Mother of man executed in Applebee’s apologizes to killer’s family at sentencing Updated Mar 12, 2021; Posted Mar 11, 2021 Noel Powell III, left, with his attorney Robin Lord during a 2017 court appearance in the death of Devin Smith.(Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media) Facebook Share It’s usually the other way around at a court sentencing: Defendants who have taken a life sometimes apologize to the victim’s surviving family members. On Thursday, Debora Lapointe apologized to the family of Noel Powell III, the man who killed her son Devin Smith inside the Applebee’s in Lawrence in...