Richard Stephen Fairchild, who turned 63 on Thursday, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary for the torture slaying of his girlfriend's 3-year-old son in 1993.
, who turned 63 on Thursday, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was declared dead at 10:24 a.m./ AP
"The method of Adam's murder can only be described as torture," prosecutors from the Oklahoma attorney general's office wrote to the state's Pardon and Parole Board, which voted 4-1 last month against recommending clemency for Fairchild. Attorneys for Fairchild argued that he was abused as a child, was mentally ill and was remorseful for his actions.
Fairchild's attorneys filed last-minute appeals Wednesday with Oklahoma's Court of Criminal Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court, but both courts denied his requests Thursday morning.death row inmate Richard Glossip
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