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Alabama to Execute Derrick Dearman for 2016 Drug-Fueled Quintuple Murder

Oct 17, 2024, 07:23 AM

Alabama is preparing to execute Derrick Dearman, who admitted to killing five people with an ax and gun during a 2016 drug-fueled rampage. Dearman has asked for his death sentence to be carried out and has dropped his appeals to expedite the execution process. Survivors of the five family members killed in the quintuple murder are expected to attend the execution.