Everything remains on schedule for Cox execution

David Neal Cox is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. by lethal injection at the State Penitentiary at Parchman. This will be the first execution performed in the state of Mississippi since 2012.

In May of 2010, Cox shot his wife, Kim, twice and then sexually assaulted his stepdaughter in front of her as she slowly bled to death. In court, Cox plead guilty to all charges and was sentenced to death by the jury.

After a letter written to the chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court, saying that he wanted to relinquish all appeals, fire his attorneys and requested that the Court set an execution date, the justices granted his request and set his execution date for Nov. 17.

Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain has provided inside details of how Cox has been spending his last remaining hours.

“Well, he moved over to Unit 17 on Sunday evening, late and that was when it was scheduled. Prior to that, we came up and met with him… and spent some time with him to talk about what was going to happen, how it was going to happen, and what the process is and to find out what he wanted for his last meal and that sort of thing,” Cain told WLBT. “And so we probably spent 45 minutes with him at least, and he asked a lot of questions. He was upbeat and it was cool.”

Cox decided banana pudding, French fries, catfish and cornbread would serve as his final meal.

A petition sponsored Dealth Penalty Action, a group who’s aim is to abolish the death penalty, has collected 4,600 signatures and urged Governor Tate Reeves to stay the execution. The group fell short of the 6,400 goal. Reeves stated earlier on he had no plans to delay the execution process.