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Alabama Executes Jeremy Williams for 2021 Murder of Georgia Girl
Williams was convicted of raping and killing 5-year-old Kamarie Holland and later asked for an expedited execution, prosecutors said.
- On Thursday, Alabama executed Jeremy Williams, 42, by lethal injection at William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore for the December 2021 rape and murder of 5-year-old Kamarie Holland of Georgia. Williams was pronounced dead at 6:16 p.m.
- Williams arranged with Kamarie's mother to take the child for one hour of sexual abuse for $2,500 on December 12, 2021, then brought her to an abandoned duplex in Phenix City, where he forced her to watch pornography, smoke methamphetamine, sexually abuse her, and strangle her to death.
- In March 2024, Williams pleaded guilty to four counts of capital murder alongside sodomy, sexual abuse of a child less than 12, production of obscene material, human trafficking, and abuse of a corpse before Russell County Circuit Court. In 2025, he waived all appeals and requested expedited execution.
- Governor Kay Ivey stated the crime's "unspeakable nature" justified Alabama's death penalty statute, while Russell County District Attorney Rick Chancey described Kamarie's final moments as "horrific" and said he felt "hollow" because the execution "can't fix" what happened to the child.
- Williams's execution marked Alabama's first of 2026 and coincided with two others nationwide, the first triple execution in the United States since January 7, 2010. Eleven states executed 47 people in 2025, the highest annual total since 2009, with 22 executions carried out this year.
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Jeremy Williams executed Thursday for 2021 murder of 5-year-old Kamarie Holland
ATMORE, Ala. — Jeremy Williams was executed by lethal injection Thursday evening for the murder of 5-year-old Kamarie Holland in 2021. Attorney General Steve Marshall approved the execution to start at 5:53 p.m. at William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore. Williams was pronounced dead at 6:16 p.m. Williams pleaded guilty in March 2024 in Russell County Circuit Court to four counts of capital murder, alongside charges of human traffickin…
Alabama man put to death for the murder of a 5-year-old girl in last of three US executions in a day
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