MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Alabama has set a mid-October execution date for a man who admitted to killing five people with an axe and gun and later told a judge he was dropping his appeals so he could be put to death.
Derrick Dearman, 35, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Oct. 17 at a south Alabama prison. That date was set Tuesday by Gov. Kay Ivey after the Alabama Supreme Court authorized the death sentence, according to Supreme Court records.
