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| N.C. Man Executed for Murder |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 01/09/2004 |
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A North Carolina man was executed early Friday for the 1992 killing of a store clerk after failed appeals that focused on whether lethal injection amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. Raymond Dayle Rowsey was pronounced dead at 2:23 a.m. following a lethal injection at Central Prison in Raleigh, said Pam Walker, Department of Correction spokeswoman. In a 5-4 decision Thursday night, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the execution by rejecting arguments that the state's form of lethal injection amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. Lawyers for Rowsey and three others on North Carolina's death row had said the executions should be delayed at least until the Supreme Court rules this year in a separate case involving a condemned Alabama prisoner. The state had asked the high court Thursday to overturn lower court rulings blocking the execution. While the legal fight went on, officials at Central Prison in Raleigh continued preparations for Rowsey's execution. During the day, Rowsey visited with family and attorneys, hugging his 11-year-old daughter for the first time since he entered prison. On previous visits, he had been separated by prison bars and glass. "He has never touched her," said his mother, Barbara Thompson. "He lit up like a Christmas tree." |
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