Alabama is set to execute a man who said he’s guilty of rape and murder and deserves to die

A 55-year-old man was executed on Thursday in Alabama, in the south of the United States, for the rape and murder of a woman in 2010, after having asked for himself to be sentenced to death. James Osgood received the lethal injection method in an Atmore prison, as announced by the Alabama state judicial services in a statement. This execution brings to 14 the number of death sentences executed in the United States since the beginning of the year…

I was death row executioner - killer's head burst into flames in electric chair

THE first two men Ron McAndrew executed died according to the script. But number three went so horribly wrong he couldn’t bring himself to do it again. A guard at Florida State Prison next to electric chair “Old Sparky” in 1996Associated Press AP:Associated PressDeath row inmate Pedro Medina, pictured on April 12, 1983[/caption] Ron McAndrew was a death row executioner Ron, now 88, never dreamed of being a correctional officer, let alone the man…

Alabama executes man who said he was guilty

ATMORE, Ala. — An Alabama man who dropped his appeals and said he deserved to die for a 2010 rape and murder was executed Thursday evening, using his final words to apologize to the woman he killed.

A 55-year-old man was executed this Thursday in Alabama, in the south of the United States, after being found guilty for the rape and murder of a woman in 2010. The same defendant asked in his trial to be sentenced to death.Read more]]>

A convicted murderer was executed in Alabama. James Osgood raped and murdered a woman in 2010.

Alabama Killer Apologizes as He's Put to Death

An Alabama man who dropped his appeals and said he deserved to die for the rape and murder of a woman in 2010 was put to death Thursday evening. James Osgood, 55, was pronounced dead following an injection at a south Alabama prison, authorities said. A jury in 2014 convicted...