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Man Who Killed Child Rapist In Jail Scheduled To Be Executed Thursday

Amanda Prestigiacomo
Man Who Killed Child Rapist In Jail Scheduled To Be Executed Thursday
Tennessee Department of Corrections

Nicolas Sutton was hit with multiple life sentences for killing three people, including his own grandmother. Then he received a death sentence for killing a child rapist while serving time in jail.

Sutton is scheduled to be killed via the electric chair on Thursday, and his clemency petition was rejected by the governor of Tennessee.

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