A Death Row killer requested an elaborate food order for his final meal and guzzled down Mountain Dew. Carey Dale Grayson , 50, from Alabama, was jailed after he murdered hitchhiking mother Vickie Deblieux in 1994. He was sentenced to death by nitrogen gas, but asked for a lavish seafood banquet before he died on Thursday evening.
Grayson rejected the breakfast and lunch trays but opted for coffee and Mountain Dew. As well as seafood, he requested soft tacos, beef burritos, tostada, chips with guacamole from local establishments, before finishing off with a Mountain Dew Blast. Alabama began using nitrogen gas earlier this year to carry out some executions .
The method involves placing a respirator gas mask over the face to replace breathable air with pure nitrogen gas, causing death by lack of oxygen. Alabama Corrections Commissioner John Q. Hamm said the nitrogen flowed for 15 minutes and an electrocardiogram showed Grayson no longer had a heartbeat about 10 minutes after the gas began flowing.
Like two others previously executed by nitrogen, Grayson shook at times before taking a periodic series of gasping breaths. The victim's daughter told reporters afterward that her mother had her future stolen from her. But she also spoke out against the decision to execute Grayson and "murdering inmates under the guise of justice.
" Grayson appeared to speak toward the witness room where state officials were present, but his words could not be heard. He raised both middle fingers at th.
