San Quentin, Calif. Convicted murderer Robert Alton Harris shown in a 1992 photo in San Quentin was executed in California's gas chamber. Harris was California's first execution in 25 years.

The killer, Robert Alton Harris, was executed in 1992 after spending 13 years on Death Row, and the last words he uttered before he died were chilling — a grim poem he concocted.

Either the writer or the editor chose to omit an essential part of the story, the reason why Robert Alton Harris was executed: the callous, deliberate murder of two 16-year-old children.