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Wooden v. United States, 595 U.S. ___ (2022), was a Supreme Court of the United States case dealing with the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). In a unanimous decision, the court ruled that multiple criminal offenses that a person commits during a single criminal episode do not count as separate convictions when considering the number of prior convictions a criminal has under the ACCA.
57-year-old family man Coughlan left home in 1975 and never returned. On 8 September 1980, a man was convicted of his murder after pleading guilty and admitting murdering him with a hammer and lead weight. He said that he killed Coughlan after he had caught him stealing paint from a building site they both worked at.
This was exacerbated by the fact that he had gained a considerable amount of weight while in custody prior to his execution. William Williams (1906) – Hanging. He hit the floor after dropping through the trap door of the gallows. Three men had to hold his body up by the rope for over 14 minutes until Williams finally died of strangulation.
There is no record of Keirans using his own name or social security number after 1988, and he started to publicly assume the name William Woods in 1990, court documents show.
Randall Dale Adams (December 17, 1948 – October 30, 2010 [1]) was an American man wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to death after the 1976 shooting of Dallas police officer Robert W. Wood. [2] [3] His conviction was overturned in 1989.
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William Jackson, also known as Action Jackson (December 13, 1920 – August 11, 1961) was an enforcer and loan collector for the Chicago Outfit.He earned his nickname of "Action" because it was slang for "Juice Man", which meant debt-collector.