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Jesse Joseph Tafero (October 12, 1946 – May 4, 1990) was convicted of murder and executed via electric chair in the U.S. state of Florida for the murders of 39-year-old Florida Highway Patrol officer Phillip A. Black (who served 9 years with Florida Highway Patrol) and 39-year-old Ontario Provincial Police Corporal Donald Irwin (who served 18 years with Ontario Provincial Police), a visiting ...
Racial and ethnic disparities in the employment of the death sentence have been significant in scope over the long arc of American history. The main cause is due to the pervasive societal prejudice in southern counties. More than twice as many people were put to death in the South between 1866 and 1945 as there were in the Northeast. [25]
Montague was killed when officer Mark Weatherly crashed into her vehicle. Her 17-year-old passenger was injured. In 2011 Weatherly was acquitted. [238] April 10, 2009 Robert Mitchell: 16 Detroit, Michigan: Mitchell was tasered to death by Warren police after he fled a traffic stop. [239] April 18, 2009 Michael Patrick Jacobs Jr. 24 Fort Worth ...
Only the first 15 entries are shown here. For the entire list see: List of rampage killers (familicides in Africa), List of rampage killers (familicides in the Americas), List of rampage killers (familicides in Asia), List of rampage killers (familicides in China), List of rampage killers (familicides in Europe), List of rampage killers (familicides in Oceania and Maritime Southeast Asia).
David Lever, 55, was charged with three counts of murder in the killings Friday of Anthony “Tony” Gribble, 80; Paula Gribble, 76; and Enrique Reyes, 64, according to the sheriff's office.
In April 1988, Zeigler's death sentence was overturned. [13] Zeigler was re-sentenced and again given the death penalty. [8] In 2005, Zeigler's request for a new trial was denied after DNA tests failed to conclude that Charlie Mays was the perpetrator. [5] [6] Zeigler's case was denied bloodstain DNA analysis in 2013 and 2016. [14] [15]
Two would-be victims escaped unharmed. Linwood and J. B. were sentenced to death. [1] In 1984, the two elder brothers escaped death row with four other inmates but were recaptured within three weeks. Linwood and J. B. were executed by electric chair in 1984 and 1985, respectively. Anthony Briley and Duncan Meekins are both still incarcerated.
Time on death row Other George Banks: Killed thirteen people and wounded one in 1982. 41 years, 238 days On May 12, 2010, Banks was declared incompetent to be executed. Richard Baumhammers: Racially motivated crime spree in April 2000, in Pittsburgh, killing five people and paralyzing one. 23 years, 280 days