Alabama Inmate Casey McWhorter Executed for 1993 Robbery and Murder

McWhorter, Among the Longest-Serving Inmates on Death Row, Was Three Months Past His 18th Birthday at the Time of the Crime

Casey McWhorter, 49, was executed by lethal injection for the 1993 robbery and murder of Edward Lee Williams, 34.
McWhorter was three months past his 18th birthday at the time of the crime, and conspired with two younger teenagers, including Williams’ 15-year-old son.
McWhorter spent nearly 30 years on Alabama’s death row, making him among the longest-serving inmates of the state’s 165 death row inmates.
McWhorter's defense attorneys had unsuccessfully sought a stay from the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing the death sentence was unconstitutional because Alabama law does not consider a person to be a legal adult until age 19.
Alabama plans in January to make the nation’s first attempt to put an inmate to death using nitrogen gas.