BREAKING: Tennessee inmate Stephen West pronounced dead in state's third electric chair execution since November.
This booking photo released by the Tennessee Department of Corrections shows Stephen West. West has made a last minute request to be put to death in the electric chair instead of dying by lethal injection. The state Department of Correction on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019 confirmed West made the request ahead of his Thursday execution. He previously opted against selecting a preference, which would have resulted in lethal injection.
State officials pronounced 56-year-old Stephen West dead at 7:27 p.m. Thursday at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.West said his then-17-year-old accomplice killed 51-year-old Wanda Romines and her daughter, Sheila Romines. West was 23 at the time. The juvenile co-defendant received a life sentence, with parole possible in 2030.Gov. Bill Lee denied West’s clemency application, which also said West had been taking powerful medication in prison to treat mental illness.The U.S.
West was 23 at the time of the deaths. The juvenile co-defendant received a life sentence, with parole possible in 2030.A Tennessee inmate who says his accomplice was the one who fatally stabbed a mother and her 15-year-old daughter in 1986 is scheduled to die in the electric chair.West was also convicted of raping the teen.
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