Andrew Grant DeYoung
On July 21, 2011 the state of Georgia executed thirty-seven year old Andrew DeYoung. He was convicted in 1995 for the 1993 murders of his parents, Gary and Kathryn and his fourteen year old sister, Sarah. Only his sixteen year old brother, Nathan escaped the home that night. The case itself seemed pretty open and shut. Aside from making headlines because of the brutality of the crime the execution also made headlines. It was the first execution in over twenty years to be video taped, although it has not apparently been officially viewed as it was immediately put under seal of the court. The execution was videoed because there had been claims that the lethal injection process “caused unnecessary pain and suffering.” This is not surprising as this has always been, and continues to be, an argument by those opposed to capital punishment. It was later said that the execution was carried out without any issues. It seems unlikely that when the DeYoung family went to bed on...