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Walter Leroy Moody Jr. (March 24, 1935 – April 19, 2018) was an American convicted murderer who was sentenced to death and executed in Alabama for the 1989 letter bomb murder of Robert S. Vance, a U.S. federal judge serving on the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
After John H. Wood Jr. (1979), and Richard J. Daronco (1988), Vance became the third federal judge in the 20th century to be assassinated because of his judicial service. After an order was entered directing the recusal of all circuit and district judges within the Eleventh Circuit, Moody's trial for murder and related crimes was presided over ...
After an intensive investigation, the federal government charged Walter Leroy Moody Jr. with the murders of Judge Vance and of Robert E. Robinson, a black civil rights attorney in Savannah, Georgia, who had been killed in a separate explosion. Moody was eventually convicted of the murder in both federal court and in Alabama state court, and was ...
James Shelton Moody Jr. (born March 31, 1947) [1] [2] [3] is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. [ 4 ] Education and career
The first degree murder charge is a Class A felony, which has “a maximum penalty of life imprisonment or death and a fine of $50,000,” which may be imposed, said Judge Dawn Elshere.
Shocking video showing the killing of a Kentucky judge in his chambers was played Tuesday at the preliminary hearing for the former sheriff accused of his murder.
Robert Smith Vance Jr. (born April 10, 1961) is an American lawyer and jurist who is a circuit court judge on Alabama's 10th Judicial Circuit, located in Birmingham, Alabama. [ 1 ] Early life and education
The Edwards County Sheriff's Office were called to the home on the 1100 block of County Road 600 in Albion, Ill. at around 12:14 p.m. when they made the disturbing find, the Illinois State Police ...