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Lawyers ask panel to spare Georgia death row inmate’s life

In this undated photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections, death row inmate Daniel Anthony Lucas is seen. Lucas, 37, was sentenced to die in 1999 for the killings of Steven Moss, 37, his 11-year-old son Bryan and 15-year-old daughter Kristin, who interrupted a burglary at their home near Macon in central Georgia. Lucas is scheduled to be executed Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at the state prison in Jackson. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP) In this undated photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections, death row inmate Daniel Anthony Lucas is seen. Lucas, 37, was sentenced to die in 1999 for the killings of Steven Moss, 37, his 11-year-old son Bryan and 15-year-old daughter Kristin, who interrupted a burglary at their home near Macon in central Georgia. Lucas is scheduled to be executed Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at the state prison in Jackson. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

By Associated Press April 25, 2016 1 min read

ATLANTA (AP) – Lawyers for a Georgia death row inmate scheduled to die this week are asking the state parole board to spare his life.

Daniel Anthony Lucas is set to be put to death Wednesday at the state prison in Jackson by injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital.

Lucas received the death sentence for the April 1998 killings of Steven Moss, 37, his 11-year-old son Bryan and 15-year-old daughter Kristin, who interrupted a burglary at their home near Macon in central Georgia.

The State Board of Pardons and Paroles plans to hold a clemency hearing for Lucas on Tuesday. The parole board is the only entity authorized to commute a death sentence.

Lucas’ lawyers have said he had a rough childhood plagued by drugs and violence. They say he has been reformed in prison and should be spared.