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| North Carolina Man Executed for Murder of Insurance Agent |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 12/16/2002 |
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A man who killed a North Carolina insurance agent a decade ago as part of a murder-for-hire scheme was executed by injection last week. Ernest Basden, 49, was put to death hours after Gov. Mike Easley denied his request for clemency, despite pleas from relatives and defense lawyers to spare his life. Basden was convicted of shooting Billy White to death in 1992. In an interview, Basden said he was sorry for what he had done. He said he had become a Christian after being locked up, was a leader in prison services and believed he could help other prisoners if his life was spared. ''I'm very sorry for their loss,'' Basden said of White's family. ''If there was any way at all I could undo it I surely would.'' Basden was the 22nd criminal executed in North Carolina since the death penalty was reinstated in 1977. |
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