Execution Report: Cornelius Goss

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Goss had spent the day before the murder in jail for a misdemeanor weapons conviction.

Goss never denied the murder. "I'm definitely guilty," he said in a death row interview. "I was just out to get some money to get some drugs. I've been sorry from day one."

"I'd like to apologize to the victim's family," Goss said in his last statement. "I don't think I can say anything that will help, but I hope through your God, you can forgive me. I'm definitely not the person now that I was then. I was sick, afraid, and looking for love in all the wrong ways. I've caused you pain and grief beyond ever dreaming to cause someone of. I hope you will be able to forgive me." He then told his mother that he loved her, and the lethal injection was started. He was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m.

By David Carson. Posted on 19 June 2002.
Sources: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Associated Press.