Carey Dale Grayson Final Words Before Alabama Execution
Alabama carried out the nation’s third execution using nitrogen gas Thursday evening. The state executed Carey Dale Grayson, 50, at 6 p.m. CST. / 7 p.m. EST. Authorities condemned him to death for the 1994 killing of 37-year-old Vickie Deblieux. After the prison warden read the death warrant, the warden pointed the microphone at Grayson […]
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My Son’s Words Broke My Heart. I Had to Invent a Word for My Endless Grief
By Anthony N. Galanos This is so easy to write and yet so terribly difficult. Easy, because every grieving parent is most likely thinking of their child who died most if not all day. So hard, because we know we speak our own language and that so many people, despite how well-intentioned, might think my […]
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Richard Moore’s Final Words Before South Carolina Execution
South Carolina inmate Richard Moore was executed by lethal injection on Friday for the 1999 murder of a convenience store clerk, despite widespread appeals for clemency. Moore was the second person to be executed in the state in just over a month after a 13-year pause, prompted by difficulty obtaining drugs for its lethal injection […]
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