Executed
Ricky Javon Gray
Ricky Javon Gray, 39, was executed by lethal injection at Greensville Correctional Center in Virginia on January 18, 2017. His lawyers argued that the drug midazolam would amount to cruel punishment, and that objection was part of his final appeals. The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request for a stay, and Governor Terry McAuliffe declined to intervene, according to WTVR.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. Gray's lawyers argued that the drug midazolam would amount to cruel punishment.
Reported by: Virginia Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.