Andrew Lackey was executed by the State of Alabama for the murder of Charles Newman
According to court documents Andrew Lackey would break into the home of 80 year old Charles Newman. The WW2 veteran would be stabbed, shot and beaten
Andrew Lackey was arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
Andrew Lackey would be executed by lethal injection on July 25 2013
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Andrew Lackey was executed on July 25 2013
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Andrew Reid Lackey was executed by lethal injection tonight for the 2005 murder of an 80-year-old World War II veteran he was trying to rob.
Lackey, 29, was pronounced dead at 6:25 p.m. at Holman Correctional Facility.
He became the first inmate executed in Alabama since Christopher T. Johnson of Escambia County received a lethal injection Oct. 20, 2011.
A Limestone County jury convicted Lackey in 2008. He had dropped all appeals and asked for his execution to be scheduled.
Lackey shot, beat and stabbed Charles Newman at Newman’s Limestone County home. Prosecutors said he was trying to rob Newman. Lackey was a friend of Newman’s grandson.
Lackey, wearing glasses and with trim, dark hair, was already strapped to a gurney when a curtain opened at 6 p.m. to allow witnesses to see him. He looked around briefly, then laid his head on the pillow.
Holman Warden Gary Hetzell read the execution order and asked Lackey if he had anything to say.
No sir, I don’t,” Lackey replied.
Lackey’s mother, father, brother and aunt witnessed the execution in silence, his mother and father holding hands. The four had visited Lackey earlier today, Department of Corrections spokesman Brian Corbett said.
A man and two women witnessed the execution on behalf of the victim’s family. The Department of Corrections did not have their names.
Shortly after Lackey declined to make a statement, Holman Chaplain Chris Summers approached the gurney, touched Lackey’s hand and spoke to him. Lackey nodded and Summers knelt to pray.
The drugs seemed to to take effect within a couple of minutes. Lackey’s chest and abdomen convulsed slightly for several minutes. That was followed by what appeared to be several minutes of shallow breathing. He remained still and quiet for several minutes until a corrections officer closed the curtain at 6:15 p.m.
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