Execution
Baker was executed by a lethal injection on December 5, 2005. It was the 1002nd execution in the United States since the Gregg v. Georgia decision in 1976.
He was not asked by prison officials if he had a final statement. His lawyers said that he had made his peace and expressed remorse for what had done. Jennifer McMenamin, a reporter for the Baltimore Sun who witnessed the execution, said that Baker showed little reaction during the injection of the lethal doses of chemicals. His breathing did become more rapid and loud, with a gasping and sucking nature.
Unlike other U.S. states, Maryland does not offer the condemned a special last meal; instead the prisoner receives whatever is on the menu the day of their death. The Department of Corrections said that Baker's last meal consisted of breaded fish, pasta marinara, green beans, orange fruit punch, bread, and milk.
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