Death row inmate suffered ‘excruciating’ execution, after making last meal ‘mistake’

A death row inmate had an “excruciating” execution after making a mistake with his last meal, according to an autopsy report.

Wesley Ira Purkey was 68 years old when he died by lethal injection after he was placed on death row in 2004 for kidnapping, raping, and then murdering 16-year-old schoolgirl Jennifer Long in 1998.

The teenage student was last continue reading …