WTOK - News - Headlines  Hansen Execution Looms  By: Associated
Press Death Penalty  Death Penalty  Mississippi is only hours
away from executing its first inmate in 13 years. The
Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman has been put on
routine lockdown. Death row inmate Tracy Alan Hansen has
requested a seafood dinner as his last meal. He is scheduled to
be given a lethal injection at 6 p.m. Wednesday.  Now that the
Mississippi Supreme Court and Gov. Ronnie Musgrove have said the
execution should go forward, Hansen's last hope for clemency
remains with the U.S. Supreme Court.  Hansen was sentenced to
die in 1987 for the shooting death of state trooper Bruce
Ladner. Ladner was shot after stopping Hansen's car on
Interstate 10 for a traffic violation. Hansen's female companion
was sentenced to life in prison.  Hansen's attorneys have filed
an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the original
indictment. Other appeals are possible.  The first and last
inmates executed in Mississippi since 1954. Gera