Aman who killed his estranged wife and sexually assaulted his stepdaughter is scheduled Wednesday evening to be the first person executed in Mississippi since 2012, the Associated Press reported
Prosecutors said David Cox shot his then-wife Kim Cox and let her bleed out over several hours while he sexually assaulted his 12-year-old stepdaughter Lindsey Kirk three times in front of her as she was dying. Cox held Kirk and one of her younger brothers hostage on May 14 and May 15, 2010, in a house in the small town of Sherman.
Cox, 50, relinquished all appeals and filed court papers calling himself "worthy of death." He is scheduled for execution by lethal injection at 6 p.m. CST at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.
Mississippi and other states have had issues finding lethal injection drugs because pharmaceutical companies began blocking their products from being used to carry out death sentences.
The Mississippi Department of Corrections revealed in court papers earlier this year that they had acquired three drugs for the lethal injection protocol: midazolam, which is a sedative; vecuronium bromide, which paralyzes the muscles; and potassium chloride, which stops the heart.
Mississippi carried out six executions in 2012. The state does not have any others scheduled after Cox's, though more than 30 people are on death row in the state
Prosecutors said David Cox shot his then-wife Kim Cox and let her bleed out over several hours while he sexually assaulted his 12-year-old stepdaughter Lindsey Kirk three times in front of her as she was dying. Cox held Kirk and one of her younger brothers hostage on May 14 and May 15, 2010, in a house in the small town of Sherman.
Cox, 50, relinquished all appeals and filed court papers calling himself "worthy of death." He is scheduled for execution by lethal injection at 6 p.m. CST at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.
Mississippi and other states have had issues finding lethal injection drugs because pharmaceutical companies began blocking their products from being used to carry out death sentences.
The Mississippi Department of Corrections revealed in court papers earlier this year that they had acquired three drugs for the lethal injection protocol: midazolam, which is a sedative; vecuronium bromide, which paralyzes the muscles; and potassium chloride, which stops the heart.
Mississippi carried out six executions in 2012. The state does not have any others scheduled after Cox's, though more than 30 people are on death row in the state
Mississippi to Conduct First Execution Since 2012 By Lethal Injection
David Cox, who murdered his estranged wife, is scheduled for execution by lethal injection at 6 p.m. CST at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.
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