Daryl Holton
Daryl Holton, a former soldier who served in the Gulf War, was executed by the State of Tennessee in the electric chair at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution on September 12, 2007. He had chosen electrocution over lethal injection, and it was the first electrocution at the prison since 1960. His attorney said he had a long history of mental illness and post-traumatic stress from his military service. The execution proceeded without serious delays or mistakes, and about 40 death penalty opponents gathered outside the prison.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. His attorney said he had a long history of mental illness and post-traumatic stress from his Gulf War service.
Reported by: Tennessee Department of Correction (the agency that held him); news reports.
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- Tennessee Department of Correction, Executions
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- All Tennessee executions since 2000