Walter Leroy Moody
Walter Leroy Moody, 83, was executed by lethal injection at the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, on April 19, 2018, and was declared dead at 8:42 p.m., according to Alabama officials. He maintained his innocence, and his attorneys argued in court filings and a clemency petition that his age and the condition of his veins would make the injection more difficult. The US Supreme Court issued a temporary stay, which was lifted about an hour later without comment. The BBC reported that he was the oldest person executed in the US since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, and that he gave no final statement, according to prison officials.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. He maintained his innocence, and his attorneys argued that his age and vein condition would make the lethal injection more difficult.
Reported by: Alabama officials (the agency that held him); Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); prison officials. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.