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John Dudley Ball Jr. (July 8, 1911 – October 15, 1988) [1] was an American writer best known for mystery novels involving the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs. Tibbs was introduced in the 1965 novel In the Heat of the Night , which won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel from the Mystery Writers of America and was made into an ...
Henry Alford of Forsyth County, North Carolina was indicted for first degree murder in 1963. [18] [19] At the time under North Carolina law a conviction of first degree murder automatically brought with it the death penalty, unless the jury recommended otherwise, in which case the defendant would receive a mandatory life sentence.
Former Richmond sheriff C. T. Woody stated that Roane and Tipton should have been executed as Johnson was. Charles V. Guthrie, a former juror in Johnson's trial, said the entire jury believed at the time that Johnson, Tipton, and Roane all deserved the death penalty due to the heinous nature of the trio's crimes. [55]
County 1 John Billington: 40 White Male ? Murder of John Newcomen: 1630-09-30 Hanging: Bristol: 2 John Williams White Male Carpenter Murder-Robbery 1637 Hanging Worcester: 3 William Schooler White Male Guide Murder 1637-09-23 Hanging Plymouth: 4 Thomas Jackson: White Male Indentured Servant [4] Murder-Robbery (part of the Peach Gang) 1638-09-04 ...
The last time the Commonwealth used the penalty was in 1947. It was the first time anyone in Massachusetts has been sentenced to die under the federal death penalty law. Federal law was changed in 1994 to allow the U.S. Department of Justice to seek the death penalty when a murder is committed during a carjacking or kidnapping. [24]
John Ball (assemblyman) (1756–1838), American soldier and politician; John Thomas Ball (1815–1898), Irish barrister and politician, MP for Dublin University 1868–1875; John Ball (naturalist) (1818–1889), Irish naturalist and politician, MP for County Carlow 1857–1880; John Ball (pioneer) (1794–1884), American pioneer and state ...
Morgan v. Illinois, 504 U.S. 719 (1992), is a case decided by the United States Supreme Court. The case established the right of defendants to challenge for cause any juror that would automatically impose the death penalty in all capital cases.
Byrd, who protested his innocence until his execution, spent 18 years and 6 months on Ohio's death row. Byrd was the third person to be put to death since Ohio reintroduced the death penalty in 1981. His execution remains controversial.