Death penalty in the USA: a cannibal was executed on his birthday

In 2006, Kevin Underwood brutally killed Jamie Bolin.

A man who killed a 10-year-old girl as part of his cannibalistic fantasy was killed by lethal injection on his birthday.

Metro writes about it.

Kevin Ray Underwood's execution became the last in the United States this year when he was pronounced dead Thursday morning, December 19, in an Oklahoma state prison.

Underwood, who confessed to the brutal 2006 murder of Jamie Rose Bolin, looked on as his mother, family and defense team watched as three drugs were injected into his system at 10:04 a.m.

His breathing was interrupted, and after a few minutes he closed his eyes. Underwood was pronounced dead at 10:14 a.m., state Department of Corrections spokesman Lance West said.

On the same day, Underwood turned 45 years old.

“The decision to execute me on my birthday and six days before Christmas was unjustified…