WSFA 12 News Montgomery, AL |Convicted Cop Killer, George Sibley, Jr., Put to Death

Convicted Cop Killer, George Sibley, Jr., Put to Death

The notoriously anti-government George Sibley was defiant up to the very end. Less than a minute before the chemicals entered his body he offered these last words. "Everyone who is doing this to me is guilty of a murder. To my sister and my niece, I want to express my gratitude and my love and my gratitude to my personal my saviour the Lord Jesus Christ."

For a full three to five minutes after the procedure began Sibley held his gaze. He kept his eyes on his family sitting with those of us in the media. He glanced only one time at Officer Motley's family.

He then gasped heavily three or four times before he passed out. Doctors pronounced Sibley dead after 15 minutes.

Afterwards, the officer's family asked reporters not to focus on Sibley's death.

It was an intense seen inside the condemned man's witness room. The media sat with Sibley's family. Sibley's sister and niece prayed constantly. Both were forced to leave not by officers but by their own emotions before doctors pronounced Sibley dead. The family isn't saying where they will bury the convicted cop killer but he is from Florida.

Officer Motley's widow, Juanita Kirkwood, told us Wednesday she personally did not want the execution. Thursday, she said it was extremely difficult to watch but she felt justice was done.