Keith Zettlemoyer

Keith Zettlemoyer (June 4, 1955 – May 2, 1995) was convicted of the October 1980 murder of Charles DeVetsco, a friend who was planning to testify against him in a robbery trial. He was executed in 1995 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by lethal injection at the age of 39. He became the first person to be executed by Pennsylvania since 1976 when the death penalty was reinstated. His last meal was 2 cheeseburgers, French fries, chocolate milk, chocolate pudding.

In court proceedings, Zettlemoyer looked forward to his execution, calling it "a blessed, merciful release from all of these health symptoms that I'm constantly suffering with." He attributed his acceptance of his sentence to the fact that he was a practicing Christian.