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He murdered Arthur Lee Jones and Linda Lisa Seaborne in 1990 to avoid paying a $400 debt. Johnny Mostiler, his court-appointed attorney, allegedly neglected to inform Osborne that the prosecutor had offered him life sentence in exchange for a plea bargain, declaring "The little nigger deserves the death penalty." Osborne"s case for clemency was championed by former United States. President Jimmy Carter and former Deputy United States. Attorney General Larry Thompson, who wrote letters to the clemency board pleading for mercy. Former United States. Attorney General Griffin Bell also spoke on his behalf.
His execution was carried out despite these appeals.
