Overview

• James Osgood was executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. CDT on April 24, 2025, at William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama.
• Osgood confessed to the 2010 rape and murder of Tracy Lynn Brown, his girlfriend's cousin, describing the crime as part of a 'twisted fantasy.'
• He dropped all appeals and requested execution, stating he did not want to prolong the process or waste resources, and expressed remorse to the victim’s family.
• The case underscores the phenomenon of 'volunteer' executions, with Osgood joining a small percentage of death-row inmates who actively seek their own sentences.
• This execution comes shortly after Alabama Governor Kay Ivey granted clemency to another inmate, marking the first such commutation in the state since 1999.