Death row inmate made last meal ‘mistake’ before suffering ‘excruciating’ execution

Wesley Ira Purkey, a federal death row inmate executed in 2020 for the murder of teenager Jennifer Long, reportedly experienced what medical experts later described as an “excruciating” death during his lethal injection execution.

Purkey was 68 years old when he was executed at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute. He had been sentenced to death continue reading …