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Cop turned serial killer who preyed on 'scum of the earth' is denied appeal and set to be executed next week
By DANIEL MILLER
PUBLISHED: 09:46, 5 December 2012
With reader comments
- Manuel Pardo, 56, ripped-off drug dealers before killing anyone who could implicate him
- Later dubbed the 'Death Row Romeo' after scamming vulnerable women out of thousands of dollars
- Florida Supreme Court denies claims he was insane at the time of the murders
An ex-cop, languishing on death row for a string of murders committed during the 1980s, is set to be executed next week after his latest appeal was denied. Manuel Pardo, 56, and his partner Rolando Garcia committed nine murders as they ripped-off drug dealers before killing anyone capable of implicating them in the crimes. At his trial in 1988, Pardo went against the advice of his lawyers and confessed saying his victims were drug dealers who 'have no right to live' and that he was ridding the streets of the 'scum of the earth'.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...d-scum-earth-denied-appeal-executed-week.html
