USA: A man executed for murder and rape – he had asked for the death penalty himself

A 55 -year -old man was executed on Thursday in the state of Alabama, in the Southeast United States, for the rape and murder of a woman in 2010, following his own request to apply the death penalty. James Osgund was executed with deadly injectable chemicals in a prison in Atmor, state judicial authorities said in a statement. With his killing, the US executions reached the US so far this year. The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) organization, opposed to the death penalty, said in a statement that the convict requested in his letter to abandon his appeals and the state to execute him. He was found guilty of rape and then murder in 2010, presenting his 44 -year -old divorced mother, by Tracy Lynn Brown – the victim was cousin of his partner – in her bedroom, according to a report by the USA newspaper. His then partner serve a life sentence […]
Source: News Beast

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