[variable]

Now that Christmas is over and the new year has begun, they already start to snuff people again.

Here we go 2011, our first needle-man:

Billy Don Alverson

Executed January 6, 2011 06:10 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma



Victim:


Crime:

Richard Yost was working as a clerk at the QuikTrip convenience store in Tulsa when Alverson and three other men came in to rob him. When he resisted, the men handcuffed and beat Yost to death with a baseball bat,striking him 54 times. Most of the events were captured on surveillance video. All four men participated in the beating, although Alverson denied he ever hit Yost. Alverson is one of four men who were convicted of first-degree murder. Accomplice Darwin Desmond Brown was executed in January 2009. Accomplice Michael L. Wilson is appealing a death sentence. Accomplice Richard J. Harjo is serving a life sentence without parole.

Citations:

Alverson v. State, 983 P.2d 498 (Okla.Crim. App. 1999). (Direct Appeal).
Alverson v. Workman, 595 F.3d 1142 (10th Cir. 2010). (Habeas)

Final/Special Meal:

A large pepperoni and Italian sausage pizza and a large Dr. Pepper.

Final Words:

"First, to the Yost family, I would like to say I'm sorry. Forgive me. And to my own family, I'm all right. God is good. Don't you cry. Uh-uh. Don't do it. I'm all right." He told each of his family members witnessing the execution that he loved them and made a kissing motion toward them.

[Black Knight]

Excellent post. I am passionate about this topic and nice to see the assembly line rolling again.

[Faline]

great post

[variable]

You're welcome. I'll keep this thing updated just like the last one.

[Shylock]

Great post

[boostedm10]

Very good post and nice job. I would like updated

[variable]

Second guy this year. Oklahoma Corrections is busy it seems:

Jeffrey David Matthews

Executed January 11, 2011 06:09 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Oklahoma



Crime:

Matthews was convicted and sentenced to death for the January 1994 murder of 77-year-old Otis Earl Short during a robbery of Short’s home in Rosedale. Prosecutors said Matthews was one of two men who stormed into Short’s home east of Rosedale. Testimony indicated that Matthews shot Short once in the head at close range with a .45-caliber pistol and that a second man, Tracy Dyer, cut the throat of Short’s wife, Minnie Short. The men fled in Otis Short’s truck with $500 in cash and a .32-caliber pistol. Minnie Short survived and died later of natural causes. Dyer, 36, was convicted of first-degree murder and other charges and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Citations:

None

Final/Special Meal:

A deep dish meat lover's pizza, deep fried jumbo shrimp and two hush puppies with vinegar sauce.

Final Words:

“Let my mother know I love her. I just want to thank everyone for their support. I also want to thank all my buddies on death row. I hear you banging.” Shortly before the lethal drugs began flowing, Matthews looked at his relatives and said with a smile: “I think that governor’s phone is broke. He hadn’t called yet.”

[xoij]

I'm loving these thread's. So fascinating.

[ZAPPO]

I live here in Oklahoma and the system is full of cold blooded killers that need to be thinned out for their crimes...these guy's crimes were mild compared to the some of the fucksticks that have committed crimes here...

[mwt77932]

In Illinois there is a bill in the state legislature to end the death penalty. Last I heard about it the state house had just passed it.