• Christopher Scott Emmett was executed on July 25, 2008, for the murder of a co-worker in 2001. After years of appeals pleading that the practice amounted to cruel and unusual punishment, Emmett was executed via lethal injection in the state of Virginia. He was 36 years old. WashingtonPost.com: State Executes Man Who Killed Co-Worker (July 25, 2008)

• Fast Facts

  1. Emmett fatally beat John F. Langley with a brass lamp in 2001WashingtonPost.com: State Executes Man Who Killed Co-Worker (July 25, 2008)
  2. Emmett then stole Langley's money to buy crackWashingtonPost.com: State Executes Man Who Killed Co-Worker (July 25, 2008)
  3. Pronounced dead at 9: 07 p.m. on July 24, 2008
  4. Executed via lethal injection
  5. Virginia ranks second, behind Texas, with most executions in the countryWashingtonPost.com: State Executes Man Who Killed Co-Worker (July 25, 2008)

• Last Words

  "Tell my family and friends I love them. Tell the governor he just lost my vote. Y'all hurry this along; I'm dying to get out of here."WashingtonPost.com: State Executes Man Who Killed Co-Worker (July 25, 2008)

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