Transcript (en)

For those of you that may be concerned as to whether or not this animal suffered, let me tell you what he did to my mother 41 years ago. Catherine Jean Jenkins' family reliving how death row inmate Daryl Hines killed her at that Kingston Springs hotel in 1985. The details are gruesome. He stabbed her 13 times, one of which went all the way through and came out her back. he then went on to sexually assault her with the same knife that he had just stabbed over him. While Jenkins' family says they'll never get closure, today they finally got justice after the state of Tennessee carried out Hines' death sentence. Witnesses from the media watched on, sent back to the death chamber at 1021. The curtains opened at 1030. Hines was lying on the gurney strapped in his left side that paralyzed from multiple strokes not visible to the witnesses Mr Hines was asked do you have a last statement you like to make He said not right now Thank you A minute later Hines said tell my son I love him His son heard him firsthand watching on with those media witnesses as the lethal injection drug pentobarbital pumped into his father's body. Inside the death chamber, a spiritual advisor never left Hines' side. She continued to speak to him and pray and yes, and she cradled his head. at that point and then brushed his head and reached down and kissed his head. At 1034, Heinz let out a sound. It was a very loud, startling groan and then labored breathing sounds. It sounded like through a ventilator or something. There wasn't one, obviously, but it was a strange sound. Breathing heavily, then not at all. His time of death, 1043. For Jenkins' family, the execution means they can finally move on. Yes, I hope he did suffer. I hope he felt severe pain because what he did to my mother is nothing what he may have just gone through.