Alabama executes inmate, 83, oldest in modern U.S. history
By Reuters
22 April 2018 |
5:45 am
Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn announced the execution of 83-year-old convicted pipe-bomb killer, Walter Moody, the oldest known person put to death in the modern era of U.S. capital punishment.
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