Jim Willett has never hit anyone in his life, never even wanted to hurt anyone. But at the height of his career, this mild-mannered, white-haired man with reading glasses perched on the end of his nose was responsible for carrying out 89 executions.
“I think if I had my choice, growing up, I’d have been a farmer,” said Mr. Willett, the former warden of the state’s notoriously active death house.