FILE – This May 25, 2022, picture launched by the Mississippi Department of Corrections reveals Thomas Edwin Loden Jr., who is set to get a deadly injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Miss., on Wednesday, Dec. 14,2022 He’s been on death row given that 2001, when he pleaded guilty to capital murder, rape and 4 counts of sexual battery versus 16- years of age Leesa Marie Gray. (Mississippi Department of Corrections through AP, File) Mississippi State Penitentiary PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP)– A male who raped and eliminated a 16- year-old woman in Mississippi was put to death by deadly injection on Wednesday, ending up being the 2nd prisoner performed in the state in 10 years. Thomas Edwin Loden Jr., 58, was noticable dead at 6: 12 p.m. by Sunflower County Coroner Heather Burton. He had actually been on death row given that 2001, when he pleaded guilty to capital murder, rape and 4 counts of sexual battery versus Leesa Marie Gray. She was stranded with a blowout in June 2000 when Loden required her into his van. Gray’s mom, Wanda Farris, went to the execution at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, about 130 miles (210 kilometers) north of the capital, Jackson. Mississippi’s newest execution remained in November2021 Previously this month, a federal judge decreased to obstruct Loden’s execution amidst a pending claim by him and 4 other Mississippi death row prisoners over the state’s usage of 3 drugs for deadly injections, a procedure they declare is inhumane. Throughout the execution, Loden used a red jail one-piece suit and was covered by a white sheet. Brown leather straps held him down on a gurney. Political Cartoons Before the injection began, Loden stated he was “deeply sorry.” “For the past 20 years, I’ve attempted to do a kind deed every day to offset the life I drew from this world,” Loden stated. “I understand these are simple words and can not eliminate the damage I did. If today brings you absolutely nothing else, I hope you get peace and closure.” He concluded his last words by stating “I like you” in Japanese, authorities stated. Grey had actually been working as a waitress at her uncle’s dining establishment in northeast Mississippi throughout the summer season ahead of her senior year of high school. On June 22, 2000, she left work after dark and got a blowout. Loden, a Marine Corps employer with family members in the location, stopped at around 10: 45 p.m. and started talking with her about the flat. “Don’t stress. I’m a Marine. We do this sort of things,” he stated. Loden informed detectives he blew up after Gray supposedly stated she would never ever wish to be a Marine, and he bought her into his van. He invested 4 hours sexually attacking her prior to strangling and suffocating her, he informed detectives. The following afternoon, court records state “Loden was found lying by the side of a roadway with t
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