Missouri man executed for killing two sisters
Marlin Gray, convicted on two counts of first-degree murder in the killings of two sisters in April 1991, was executed early today after Missouri’s governor rejected appeals for clemency by a US congressman and Amnesty International.
Gray, who maintained his innocence to the end, was the fifth person put to death in Missouri this year.
Gray lifted his head off a trolley just before the first of three drugs was injected into his body and mouthed words to his witnesses, a cousin and her minister, then fell silent.
He previously had said he didn’t want any family members or friends to witness the execution. He was pronounced dead at 12.07am today local time at the Eastern Reception Diagnostic and Correctional Centre in Bonne Terre.
Gray, 38, was convicted in 1992 over the deaths of sisters Julie and Robin Kerry on an abandoned Mississippi River bridge in St Louis on April 4, 1991.
In a final statement made to prison officials, Gray again denied his involvement in the deaths.
“I go with the peace of mind that comes from never having taken a human life,” he said.
