QUOTE
1: During a press conference just after 10 p.m., Dawn Marie Garvin's
mother, Betty, said Oken "has been brought to justice." "It has been a long 17-year rollercoaster ride. My
family has been put through hell in the past 17 years," Betty
Romano said. "This past two weeks has been the
worst two weeks since we lost Dawn." She thanked God, family
members, the state attorney general and the U.S. Supreme Court.
She also thanked the governor for his unwavering
support. "From the bottom of my heart, I want to
thank that man [Ehrlich] very much because he stuck to his word. He kept his
word. He didn't wimp out at the last minute. He's a very strong man and I don't
have any problems supporting him in the future, ever," Mrs. Romano
said.
QUOTE 2: At one point during the
execution, Oken's toe twitched a "mile a minute," Mrs. Romano said.
She said she saw little else, commenting that her view of the inmate was his
toes and his stomach. "He was aware until he got
that first shot," she said. "I could
tell by the reaction of his body." Garvin's brother, Fred A.
Romano, said justice has been served. He said the families of the victims are
elated, and it's time to move on.
Asked whether Oken's death would bring any healing
to his family, Fred Romano said: "It started at
9:18. The burden's been lifted. Oken is dead."
AUTHOR:
Family members of Dawn Marie Garvin who was
murdered by Steven Oken on 1 November 1987. He was executed by the state of
Maryland on 17 June 2004.
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