Executed
Casey A. McWhorter
Casey McWhorter was executed by lethal injection by the State of Alabama at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore on November 16, 2023, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. The Alabama Attorney General and Governor issued statements after the execution, which the state's records describe as carrying out a sentence for the 1993 robbery and shooting death of Edward Lee Williams in Marshall County. WBMA's coverage reported criticism of the state's death penalty laws from a legal expert and a state legislator, who disputed the state's approach to capital punishment.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Alabama Attorney General and Governor.