Michael Jeffrey Land (41) was put to death on Saturday August 14th by the state of Alabama.
Land was convicted of the 1992 murder of Candace Brown, a 30 year old mother who was kidnapped from her home and later found dead on Ruffner Mountain. She had been shot in the head.
When asked if he had any final statements, Land said: "No. Thank you though."
Chris Summers, the Chaplain of Holman Correctional Facility, then got on one knee and held Land's hand. He prayed with him until Land became unconscious.
Land was pronounced dead at 6:23 p.m. at Holman Prison, Atmore. He had been on Alabama's death row for 17 years. He is the third inmate to be put to death in Alabama this year, the 47th overall since Alabama resumed the death penalty in 1983, and the 1223rd in the USA since the nation resumed executions in 1977.
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17 years on death row, after all this time dont you think a life sentance would be appropriate. I dont believe that as human beings we have the right to take anothers life and for that reason I believe all death penalties should be commuted to life, those who hand down death penalties as punishment are no better than the murderers themselves! you do not need to lower your standards to the person who commited the horrendous crime life with no parole is a just punishment never to be released back into society, remember innocent people have been executed, please abolish this barbaric means of so called justice.
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