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Georgia kills Jack Alderman

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Georgia tonight killed Jack Alderman. Alderman, 57, had been on death row in Georgia 34 years, longer than any other prisoner. He was pronounced dead at 7:25 p.m. Tuesday. Alderman, who was convicted for the 1974 murder of his wife, Barbara Alderman, for $10,000 in insurance money, recorded a statement Tuesday ?thanking everyone who made his life better, considering the circumstances,? said Georgia Department of Corrections spokesman Paul Czachowski. He did not release a copy of the recording, but paraphrased Alderman?s comment. Czachowski said Alderman did not make a special last meal request. At 4 p.m. Tuesday he was given the regular prison meal of baked fish, peas, cole slaw, carrots, cheese grits, bun, fruit juice and chocolate cake. ?He barely touched it,? Czachowski said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on September 16, 2008 (boomark / email).