Walter Leroy Moody Jr., 83, was pronounced dead at 8:42 p.m. following an injection at the Alabama prison at Atmore. Circuit Court of Appeals, in Alabama; and Robert E. Robinson, a black civil rights attorney from Savannah, Georgia. Moody became the oldest U.S. inmate put to death since executions resumed in the U.S. in the 1970s, according to the non-profit Death Penalty Information Center. This dishonoured the memory of Judge Vance and Mr. Robinson,” Hahn said. Vance’s son said his father opposed the death penalty personally, but he also believed in following the law.

Source: National Post April 20, 2018 14:15 UTC