Stephen Morin
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Stephen Peter Morin (February 19, 1951 - March 13, 1985), was executed by lethal injection on March 13, 1985. Morin withdrew all appeals after pleading guilty to the 1981 capital murder of Carrie Marie Scott. Morin was later convicted of the killings of Janna Bruce in Corpus Christi and Shelia Whalen in Golden, Colorado. Morin said he never intended to kill Ms. Scott, he pleaded with her to leave him alone but then he said something came over him and the gun went off. Morin had no desire to fight his conviction or the death-penalty sentence. "Morin knew he was guilty and was accepting of whatever the judge thought he deserved, he was a changed man and if the Lord wanted him to remain on Earth or go home to heaven, Stephen was willing," said Charles Galloway, a friend of Morin’s. Morin led a Bible study on Death Row and received a degree in biblical teachings. Morin looked forward to his execution date and served as an inspiration to the other inmates on death row. "Stephen was prepared and referred to his execution as a graduation day" said Murrey. "We were the first to see Stephen that day and all day he kept joking and saying this was a 'great day'" Galloway said. Because of Morin’s heavy drug use, medical technicians searched for nearly 40 minutes to find a usable vein for the injection. Morin was pronounced dead on March 13, 1985 by lethal injection, becoming the sixth man be executed in Texas since the state began using lethal injections in 1982.
