| Donnie Cleveland Lance | |
| Birth Date: | 23 December 1953 |
| Death Place: | Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison, Jackson, Georgia, U.S. |
| Death Cause: | Execution by lethal injection |
| Date: | November 8–9, 1997 |
| Victims: | Sabrina Lance, 39 Dwight "Butch" Wood Jr., 33 |
| Criminal Penalty: | Death (June 23, 1999) |
| Criminal Status: | Executed |
Donnie Cleveland Lance (December 23, 1953 – January 29, 2020) was an American convicted murderer who was executed by the state of Georgia on January 29, 2020. He was convicted of killing his ex-wife, Sabrina Lance, and her boyfriend, Dwight Wood Jr.[1]
The murders of Sabrina Lance, 39, and Dwight Wood, 33, occurred shortly before midnight on November 8, 1997. Lance arrived at Wood's home and kicked in the front door. He then shot Wood in the front and back with a shotgun. Afterward, he beat Sabrina Lance to death with the same shotgun. Lance had a history of abusing Sabrina, including strangling her, beating her, and threatening to kill her. He once attempted to strangle her and also tried to electrocute her with a car battery.[2]
Lance was sentenced to death by lethal injection on June 23, 1999, for the murders of his ex-wife and her boyfriend.[3]
On January 17, 2020, an execution date was set between January 29, 2020, and February 5, 2020.[4] It was then scheduled for January 29, 2020, at 7:00 P.M (EST). He was pronounced dead at 9:05 P.M (EST). Lance declined to make a final statement and said "no" when asked if he wanted a final prayer.[5] His last meal consisted of two chili steak burgers, French fries, onion rings, mustard, ketchup, and a soda.[6] He was the second person to be executed in the United States in 2020, and the 76th person to be executed by the state of Georgia.[7] The next execution in Georgia did not occur until over four years later when Willie James Pye was executed in March 2024.[8]
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