Jan Michael Brawner
Mississippi executed Jan Michael Brawner, 34, by lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman on June 12, 2012, and he was pronounced dead at 6:18 p.m. Central time. Accounts report that in his final statement he apologized to the victims' family and said he could not change what he had done, and that the Mississippi Department of Corrections commissioner said he expressed remorse beforehand. Witnesses described him as appearing to take a deep breath when the drugs were administered, after which his head tilted to the side. The governor, the Mississippi Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court all declined to halt the execution.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Mississippi Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.