Alabama executes man for 1991 killings in last of 3 U.S. executions carried out the same day
Summary
Alabama executed Michael Taylor by lethal injection for the 1991 robbery killings of Ivan and Lucille Moore, making his execution the last of three carried out in the United States that day. Florida also executed Jesse Guardado, while California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced plans to commute the state’s 548 death sentences.Key Facts
- Taylor, 54, was pronounced dead at 6:10 p.m. local time in Alabama.
- Taylor was 19 when he fatally beat Ivan and Lucille Moore, ages 83 and 79, with a metal bar during a robbery at their Gadsden home in 1991.
- Police arrested Taylor in Birmingham about an hour away, driving the Moores’ Cadillac.
- Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey rejected appeals to change Taylor’s sentence to life in prison.
- Florida executed Jesse Guardado, 64, for the 2004 stabbing death of Jackie Malone, 75, during a robbery at her Walton County home.
- Indiana also executed a man for killing two children in a house fire in 2010; the article does not give his name.
- Florida carried out its 19th execution of 2025, tying the state record at the time.
- Newsom said he would commute all 548 death sentences in California, citing his opposition to state-sanctioned executions.
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