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Barnabei executed for murder of student Follow Us
Question of the Day By - The Washington Times - Friday, September 15, 2000
JARRATT, Va. Derek R. Barnabei was executed last night for the rape and murder of a college girl he dated. Hours earlier, the U.S. Supreme Court twice refused to grant a stay in the case.
Barnabei, 33, was put to death by injection at the Greensville Correctional Center for the 1993 slaying of Sarah J. Wisnosky, a 17-year-old Old Dominion University freshman from Lynchburg. He was pronounced dead at 9:05 p.m. I am truly innocent of this crime, Barnabei said in a final statement. Eventually, the truth will come out. Afterward, he told his mother and brother he loved them, cited a passage from the Bible and thanked several people who had taken an interest in his case.