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)
