[Deathpenalty]death penalty news --- ALABAMA

[Joerg Sommer]

death penalty news

April 29, 2005


ALABAMA --- execution:

Convicted cop killer executed by lethal injection in Alabama

Mario Centobie had no final statement before his execution Thursday for the 
1998 murder of a Moody police officer.

Centobie was executed at 6:22 p.m. CST. He stared at the ceiling, never 
looking toward the witnesses, throughout the execution process, which took 
approximately 20 minutes and was carried out without incident.

The U.S. Supreme Court earlier denied a final appeal by a public defender 
to block the execution.

Centobie requested a final meal of barbeque chicken, turnip greens, candied 
sweet potatoes, egg noodles with butter and cornbread. He met until 4:30 
p.m. with his mother, two brothers and a sister, Department of Corrections 
spokesman Brian Corbett said.

Centobie was convicted and sentenced to death for killing Moody police 
officer Keith Turner in 1998 while a fugitive from Mississippi.

(source: AP / Tuscaloosa News)