Delaware lawmaker wants to resurrect execution after police officer is beaten to death

A Republican lawmaker in Delaware is working to resurrect the death penalty following the conviction in the murder of a police corporal.

State Rep. Tim Dukes is at the head of the renewed debate because he knew Delmar Police Corporal Keith Heacook prior to the officer’s murder, according to a report.

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Dukes is anticipated by many to introduce a measure that would impose the death penalty on individuals convicted of murdering public safety officials or law enforcement agents, the report noted.

Passing that piece of legislation would be no easy task in President Joe Biden’s home state, which has not seen a death penalty since the State Supreme Court ruled the sentence unconstitutional in 2016.

Still, resurrecting the death penalty for especially evil and heinous crimes, like the murder of Heacock, would be warranted, according to Dukes.

“Corporal Heacook didn’t die in vain, and we continue to address this issue, hoping to bring it to the house floor for legislators to make that decision,” the lawmaker said.

Randon Wilkerson was found guilty on all 16 counts in the murder of the police corporal, whom he killed after he senselessly beat an elderly couple, leaving the 73-year-old wife with two broken eye sockets, according to a report.

Heacook confronted Wilkerson after the rampage, and when authorities responded to the spot of the confrontation, they found the lifeless corpse of the officer in a pool of his own blood.

The cause of death was a result of repeated head injuries, the report noted.

Around Heacook’s corpse, responding authorities found his baton, flashlight, notepad, and a 20 lb dumbbell.

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“I think people just want to know that we won’t forget,” Dukes said. “We’ll remember Corporal Heacook and his service to the community and that he didn’t die in vain.”

Dukes is expected to introduce the legislation in January.