Death row inmate asks to be executed after fighting sentence for years: ‘This is the only option’
Alabama death row inmate Derrick Dearman asked to be executed despite having fought his death sentence for over five years.
Alabama man convicted of killing 5 people asks to be executed: ‘It’s the right thing to do’
He was convicted of killing five people, including a pregnant mother, and spent years trying to avoid the death penalty. Now ...
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Death row inmate asks to be executed as he gives up appeal so victims’ families have ‘justice’
A death row killer in Alabama said he no longer wishes to halt his execution. Derrick Dearman was convicted of killing six people, one victim Chelsea Marie Reed was pregnant at the time of her ...
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Alabama Inmate Asks to Be Executed
Turner was the brother of Laneta Lester, Dearman's estranged girlfriend, who moved in with the family to flee Dearman's domestic abuse, WKRG reports. After the murders, Dearman kidnapped Lester ...
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Alabama Death Row inmate who killed 5 in ax murder decides to drop appeals: ‘I owe it to the victim’s family’
“But, I feel in my heart this is the right thing to do.” Dearman’s attorneys from the Equal Justice Initiative didn’t respond to comment for this story. “I’ve decided to drop my ...
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Alabama man convicted of killing 5 people asks to be executed: ‘It’s the right thing to do’
THE FIVE DIED AT A HOME WHERE DEARMAN’S ESTRANGED GIRLFRIEND WAS STAYING. HE TOLD REPORTERS HE WAS HIGH ON METH AT THE TIME. REGARDLESS OF A GUILTY PLEA, STATE LAW REQUIRES A TRIAL SINCE CAPITAL ...
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Alabama man convicted of killing 5 people asks to be executed: ‘It’s the right thing to do’
Dearman’s parents both testified his “long-term drug abuse was the central problem in their son’s life,” according to his sentencing order.Dearborn said he tried to appeal the sentence ...