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More on Florida's Execution of Martin Grossman

By Steve Hall

Nochum Kurinsky writes the commentary, "The Day I Watched a Man Die," at Yeshiva World News.  Here's an extended excerpt"Today I watched a man die.The call came in  at about 2:00 pm. ?Can you be with Mr. Martin Grossman during his execution?? How can you say no? How can you say yes? What can you say? After speaking to my wife, I decided to go. I made a few phone calls and found a companion for the road and off we went. Along the way, another friend offered to join and the three of us departed down the I95 to the I10 to be with Mr. Grossman. A little background.A few months ago Rabbi Mendy Katz from Aleph sent out an email to the local Chabad. Rabbis.  In it was a very simple request. Due to the financial downturn Aleph could no longer afford to send Yeshiva students to all the prisons in Florida...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 18, 2010 (boomark / email).