Alabama death row inmate executed for brutal rape, murder of girlfriend's cousin

An inmate on death row in Alabama was executed on Thursday following his conviction for the 2010 sexual assault and fatal stabbing of Tracy Lynn Wilemon, a 44-year-old mother from Chilton County.

James Osgood, aged 55, was declared dead at 6:35 p.m. Thursday after being administered a lethal injection at a prison in southern Alabama, as stated by Governor Kay Ivey.

Prior to the execution, Governor Ivey informed Commissioner John Hamm that she had decided not to use her clemency powers and instructed him to proceed with carrying out the death penalty.

“The murder of Tracy Wilemon was premeditated, gruesome and disturbing, and tonight, the state carried out the death sentence of James Osgood,” Ivey wrote in a statement. 

James Osgood

James Osgood, 55, was pronounced dead at 6:35 p.m. Thursday after receiving a lethal injection. (Associated Press)

Osgood also apologized to the victim’s family, noting he would not ask for forgiveness.

“I’m not going to ask their forgiveness because I know they can’t give it,” he said. “I regret taking her from them. I regret cutting her life short. I regret that I took one of God’s children. And I regret the pain and suffering that I caused, not only for the victim and her family, but to mine.”

The victim’s family supported the death sentence at trial, though it is unclear if any relatives were in attendance at Osgood’s execution, the 14th carried out in the U.S. this year.

A day before Osgood was put to death, a Texas man convicted of killing a young mother and setting her body on fire more than two decades ago was executed by lethal injection.

Moises Sandoval Mendoza, 41, was pronounced dead at the Huntsville state penitentiary after being convicted of the March 2004 death of 20-year-old mother Rachelle O’Neil Tolleson.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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