Ex-Army counterintelligence worker executed

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Ex-Army counterintelligence worker executed
By Dena Potter - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Nov 17, 2009 21:42:08 EST

JARRATT, Va. — A former Army counterintelligence worker was executed by electric chair Tuesday for killing a Virginia couple, becoming the first U.S. inmate to die by electrocution in over a year.

Larry Bill Elliott was pronounced dead at 9:08 p.m. at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt. He was convicted of the January 2001 shooting deaths of 25-year-old Dana Thrall and 30-year-old Robert Finch.

Prosecutors said Elliott killed the couple to win the love of former stripper and escort Rebecca Gragg, who was involved in a bitter custody dispute with the man who was killed. Elliott claimed he was innocent.

In the death chamber, Elliott would only say he had prepared a statement for his attorneys to read after the execution.

On Tuesday, Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said he felt no compelling reason to stop the execution. The U.S. Supreme Court had refused to intervene a day earlier.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/11/ap_elliot_executed_virginia_111709/