With the execution Tuesday of a man convicted of killing his father-in-law, Georgia has put to death nine inmates this year — more than any other state.
(FOX)- William Sallie’s time of death was 10:05 p.m., after an injection of compounded barbiturate pentobarbital at the state prison in Jackson, Warden Eric Sellers told witnesses. Sallie, 50, was convicted of murder in the March 1990 shooting death of John Lee Moore in rural south Georgia.
When asked if he wanted to make a final statement, Sallie lifted his head to face the witnesses.
“I just want to say I’m very, very sorry for my crimes. I really am sorry,” he said, adding that he had prayed about it many times. “I’m just very sorry for everything. I do ask for forgiveness.”
Records from past executions show that the lethal drug generally starts flowing within a couple of minutes of the warden exiting the execution chamber. About a minute after the warden left, Sallie lifted his head and looked out at the witnesses before putting his head back down, yawning and then closing his eyes and breathing deeply several times.
About two minutes after the warden left, Sallie’s body twitched five or six times, his shoulders lifting slightly off the gurney, but his eyes remained closed. Within another minute, he became still.