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"I'm sorry for all the wrongs I have done. And for those who have called for my death, who are about to murder me, I forgive you." [257] — David Renteria, American convicted murderer (16 November 2023), executed by lethal injection "They're vile, they're virtueless, they're without honor. I want to thank you all for all your support.
"It is a bad cause which cannot bear the words of a dying man." [17] [note 94] — Henry Vane the Younger, English politician, statesman and colonial governor (14 June 1662), prior to execution by beheading for treason "My God, forsake me not." [17] [note 95] — Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist and theologian (19 August 1662)
Last Words of the Executed is a book by Robert K. Elder published in 2010. Studs Terkel contributed a foreword. The book documents the final words of death row inmates in the United States, from the seventeenth century to the present day. The chapters are organized by era and method of execution.
A gruesome crime, a cruel penalty. Some might think justice was done. But was it?
— George Stinney, African-American child and youngest American with an exact age executed by the United States (16 June 1944), on whether he had any final words before his wrongful execution via electric chair. 14-year-old Stinney was tried and sentenced to death by Judge Philip H. Stoll in under three hours on 14 April after an all-white ...
Bizarre details about the cult beliefs which allegedly led to the murders are coming to light at trial. But, beyond the testimony, there have also been some bizarre happenings taking place inside ...
Travis Mullis stood trial before a Galveston County jury on March 7, 2011, for the murder of Alijah Mullis. During the trial itself, the videotape confession of Mullis was played; during his questioning by police, Mullis confessed to killing Alijah due to his incessant cries, stating that it was the only way to stop his son's crying.
In this exclusive excerpt from an exhaustive and vigorous new history, the blues, the cotton business, and an old barn reveal mysteries about the terrible crime that scars America’s history.