A person who killed two younger ladies and their dad and mom by slashing their throats and setting their house ablaze throughout a violent New Yr's Day house invasion in Virginia greater than 11 years in the past has been executed.
Loss of life row inmate Ricky Grey, 39, was pronounced useless at 9.42pm on Wednesday following a deadly injection on the Greensville Correctional Heart in Jarratt, Virginia.
Grey confirmed no emotion as he was walked into the execution chamber carrying blue denims and handcuffs. Requested if he had any last phrases, Grey responded: 'Nope.'
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Loss of life row inmate Ricky Grey, 39, (pictured in 2007) was executed on Wednesday following a deadly injection on the Greensville Correctional Heart in Jarratt, Virginia
Grey was sentenced to dying for the slayings of nine-year-old Stella Harvey and her four-year-old sister Ruby. He was additionally was convicted of killing their dad and mom, Bryan and Kathryn Harvey throughout a violent house invasion in Virginia on New Yr's Day in 2006
Grey was sentenced to dying for the slayings of nine-year-old Stella Harvey and her four-year-old sister Ruby.
He was additionally was convicted of killing their dad and mom, Bryan and Kathryn Harvey.
The household was attacked by Grey when their entrance door was left open as they ready to carry a vacation celebration with associates. Grey and his nephew Ray Dandridge have been on the lookout for a house to rob on the time.
Court docket data present the boys tied up the household within the basement and Grey slashed their throats and bashed their heads with a hammer earlier than setting their house on fireplace.
He fled with a pc, a marriage ring and a basket of cookies.
Elizabeth Peiffer, an legal professional for Grey, stated that whereas his dying might present a measure of retribution for some, it additionally took 'from the world a person making an attempt to make amends and make life higher for others.'
An ambulance left Greensville Correctional Heart on Wednesday evening following Grey's execution by deadly injection
Loss of life penalty opponents held a vigil outdoors the Greensville Correctional Heart on Wednesday evening as Grey was executed
Virginia resident Chuck Troutman held an indication remembering the Harvey household outdoors the jail on Wednesday evening
Jail officers closed a blue curtain at eight.54pm, shielding Grey from view forward of his execution. That's usually when officers insert the IV and place coronary heart screens earlier than beginning the injection.
The curtain remained closed for greater than 30 minutes earlier than it was opened and the deadly injection started, which Pfeiffer stated was considerably longer than standard and regarding.
The deadly injection started round 9.28pm. For a number of minutes, Grey's gave the impression to be respiratory closely and snored loudly a number of occasions. At 9:33 p.m. he stopped shifting.
He was put to dying with the sedative midazolam, adopted by rocuronium bromide to halt respiratory, and potassium chloride, which stops the guts.
Court docket data present the boys tied up the household within the basement and Grey slashed their throats and bashed their heads with a hammer earlier than setting their house on fireplace
The slaying of Kathryn and Bryan Harvey, in addition to their two younger daughters, rocked Virginia's capital metropolis again in 2006
Virginia obtained the midazolam and potassium chloride from a compounding pharmacy whose id is secret beneath a brand new state legislation.
He's the primary prisoner in Virginia to be executed utilizing the controversial three-drug cocktail. Grey's attorneys had challenged the state's deadly injection plan, saying that even a firing squad could be extra humane.
Midazolam has come beneath fireplace after a number of problematic executions in different states, with critics arguing it causes inmates to undergo a painful dying as a result of it can't reliably render them unconscious.
Grey's attorneys had stated the truth that the drug was obtained from a compounding pharmacy fairly than a typical producer magnifies the danger of issues.
His attorneys had requested the U.S. Supreme Court docket to place execution plans on maintain so they may pursue a deadly injection problem, however the excessive court docket earlier Wednesday night denied the request with out clarification in a one-sentence order.
Grey's legal professionals had earlier requested Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe to spare the inmate's life, saying his actions have been the results of drug use geared toward numbing years of sexual abuse by his older brother when he was a toddler.
Grey says he was excessive on PCP on the time of the Harvey slayings and would not bear in mind a lot. McAuliffe stated he discovered no purpose to intervene, including he believed Grey acquired a good and neutral trial.
The well-known household's slaying rocked Virginia's capital metropolis and was adopted by the killing of one other Richmond household lower than per week later.
Kathryn Harvey was co-owner of a well-liked Richmond toy retailer, the World of Mirth, and Bryan Harvey was a guitarist and singer for a rock duo, Home of Freaks.
Loss of life row inmate Ricky Grey, 39, was pronounced useless at 9.42pm on Wednesday following a deadly injection on the Greensville Correctional Heart in Jarratt, Virginia
The households' killings put town on edge for weeks. After greater than a decade, many nonetheless battle to debate the crimes.
'I'm nonetheless incapable of describing what occurred in that basement with out getting choked up,' stated Richmond Commonwealth's Lawyer Michael Herring, who prosecuted Grey.
'I do not know in case you ever get closure from one thing like that. I believe in case you're fortunate, over time you overlook, however I do not know in case you ever attain closure.'
Grey additionally confessed to collaborating within the slaying of 21-year-old Ashley Baskerville, her mom Mary Baskerville-Tucker and stepfather Percyell Tucker days after the Harvey deaths, however wasn't tried in that case.
Grey and Dandridge stated Ashley Baskerville had served as a lookout for them throughout the Harvey slayings.
Dandridge pleaded responsible to the Tucker-Baskerville slayings and is serving a life sentence.
Perycell Tucker was a forklift operator and Mary Baskerville-Tucker labored at a dry cleaner.
Her sister, Daisy Adams, known as her the type of one who 'would have given you the garments off her again.'
Grey's legal professionals had earlier requested Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe to spare the inmate's life, saying his actions have been the results of drug use geared toward numbing years of sexual abuse by his older brother when he was a toddler
He was put to dying with the sedative midazolam, adopted by rocuronium bromide to halt respiratory, and potassium chloride, which stops the guts
Adams had earlier stated she hoped to look at Grey's execution, believing it could deliver her some aid after 11 tough years.
'They holler about him struggling. What do they give thought to these children that suffered?' Adams stated.
Earlier than his execution, his attorneys stated Grey had been 'an exemplary prisoner and demonstrated that he would proceed to dwell peacefully behind bars if a commutation have been granted.'
In an announcement launched by his legal professionals previous to his dying, Grey stated 'regret just isn't a deep sufficient phrase' for the way he feels.
'I've stolen Christmas, birthdays, and Easters, Thanksgivings, graduations, and weddings, youngsters. There's nothing I can do to make up for that,' Grey stated.
He added: 'I am sorry they needed to be a sufferer of my despair.'
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