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) ATLANTA – The state parole board plans to hold a clemency hearing Tuesday for a Georgia death row inmate scheduled to die this week.
Daniel Anthony Lucas is set to be put to death Wednesday at the state prison in Jackson by injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital. The State Board of Pardons and Paroles is the only entity authorized to commute a death sentence in Georgia.
Lucas was sentenced to death for the April 1998 killings of 37-year-old Steven Moss, 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’ lawyers have said his childhood was plagued by drugs and violence. They say he’s been reformed in prison and should be spared.
Lucas would be the fifth inmate executed in Georgia this year.