JACKSON — Convicted murderer Jack Alderman was executed by lethal injection Tuesday night at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison.
Alderman, 57, had been on death row in Georgia 34 years, longer than any other prisoner. He was pronounced dead at 7:25 p.m. Tuesday.
Alderman, who was convicted for the 1974 murder of his wife, Barbara Alderman, for $10,000 in insurance money, recorded a statement Tuesday “thanking everyone who made his life better, considering the circumstances,” said Georgia Department of Corrections spokesman Paul Czachowski. He did not release a copy of the recording, but paraphrased Alderman’s comment.
Czachowski said Alderman did not make a special last meal request. At 4 p.m. Tuesday he was given the regular prison meal of baked fish, peas, cole slaw, carrots, cheese grits, bun, fruit juice and chocolate cake.
“He barely touched it,” Czachowski said.
He has “half a dozen” visitors at the prison Tuesday, but “none of his family are here as witnesses,” said Czachowski.
Alderman was be the 20th person executed by lethal injection in Georgia.
Alderman and an accomplice beat Alderman’s wife with a crescent wrench, choked her and left her submerged in water in a bathtub at their Chatham County home. The men then visited two Savannah bars before dumping her body in a creek near her family’s home in Rincon.
On Tuesday, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected Alderman’s bid for clemency for the second time. Alderman’s father was among those who asked the five-member panel to spare his life.
“He has been the model prisoner for 34 years,” said his lawyer, Michael Seiml. “If that’s not enough to get clemency, it’s hard to imagine what is.”
Later on Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court turned down two appeals.
His supporters argued that Alderman has been a model prisoner and mentor in his more than three decades behind bars. They have also noted that his accomplice, John Arthur Brown, was paroled after just 12 years in prison.
But David Lock, an assistant district attorney in Chatham County, said Alderman instigated the crime.
“He was more culpable, without him, the crime would not have taken place,” Lock said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Source: ajc.com
Alderman, 57, had been on death row in Georgia 34 years, longer than any other prisoner. He was pronounced dead at 7:25 p.m. Tuesday.
Alderman, who was convicted for the 1974 murder of his wife, Barbara Alderman, for $10,000 in insurance money, recorded a statement Tuesday “thanking everyone who made his life better, considering the circumstances,” said Georgia Department of Corrections spokesman Paul Czachowski. He did not release a copy of the recording, but paraphrased Alderman’s comment.
Czachowski said Alderman did not make a special last meal request. At 4 p.m. Tuesday he was given the regular prison meal of baked fish, peas, cole slaw, carrots, cheese grits, bun, fruit juice and chocolate cake.
“He barely touched it,” Czachowski said.
He has “half a dozen” visitors at the prison Tuesday, but “none of his family are here as witnesses,” said Czachowski.
Alderman was be the 20th person executed by lethal injection in Georgia.
Alderman and an accomplice beat Alderman’s wife with a crescent wrench, choked her and left her submerged in water in a bathtub at their Chatham County home. The men then visited two Savannah bars before dumping her body in a creek near her family’s home in Rincon.
On Tuesday, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected Alderman’s bid for clemency for the second time. Alderman’s father was among those who asked the five-member panel to spare his life.
“He has been the model prisoner for 34 years,” said his lawyer, Michael Seiml. “If that’s not enough to get clemency, it’s hard to imagine what is.”
Later on Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court turned down two appeals.
His supporters argued that Alderman has been a model prisoner and mentor in his more than three decades behind bars. They have also noted that his accomplice, John Arthur Brown, was paroled after just 12 years in prison.
But David Lock, an assistant district attorney in Chatham County, said Alderman instigated the crime.
“He was more culpable, without him, the crime would not have taken place,” Lock said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Source: ajc.com
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