when he died.

Martin Grossman