another officer, was mortally wounded. Part of an anti-government movement or "sovereign citizen movement", Block and Sibley had renounced their citizenship and destroyed their birth certificates, driver's licenses, and Social Security cards. They refused to cooperate with their court-appointed attorneys, maintaining that they had acted in self-defense. They also maintained that Alabama did not have the authority to try them as it was not properly re-admitted into the Union after the American Civil War. Although it could not be determined who fired the fatal shot, they were both convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. Death row Block, Alabama Institutional Serial #Z575, entered death row on December 21, 1994. While on death row, she was held at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Alabama. Execution Block was executed on May 10, 2002. Her execution occurred at the Holman Correctional Facility near Atmore, Alabama. Before the execution, three friends visited Block for several hours. Block also saw a spiritual adviser. She had not requested a last meal, nor did she make a final statement. At approximately 12:00 midnight, she was placed in the electric chair and at 12:01 a.m., the current was turned on. At 12:10 a.m., she was pronounced dead. She was the last person to be electrocuted in Alabama and the first woman executed in the state since Rhonda Belle Martin in 1957. Sibley filed a hand-written petition asking the Alabama Supreme Court to block his execution, claiming that Block had fired the shot that killed Motley. He was executed on August 4, 2005, by lethal injection. See also Capital punishment in Alabama Capital punishment in the United States List of people executed in Alabama List of people executed in the United States in 2002 List of women executed in the United States since 1976 References External links Clark County Prosecutor file on Lynda Lyon Clark County Prosecutor file on George Sibley Jr. Channel 12 interview with Lynda Lyon 1948 births 2002 deaths 1993 murders in the United States Executed people from Florida People from Orlando, Florida People from Key West, Florida 21st-century executions by Alabama American female murderers American people executed for murdering police officers People executed by Alabama by electric chair Executed American women People convicted of murder by Alabama 21st-century executions of American people Sovereign citizen movement individuals