A Georgia man convicted of murdering an off-duty prison guard 22 years ago was executed by lethal injection Friday evening.
The lawyers for Robert Butts Jr., 40, launched a last-minute appeal Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court but were rejected.
Butts twitched briefly as the lethal injection flowed into his body and groaned, "It burns, man."
He was declared dead by a prison warden at 9:58 p.m. after the compounded barbiturate pentobarbital was injected into his body. Prison officials said he had declined to take a sedative.
Strapped to a gurney with his arms out to his sides, Butts kept his eyes closed throughout the procedure. A tube that delivers the killing drugs through a wall appeared to pulse soon after the warden left the death chamber at 9:42.
His feet, in white socks visible under a blanket, briefly twitched. He yawned, then a short time later, opened his mouth again, noiselessly. His chest rose high as his back arched. Then he took about nine deep breaths, and after that, he lay still.
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5 comments:
AWESOME!!!
22 years and how many $? NOT AWESOME!
Wonderful ending! I hope it hurt!
Better than his victim got.
The burning he felt was the flames of hell coming to get him. The death penalty is sooooo appropriate for cold-blooded killers. A taste of their own medicine. The condemned all think it is OK for them to kill, but not for the state to kill, as punishment for taking other people's lives. I have no sympathy for them. Actually, I think another battle is won every time the state finally gets around to an execution. I'm glad to see that convicted killers finally get their justice. I just wish it didn't take so long.
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