Should Have Raped Him To Death
2019-08-18 06:09:04 UTC
Tennessee inmate Stephen West, found guilty of kidnapping and
fatally stabbing a woman and her 15-year-old daughter in 1986,
was executed on Thursday by way of the electric chair, state
officials announced.
The 56-year-old also had been convicted of raping the teen.
West was pronounced dead at 7:27 p.m., according to the
Tennessee Department of Correction.
The death sentence of Stephen West was executed by means of
electrocution on Aug. 15, 2019, in accordance with the laws of
the state of Tennessee, a statement sent to Fox News from the
department read.
The sentence was carried out at the Riverbend Maximum Security
Institution in Nashville. West's last meal: a Philly cheesesteak
and french fries.
This booking photo released by the Tennessee Department of
Correction shows Stephen West. (The Associated Press)
West had denied he was a killer, saying his then-17-year-old
accomplice killed 51-year-old Wanda Romines and her 15-year-old
daughter, Sheila Romines. West was 23 at the time.
The juvenile co-defendant received a life sentence, with parole
possible in 11 years.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee denied the death row inmates clemency
application, which said West had been taking powerful medication
to treat mental illness. Lee made the decision late Tuesday
afternoon.
Four inmates have been executed in Tennessee since August 2018.
Two died by lethal injection, and two chose the electric chair,
saying it would be a quicker and less painful way to die than
the three-drug method.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/tennessee-puts-stephen-west-to-death-
by-electric-chair
fatally stabbing a woman and her 15-year-old daughter in 1986,
was executed on Thursday by way of the electric chair, state
officials announced.
The 56-year-old also had been convicted of raping the teen.
West was pronounced dead at 7:27 p.m., according to the
Tennessee Department of Correction.
The death sentence of Stephen West was executed by means of
electrocution on Aug. 15, 2019, in accordance with the laws of
the state of Tennessee, a statement sent to Fox News from the
department read.
The sentence was carried out at the Riverbend Maximum Security
Institution in Nashville. West's last meal: a Philly cheesesteak
and french fries.
This booking photo released by the Tennessee Department of
Correction shows Stephen West. (The Associated Press)
West had denied he was a killer, saying his then-17-year-old
accomplice killed 51-year-old Wanda Romines and her 15-year-old
daughter, Sheila Romines. West was 23 at the time.
The juvenile co-defendant received a life sentence, with parole
possible in 11 years.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee denied the death row inmates clemency
application, which said West had been taking powerful medication
to treat mental illness. Lee made the decision late Tuesday
afternoon.
Four inmates have been executed in Tennessee since August 2018.
Two died by lethal injection, and two chose the electric chair,
saying it would be a quicker and less painful way to die than
the three-drug method.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/tennessee-puts-stephen-west-to-death-
by-electric-chair