An Alabama inmate convicted of killing a man during a robbery in 1993 when he was a teenager has been executed by lethal injection, the Associated Press reported.
Casey McWhorter, 49, was killed in a prison in southwest Alabama, authorities said, citing BTA.
McWhorter was convicted of murder and sentenced to death for his role in the robbery and shooting death of 34-year-old Edward Lee Williams on February 18, 1993.
Prosecutors say McWhorter, who was 18 at the time of the murder, conspired with two younger teenagers, including Williams’ 15-year-old son, to steal money and other items from Williams’ home and then to kill him.
The jury that convicted McWhorter recommended the death penalty by a 10-2 vote, which the judge, who has the final decision, imposed, according to court documents. The younger perpetrators at the time of the killing — Edward Lee Williams Jr. and Daniel Miner, who was 16 — were sentenced to life in prison, according to court documents.
Prosecutors say McWhorter and Miner went to Williams’ home with rifles and made homemade silencers out of a pillow and a milk jug. When the elder Williams arrived home and found the teenagers, he grabbed the shotgun Miner was holding. The two began to struggle over her and McWhorter fired the first shot at Williams, a crime summary in court documents said. Williams was shot a total of 11 times, according to court documents.
