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Ex-police officer scheduled to be executed in Fla. for murder of 9 in late '80s

By: The Associated Press

Posted: 12/11/2012 3:03 AM | Comments: 0 | Last Modified: 12/11/2012 5:37 AM

In a March 1988 photo Manuel Pardo, left, confers with his lawyer during his murder trial in March of 1988. Pardo, 56, is scheduled to be executed Tuesday night Dec. 11, 2012, at Florida State Prison in Starke barring a last-minute stay, fulfilling a request he made to jurors at his 1988 trial. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald) MAGS OUT NO SALES

STARKE, Fla. - A former Florida police officer is scheduled to be executed for the murder of nine people 26 years ago.

The execution by lethal injection for 56-year-old Manuel Pardo is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday at Florida State Prison in Starke. U.S. Judge Timothy Corrigan denied Pardo's request for a stay on Monday.

Officials said most of Pardo's victims were involved with drugs. Pardo contended that he was doing the world a favour by killing them in 1986.

Pardo's attorneys are trying to block his execution. They are arguing in federal appeals court that he is mentally ill, something his trial attorney believed more than two decades ago.

Pardo was dubbed the "Death Row Romeo" after he corresponded with dozens of women and persuaded many to send him money.

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