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Fri Oct 20, 2017, 06:23 AM Oct 2017

Alabama executes Montgomery cop-killer Torrey Twane McNabb

Source: AL.com

Alabama executes Montgomery cop-killer Torrey Twane McNabb

Updated on October 19, 2017 at 11:04 PM Posted on October 19, 2017 at 4:18 PM

By AL.com

Following last-minute court challenges, Alabama carried the execution Thursday evening of Torrey Twane McNabb, convicted of killing Montgomery police officer Anderson Gordon in 1997.

McNabb's attorneys filed appeals in the case throughout Thursday to halt the execution that was set for 6 p.m. at the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore. the last stay was lifted between 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. McNabb's official time of death was 9:38 p.m.

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McNabb's final words were as follows:

"Mom, sis, look at my eyes. I'm unafraid ... To the state of Alabama, I hate you motherf***ers. I hate you. I hate you."

A brief portion of his final words was unintelligible.

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Read more: http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/10/us_supreme_court_okays_executi.html
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