Execution
On Friday, March 5, 1993, Sawyer was executed by lethal injection at Louisiana State Penitentiary (commonly known as Angola) at the age of 42.
His final statement was as follows, “"I would like to tell young kids who might read this, that drinking and handing (sic) with the wrong people will get you where I am sitting right here and I hope that nobody else ever has to go through what i have gone through, expecially (sic) young kids. I'm sorry for any hurt and pain they say I caused. I have no hard feelings toward anyone. I just want my sister, my brother-in-law, my son, all of my family and friends to know that I love them and I'll be waiting on them in heaven."
In a petition to the Pardon Board before his execution, Sawyer alleged he was mentally unfit, suffering from organic brain damage, and therefore should not be executed.
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