Darrell Grayson, 46, was executed at Holman prison near Atmore.

Darrell Grayson, 46, was executed at Holman prison near Atmore. He was executed for the death of Annie Laura Orr, 86. After midnight on Christmas Eve in 1980, two men entered Annie Laura Orr's home. They pulled a pillowcase over her head, bound her with masking tape and raped her. Orr died of suffocation, and the men robbed her of about $30 and her wedding rings. Grayson and his co-defendant, Victor Kennedy, were convicted of capital murder. Kennedy was executed in 1999. Grayson was 19 at the time of the crime.
Grayson becomes the 2nd condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Alabama, the 32nd in the USA and the 1089th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.