Commotion t1_jd5sfs7 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 12:59 AM

Reply to comment by worldofoysters in TIL the term "death row" comes from an assassination attempt on FDR. The shooter Giuseppe Zangara was sentenced to death, but there was already a convict awaiting execution, and FL law forbade them from sharing cells. A second cell was built, turning the "death cell" into the first "death row." by AdmiralAkbar1

He had an undiagnosed condition that caused stomach pain, which started years before the assassination attempt, but got worse over time. The guy hated capitalism and decided to blame his sickness on capitalism/kill a politician who he thought stood for capitalism.

The guy was probably severely mentally ill but it’s a bit different than how you portray it.

StarChild413 t1_jd5wm5s wrote on March 22, 2023 at 1:30 AM

Anyone else knew that because of Assassins the musical and the song "How I Saved Roosevelt" (and an interesting thing is, if the song is to be believed he was originally going to try and assassinate Hoover as he believed Hoover was more directly at fault but, to quote the song, "Hoover up in Washington/it wintertime in Washington/too cold for the stomach in Washington/I go down to Miami, kill Roosevelt")