Alan Willett

Alan Willett

Alan Willett (c. 1956 – September 8, 1999) was executed at age 43 for the 1993 murders of his 13-year-old son, Eric, and his mentally retarded brother, Roger Willett in Johnson County, Arkansas. Willett's daughter and another son survived the attack.

The murders

Alan Willett was sentenced to death for convictions in the 1993 Johnson County killings of his 13-year-old son, Eric, and his mentally retarded brother, Roger. Alan Willett's daughter and another son survived the attack. Willett said that he wants to die and waived his right to post-conviction remedies.

Execution

Willett’s last meal was beef jerky, barbecue-flavored potato chips, onion dip, garlic dip, buttered popcorn, and Pepsi.

Mark Gardner was also executed by the state of Arkansas on the same day for the unrelated murders of Joe Joyce, Martha Joyce, and Sara McCurdy. Gardner was executed first because he had the lower inmate number (SK901) than Willett (SK930). The injection of a lethal drug was administered to Willett at 9:02 p.m. CDT, and he was pronounced dead at 9:16.

Willett made no last statement.

Willett was the 4th condemned inmate to be put to death in 1999 in Arkansas and the 21st person executed by the state of Arkansas since "Furman v. Georgia", ussc|408|238|1972, after new capital punishment laws were passed in Arkansas and that came into force on March 23, 1973.

He was also the 570th person executed overall since the United States resumed executions on January 17, 1977.

See also

* Capital punishment in Arkansas
* Capital punishment in the United States

References

* [http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/1999/99-199.shtml Papal Appeal for Men on Death Row Sent to Arkansas Governor] from the United States conference of Catholic Bishops
* [http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/Pending/99/sept_execlist.htm September 1999 Executions] from prodeathpenalty.com
* [http://www.nwamorningnews.com/pdfarchive/1999/September/09/A1.pdf The Morning news of Arkansas: “Gardner, Willett are put to death” ] page A1
* [http://www.nwamorningnews.com/pdfarchive/1999/September/09/A2.pdf The Morning news of Arkansas: Executions] page A2


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