In this undated file 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, File) JACKSON, Ga. – Georgia is preparing to execute a man Wednesday evening convicted in the 1998 killings of a trucking company owner and his two children during a home burglary.
Daniel Anthony Lucas is scheduled to die by injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital at 7 p.m. (2300 GMT) Wednesday at the state prison in Jackson.
The 37-year-old inmate 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.
The State Board of Pardons and Paroles on Tuesday declined to spare Lucas’ life after holding a clemency hearing. His lawyers had asked the board to spare his life, citing his rough childhood and saying he’s been reformed in prison.
The board is the only entity authorized to commute a death sentence in Georgia.