Marlin Gray
Marlin Gray was executed by the state of Missouri on October 26, 2005, at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, where he was held. He was 38. In his final statement he said he had never taken a human life and called the execution a lynching. His attorney, who had represented him for ten years, said she believed he was innocent and was deeply saddened by the outcome. A 2009 article described him as the last person Missouri had put to death at the time it was written.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. His attorney said she believed he was innocent, and he said in his final statement that he had never taken a human life.
Reported by: a Missouri prison official (the agency that held him); his attorney.