Convicted murderer Nicholas Sutton, said to have saved three lives, scheduled to die Thursday.

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By Skylar Wolfe

An inmate, convicted of murdering four people, is scheduled to be executed Thursday night in Tennessee, according to CNN. 

Correctional officers have claimed that the inmate, 58-year-old Nicholas Sutton, who was sentenced to die after stabbing a fellow inmate, saved their lives, CNN reported.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee rejected Sutton’s bid for clemency, which said he was a changed man, on Wednesday.

Tony Eden, a correctional officer at the Tennessee State Prison in Nashville, said to CBS that Sutton escorted him to safety after a group of five armed inmates attempted to take him hostage in 1985.

Cheryl Donaldson, a former manager at the prison, said she slipped and fell, dropping a radio and keys.  Sutton helped her to her feet, returned her belongings and alerted staff to help.

Sheriff Deputy Howard Ferrell said Sutton prevented an inmate from hitting the back of his head.

Sutton was first convicted for murder when he was 19 years old, after supposedly killing his grandmother, 58-year-old Dorothy Sutton, CNN reported.

He later pled guilty to the murders of 19-year-old John Lange, and 46-year-old Charles Almon, according to the Asheville Citizen. 

Several family members of Sutton’s victims have joined the fight to spare his life, CBS reported.

The eldest daughter of one of Sutton’s victims argues that Sutton’s execution would only increase the pain and suffering of her family, CBS reported.

According to CBS, Sutton will become the thirteenth person to be executed from the state of Tennessee Thursday night.

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