Lynda Lyon Block, 54, was executed at 12:01 a
Lynda Lyon Block, 54, was executed at 12:01 a
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Lynda Lyon Block, 54, was executed at 12:01 a.m. at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, the 1st woman to die in Alabama's electric chair since '57.
Condemned for the 1993 shooting death of police Sgt. Roger Lamar Motley Jr., Block was electrocuted for 2 minutes and pronounced dead at 12:10 a.m.
She made no final statement.
Block, an anti-government extremist who did not file legal appeals, launched a religious fast Tuesday and refused a final meal. She consumed only water and milk.
Block becomes the 1st condemned inmate in Alabama.
Condemned for the 1993 shooting death of police Sgt. Roger Lamar Motley Jr., Block was electrocuted for 2 minutes and pronounced dead at 12:10 a.m.
She made no final statement.
Block, an anti-government extremist who did not file legal appeals, launched a religious fast Tuesday and refused a final meal. She consumed only water and milk.
Block becomes the 1st condemned inmate in Alabama.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Associated Press, Birmingham News, Montgomery Advertiser & Rick Halperin, 10/05/2002)
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