Alabama Executes Man Convicted of Beating Couple to Death with Barbell

Michael Taylor executed for 1991 murders of Gadsden couple

Alabama executed Michael Taylor for the 1991 murders of Ivan and Lucille Moore, ending a case that spanned more than 35 years

Alabama executes Michael Taylor by injection for 1991 double homicide

The state of Alabama carried out its third execution of 2026 on Nov. 5, putting Michael Shannon Taylor to death by lethal injection almost 35 years to the day that he beat and murdered an elderly

Alabama executes man convicted of beating couple to death with barbell

Michael Shannon Taylor was executed by lethal injection Thursday evening for the 1991 murders of Ivan and Lucille Moore. Taylor was pronounced dead at 6:10 p.m.

Alabama executes Michael Taylor for 1991 double murder

Alabama executes death row inmate Michael Taylor for 1991 murder of elderly couple

Taylor was convicted unanimously by a jury for using a barbell to beat Ivan and Lucille Moore, an elderly couple he knew, in 1991.

Reflections from a Love’s Truck Stop: The Execution of Michael Shannon Taylor

Moments before Michael Shannon Taylor took his last breath, he turned his head toward his lawyers, Leslie Smith and Kacey Keeton, both seated a few feet away in the witness room adjoining Alabama’s execution chamber. Before them, their client lay strapped to a gurney, his arms outstretched crucifixion-style, IVs entering the insides of his elbows, a white fitted sheet clumsily draped over his body.He looked at the lawyers and smiled. “Thank you,…