The 51-year-old inmate's appellate attorneys unsuccessfully argued that his intellectual impairments and mental health status make him ineligible for the death penalty.
Gary Green tried to get help at a psychiatric hospital before the murders. His attorneys say he has schizoaffective disorder.Gary Green's lawyers made a last-ditch effort to delay their client's execution, citing an intellectual disability.
"I took not one, but two people that we all loved, and I had to live with that while I was here. I ask that you forgive me, not for me but for y'all. I'm fixing to go home and y'all are going to be here. I want to make sure you don't suffer. You have to forgive me to heal and move on," Green said in his final statement. He was pronounced dead at 7:07 p.m. Tuesday.
"An explanation of Green's manifestation of schizoaffective disorder would have aided the jury in weighing Green's moral culpability for his offense," Michael Mowla, one of Green's attorneys, said in a statement. "It is clear from Green's statements that his mental state at the time of the crime was heavily influenced by his severe and persistent mental illness, especially as filtered through his severe cognitive limitations.
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