Overview

• James Osgood, 55, will be executed by lethal injection at William Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, after voluntarily waiving all appeals.
• Osgood was convicted of the 2010 rape and murder of Tracy Lynn Brown, his girlfriend’s cousin, and admitted to cutting her throat after sexually assaulting her.
• At his 2018 resentencing, Osgood requested execution, citing his guilt and a desire to avoid prolonging the families’ suffering or wasting resources.
• The Death Penalty Information Center reports that approximately 10% of U.S. executions since 1977 involved inmates who waived appeals, often linked to mental health struggles.
• Alabama Governor Kay Ivey recently granted clemency to another death row inmate, marking a rare intervention in state capital punishment cases.