Kenneth Fults
Kenneth Fults was executed by lethal injection of pentobarbital on April 12, 2016, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Georgia, where he was in the custody of the state. Relatives, a friend, and his attorneys visited him that day, and his lawyers wrote that he had endured abuse and neglect in childhood and had an intellectual disability. His lawyers argued that racial bias had influenced a juror and asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the execution, and the Court denied the request without giving a reason. Fults declined to make a final statement but agreed to have a prayer read over him.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. Kenneth Fults's lawyers argued that a juror was motivated by racial bias and asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the execution.
Reported by: Georgia Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); his lawyers.