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b'Episode 223:\\xa0On Friday, February 20, 1976, while on vacation in Florida OPP Corporal Donald R. Irwin, 39, a father of three from Kitchener, Ontario, went on a ride along with his good friend Florida State Trooper, Philip Black, also 39-years-old. Irwin was in civilian clothing and unarmed. At around 7:15 a.m. they checked an old Camaro parked in a rest area on I-95, north of Pompano Beach, Florida. Moments later, both officers were dead, and the five people who\\u2019d been in the Camaro had fled in Black\\u2019s cruiser.\\xa0\\nWalter Norman Rhodes Jr., 26, 29-year-old, Jesse Joseph Tafero, Sonia \\u201cSunny\\u201d Jacobs, 28, Tafero\\u2019s wife and two children, Jacobs\\u2019 9-year-old son, Eric, and the couple\\u2019s 10-month-old daughter, Christina, were apprehended at a road block after having kidnapped another man, and stolen his Cadillac from a retirement home after abandoning Black\\u2019s cruiser. Rhodes\\u2019 life was spared as he pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against the other two. Jacobs and Tafero were both sentenced to die in Florida\\u2019s electric chair, but was justice really served. The case eventually unravelled but not before Tafero had his date with Old Sparky in 1990.\\n\\nPromo: Podcast by Proxy\\n\\nSources:\\n21 Feb 1976, Page 1 - Fort Lauderdale News at Newspapers.com\\nKiller of 2 Police Officers Executed in Florida - The New York Times\\nOntario Police Memorial Foundation \\u2014 Donald R. Irwin\\nFHP MEMORIAL \\u2014 Phillip A. Black (1936-1976)\\nIn the Blink of an Eye - Essay\\nhttps://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/i-had-nothing-the-world-i-left-no-longer-existed\\nJesse Tafero - Case Chart - Grassroots Investigation Project by Claudia Whitman Sponsored by Equal Justice USA\\nJesse Tafero - Case Summary - Innocence Project by Claudia Whitman sponsored by Equal Justice USA\\nJesse Tafero - Wikipedia\\nExoneree, Center on Wrongful Convictions: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law\\nTafero v. State, 223 So. 2d 564 | Casetext Search + Citator\\nJesse Tafero | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers\\nJesse Tafero - Wikipedia\\nJessie Joseph Tafero, Petitioner-appellant, v. Louie L. Wainwright, Respondent-appellee, 796 F.2d 1314 (11th Cir. 1986) :: Justia\\nHome - The Sunny Center\\nThe Joys of Forgiveness on Death Row | Sunny Jacobs | TEDxGalway \\u2014 YouTube\\n\\u2018Exonerated\\u2019 blurs facts about death penalty case\\nFormer death row couple: \\u2018Life turned out beautifully\\u2019 | Family | The Guardian\\nTIPS LEAD TO CAPTURE OF PAROLED MURDERER \\u2013 Sun Sentinel\\nFugitive\\u2019s prosthetic leg gives him away | The Seattle Times\\nWALTER RHODES JR v. HARDEE CI WARDEN FLORIDA PAROLE COMMISSION SECRETARY FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS | FindLaw\\nRhodes v. Fla. Parole Comm\\u2019n, CASE NO. 8:13-cv-1424-T-36AEP | Casetext Search + Citator\\nPhillip Black and Donald Irwin murders 2/20/1976 Broward County, FL *Shot to death by Walter Rhodes, who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison; It is, actually, a complicated case* | Bonnie\\u2019s Blog of Crime\\nSunny Jacobs: Life Beyond\\nStretch of I-95 honors 2 fallen troopers\\n\\xa0\\nTRANSLATE with x English ArabicHebrewPolish BulgarianHindiPortuguese CatalanHmong DawRomanian Chinese SimplifiedHungarianRussian Chinese TraditionalIndonesianSlovak CzechItalianSlovenian DanishJapaneseSpanish DutchKlingonSwedish EnglishKoreanThai EstonianLatvianTurkish FinnishLithuanianUkrainian FrenchMalayUrdu GermanMalteseVietnamese GreekNorwegianWelsh Haitian CreolePersian TRANSLATE with COPY THE URL BELOW\\nBack EMBED THE SNIPPET BELOW IN YOUR SITE Enable collaborative features and customize widget: Bing Webmaster Portal Back\\nSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'