Baby killing Death Row inmate shares shocking final phrases earlier than he is executed
The final words of a Death Row killer who sickeningly stomped his three-month-old baby son to death have been revealed.
Travis Mullis, 38, was executed early this morning for the murder committed 16 years ago. Carried out via lethal injection, Mullis had already waived his right to appeal his death sentence.
He was declared dead at 7.01pm local time at a state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, and had some interesting last words for those present.
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He said: “I’d like to thank everyone . . . that accepted me for the man I became during my best and worst moments.”
Mullis also thanked prison officials and staff for “changes made across the system” that allowed “even the men on death row to show it is possible to be rehabilitated and not deemed a threat and not the men we were when we came into this system.”
And then he added that while he “took the legal steps to expedite to include assisted suicide, I don’t regret this decision, to legally expedite this process. I do regret the decision to take the life of my son.” He apologized to his son’s mother, to her family and said he had no ill will toward anyone involved in the punishment.
“It was my decision that put me here,” he said.
According to local news reports, the execution was delayed about 20 minutes while technicians worked to find a suitable vein. One needle carrying the lethal dose of the sedative pentobarbital was inserted in his right arm, the usual procedure. A second needle, rather than entering his left arm, was inserted in his left foot.
He closed his eyes as the drug began taking effect and took seven barely audible breaths before his breathing abruptly stopped. He was pronounced dead 20 minutes later.
At Mullis’ trial, prosecutors said Mullis was a “monster” who manipulated people, was deceitful and refused the medical and psychiatric help he had been offered.
Since his conviction in 2011, Mullis has long been at odds with his various attorneys over whether to appeal his case. At times, Mullis had asked that his appeals be waived, only to later change his mind, AP News reports.
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