Alabama Executes Casey McWhorter for 1993 Murder: Last Words Reveal Troubling Past
Casey McWhorter, who was convicted of killing a man during a 1993 robbery when he was a teenager, was executed by lethal injection in Alabama. McWhorter conspired with two younger teenagers to steal money and other items from the victim's home and then kill him. He was sentenced to death, while the younger teens received life sentences. McWhorter expressed remorse in his final words and took a verbal jab at his executioner. Defense attorneys had sought a stay, arguing that McWhorter was underage at the time of the crime. Alabama plans to attempt the nation's first execution using nitrogen gas in January.