Arizona death row inmate Richard Djerf was convicted of murdering four members of a Phoenix family in 1993. Now that his execution date has been finalized, he has issued a handwritten statement apologizing for his crimes.
The 55-year-old, who is scheduled to die by lethal injection on October 17, made clear he will not ask the state’s clemency board for mercy. “If I can’t find reason to spare my life, what reason would anyone else have?” he wrote. “I hope my death brings some measure of peace.”
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