Alabama executes death row inmate who pleaded guilty to killing five people in 2016

18 Oct 2024, 03:42 by Darryl Coote · UPI

Oct. 17 (UPI) -- The state of Alabama executed death row inmate Derrick Dearman by lethal injection Thursday evening for the brutal axe killings of five people in 2016.

The execution began at 6 p.m. at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala.