An Alabama Death Row inmate on Thursday night used his last words to call the prison’s warden an abuser of women.

Before Casey McWhorter died by lethal injection in a south Alabama execution chamber, he apologized to the victim’s family and said he hoped they had found peace. He also said he loved his own family and his mother.

He then added, “It’s not lost on me that a habitual abuser of women is carrying out this procedure.”

McWhorter’s words were spoken into the microphone held by William C. Holman Correctional Facility Warden Terry Raybon—the focus of McWhorter’s comments.

McWhorter, put to death for the 1993 slaying of Edward Lee Williams Sr. in north Alabama, died shortly after his remarks.

A prison spokesperson had no comment on the remark Thursday night.

Raybon became the warden of Holman, located in Atmore, in 2021. The prison is where the majority of death row inmates in the state are housed, and it’s the only facility in the state to perform executions.

Alabama state law declares Holman’s warden as the state executioner.

But before Raybon rose through the ranks at the Alabama Department of Corrections and became the leader of Holman, he was fired from his position as a state trooper. The incidents leading to his termination were detailed in an April 2000 federal lawsuit he filed, claiming the Alabama Department of Public Safety’s and its supervisors’ decision to fire him was racially motivated.

A judge ruled in April 2001 that Raybon’s firing was not racially motivated and issued a scathing report.

“The Alabama Department of Public Safety fired a state trooper who beat up two of his female acquaintances, refused to perform his work acceptably, and incurred various debts from convicted felons. That should have been the end of it, since in any sane world the police should not be required to employ persons of questionable character,” District Judge Ira De Ment wrote.

The order also calls one of the domestic violence accusations against Raybon a case of him beating “a woman mercilessly.”

De Ment said in his order, “A state trooper who beats on women, consorts with felons, and neglects his official duties is a menace to the public who, of course, may be lawfully terminated.”

Read more about Raybon’s career and lawsuit here.