“I’ve been blessed to be loved by some good people, by some amazing people. I thank them for their support. Now, let’s get it on so these people can go home. That’s it.”

– Gary Carl Simmons, Jr., convicted of murder, lethal injection, Mississippi. Executed June 20, 2012.

Simmons and Timothy Milano owed a drug debt valued between $12,000 and $15,000. Jeffrey Wolfe and his girlfriend drove to Mississippi to collect the money, but following an argument, Milano shot Wolfe while Simmons raped his girlfriend, who later escaped from the foot locker where she was being held. Simmons used a butcher knife to dismember Wolfe’s body.

“I’m really deep down in my heart sorry it happened. I wish this would bring her back. I want you to know that I’m very sorry this ever happened. I knew it was wrong but it was alcohol, despair and temper that caused it. That’s it.”

– Gerald James Holland, convicted of murder, lethal injection, Mississippi. Executed May 20, 2010.

Holland raped, beat, and strangled Krystal King on the day before her fifteenth birthday. Her body was found shortly after with the assistance of Holland’s roommate, Jerry Douglas, who had helped him hide the body. Although Holland’s death sentence was rescinded after his trial, a jury resentenced him to death two years later.

“Don’t cry, it’s my situation. I got it. Hold tight, It’s going to shine on the golden child. Hold tight. I love you, I’m through with my statement.”

– Derrick Lamone Johnson, convicted of murder, lethal injection, Texas. Executed April 30, 2009.

Johnson and his fifteen-year-old accomplice, Marcus Maxwell, robbed and kidnapped LaTausha Curry while she made a call at a pay phone. Johnson confessed that he and Maxwell raped and killed Curry, suffocating her with her clothing. At the time of the murder, both men had been on a two-week crime spree that involved the sexual assaults of other women in the area.