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Death row inmate Nicholas Sutton was executed this week, despite pleas from prison staff and a former federal judge to spare the life of the prisoner credited with saving the lives of prison guards while behind bars.
As the Equal Justice Initiative noted, the 58-year-old convicted murderer was killed by electrocution after Tennessee Governor Bill Lee denied a clemency application that had the support of correctional staff members and even some family of Sutton’s victims. Kevin Sharp, a former federal district court judge, wrote the clemency application and noted that Sutton had a reputation as a kind and honest man who risked his own life to save prison guards.