A problematic conviction and rejected appeals led to her case being covered in the 2020 documentary. Robert Taylor, 44, Sept. 3, 1987, in retaliation for the death of another prisoner who swallowed a bag of cocaine during a struggle with guards searching his cell. Fatally stabbed Debra Smith, 32, March 10, 1985, on the South Side. Fatally stabbed Bridget Drobney, 16, of Downers Grove, in a Macoupin County cornfield July 14, 1985. In Pictures; The last meals of US prisoners on death row. Also serving four consecutive life sentences for rapes related to the crimes. Shot Joseph O`Berto, 86, to death during a robbery Feb. 19, 1984, in La Salle County. He also shot and paralyzed Gobert's girlfriend during the altercation. However, in 2003, then-Governor, George Ryan granted clemency to all Illinois death row inmates and closed the "Condemned Unit." All the original buildings were constructed by prison labor in the mid-1800s. Raped and murdered Jeanine Nicarico, 10, of Naperville Feb. 25, 1983, after abducting her from her Naperville home. Strangled 8-year-old Toni Neuner and raped her corpse, and repeatedly stabbed her grandmother, Betty Dick. Merritt was convicted of torturing and murdering his business partner, Joseph McStay, Joseph's wife Summer, and their two young sons. A full list is externally linked: Due to the high number of Florida death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. Williams was the believed prime suspect in multiple murders across the Raleigh area. 27) Gregory Madej, 31. Fatally shot Tullio Infelice, 39, and Aldo Fratto, 26, Dec. 12, 1982, in a Du Page County forest preserve in a dispute over two pounds of cocaine. According to the Office of the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney, only 14 female inmates have been executed since the Supreme Court lifted the moratorium on capital punishment in 1976. That encompasses just 1.01 percent of the 1,385 executions performed in the United states since the moratorium was lifted. Commissioning the murder of Barry Van Treese. Two of Pike's accomplices were also sentenced; Tadaryl Shipp was given life without parole plus 25 years, while Shadolla Peterson was sentenced to. Shot and killed cabdriver Adrian Bracy, 28, during a robbery Oct. 26, 1986, on the South Side. The ''I-57'' killer sentenced to 1,000 to 3,000 years for the 1973 murders of a Chicago couple, Brisbon received the death sentence for fatally stabbing Richard ''Hippie'' Morgan, 31, a fellow inmate at Stateville prison Oct. 19, 1978. Stabbed Derrick Wilkinson, 22, to death in a Hazel Crest home invasion Aug. 1, 1986. 4: June 16, 2004 Cecil Sutherland, for sexually assaulting and killing a 10-year-old Marion County girl. Real Times Media. 85) Paul West, 30. A full list is externally linked: Due to the high number of Texas death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages or part of a criminal enterprise with a separate Wikipedia page are listed in this article. Autopsies revealed the children were alive when the fire was set. For his last meal . Coleman reportedly beat and starved the boy at the time of his death. Looking for beer money, Walker robbed and shot Kevin Paule, 21, and his fiance, Sharon Winker, 25, of Mascoutah, while the couple fished in a St. Clair County creek June 18, 1983. Shot two men, and a mother and daughter on May 1, 2013. 122) Rolando Cruz, 27. Suff and his ex-wife were previously convicted of beating their infant daughter to death. Although the capacity of the prison is . Nine murders committed between 1979 and 1994. A full list is externally linked: Due to the high number of Tennessee death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. Serial killer known as "The Crackhead Killer". The murdered police officer was the mother of. Broke into a Mattoon apartment June 7, 1983, and slashed to death Carol Specht, 44. The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Friday that a governor had the power to commute the sentences of all 167 death row inmates before he left office last year. 38) Paul Erickson, 33. Gov. Richard Glossip has long maintained his innocence in the 1997 killing of his former boss, Barry Van Treese. 40) Charles Walker, 50. 42) Willie Enoch, 36. 83) Alton Coleman, 34. Their remains were found in November 2013 and Merritt was charged in November 2014. Median time, in years, a death row prisoner has been awaiting execution: 7, Average time, in years, between imposition of a death sentence and execution: 12. Fatally shot Rockford grocer William Fredd, 54, and stockboy Albert Pearson, 20, Jan. 27, 1981. The murder went unsolved until Aug. 6, 1986, when Pecoraro flagged down a Chicago police car and said, ''I want to turn myself in for a murder.''. A full list is externally linked: Due to the high number of Ohio death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. Police found Ward still in the home when they arrived. Copyright 2023 WLS-TV. Fatally stabbed and shot Raynard Rule, 19, an alleged drug dealer whom House believed had cheated him, along with Rule`s sister, Lauren, 16; Yvonne Brooks, 18; her sister, Kim Brooks, 24, Jan. 12, 1985, on the West Side. 11: March 21, 2008 Gary Pate, for killing his wife and stepdaughter. George Ryan cleared death row in January 2003. All fifteen death row inmates in the state had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment without parole. 61 and 62) Verneal Jimerson, 38, and Dennis Williams, 33. Fatally shot Wheeling police officer Kenneth Dawson, 41, during a struggle Nov. 5, 1985. Abducted, raped, and killed four women between 1999 and 2000. Current Gov. 1 of 12. Slashed the throat of 6-year-old Tony Canzoneri during a Northwest Side home invasion Dec. 22, 1977. Comparatively, 12.19% of U.S. adults have less than a high school diploma or GED. Killed five people, including two police officers, in. Laura Black, a former coworker Farley had been stalking for four years prior to his rampage, was shot unconscious, but she survived. Holmes and Vance attacked Foshee and two managers as they exited the building, stabbing them multiple times, and stealing the bank deposit money. Pat Quinn signs legislation abolishing the death penalty in Illinois and commutes 15 Illinois inmates on death row to sentences of life without parole. 65) Jimmie Tye, 33. 15. List of death row inmates in the United States, List of death row inmates by jurisdiction. 52) Ronald Barrow, 31. Jan. 11, 2003 12 AM PT. Fatally stabbed Marilyn Baers, 45; Barbara Dunbar, 38; Anna Ryan, 75; and Pamela Ryan, 29, in a ceramics shop near Joliet Aug. 20, 1983. Murder during the commission of a robbery. Williams abducted Goldstone March 30, 1978, from near the hospital and drove around for 36 hours with her in his trunk before shooting her to death. 1 /18. Murdered his girlfriend and her family in their home. He has also been linked to a third murder, for which he has never been charged. 9) Andre Jones, 34. 49) Dino Titone, 30. 89) Walter Thomas, 35. An initial execution date was set upon conviction for September 13, 2018, but the execution was stayed due to a pending appeal to the. Raped and murdered Linda Goldstone, a natural childbirth instructor at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. CHICAGO A former death row inmate whose wrongful murder conviction helped bring about the end of Illinois' death penalty said life recently has been more difficult with renewed questions 10) Durlynn Eddmonds, 38. Vance was tried separately and sentenced to 190 years. Ng is believed to have raped, tortured and murdered between 11 and 25 victims with his accomplice, Raped and murdered 13-year-old Tammy Jarschke and 14-year-old Tanya Jones in 1981, and 15-year-old Kathy Graves in 1989. Kidnapped, robbed, murdered and dismembered Cheryl Dunlap at, He was also sentenced to life in prison in Georgia for the. Shot and killed a convenience store clerk during a robbery. 2012 killings of his son-in-law, Coty Beavers, and Gelareh Bagherzadeh, a friend of his daughter. John Wayne Gacy. 45) William Young, 40. 34) Domingo Perez, 30. A drifter from Texas, he smothered and stabbed Roy Pendleton, 68, of Troy, Feb. 8, 1990, after appearing at Pendleton`s apartment and asking to use the bathroom. Renteria was a convicted sex offender on probation at the time of Flores's murder. Ex-inmate sues Daley and Burge. 63) Bennie Williams, 26. Until the 2011 abolition of the death penalty in Illinois, the prison housed male death row inmates, but had no execution chamber. Gordon's accomplice, fellow sex offender Franc Cano, pleaded guilty to four murders and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Murdered two women and a 15-year-old girl, who had been kidnapped and raped. Total number executed: 135 (1916 to present), On death row: 109 (as of November16, 2022, On death row: 30 (as of November21, 2020, On death row: 64 (as of September30, 2021, On death row: 15 (as of February21, 2023, This page was last edited on 29 April 2023, at 14:57. Kidnapped and strangled gas station attendant, 26-year-old Maurine Hunsaker, in. 104) Tuhran Lear, 31. Following the names in parenthesis are the year of arrest and year of exoneration. 32) Perry Olinger, 42. 96) Lawrence Jackson, 27. However, his execution was reprieved by Governor, Shot newlyweds Waylon and Sheila Dockens during a robbery of their motel room in, Broxton is also the prime suspect for a series of robbery-murders in. 28) Willie Thompkins, 40. Both defendants, who are half-brothers, were sentenced to death. Coleman was executed . 112) Aaron Patterson, 26. Grid View. Ismael Hernandez Vallejo was given a fifty-year prison sentence. Moore has also been linked to the deaths of her father, mother in law, and first husband. They also shot Tiede's husband, who survived, and attempted to set him on fire. Reece, a convicted kidnapper, was connected to her murder in 2015 on the basis of DNA evidence. 86) Demetrius Henderson, 22. Fatally shot Claude and Alta Brown, both 62, Aug. 26, 1987, at their home near Peoria. 77 and 78) Earl Hawkins, 35, and Nathson Fields, 36. 20) Robin Owens, 29. 53 and 54) Leroy Orange, 39, and his half-brother, Leonard Kidd, 31. Edenfield is the oldest death row inmate in Georgia. Shot and killed Jerry Hilliard, 18, and his fiance, Marilyn Green, 19, Aug. 15, 1982, during a robbery at Washington Park on the South Side. Brown posed as a jogger and dragged Jordan, who was on her way to school, into the woods, where he then strangled her with her shoelace. Jenkins, who was detained at a mental hospital in California for four rapes committed during the 1970s, was linked to the crime via DNA. 124) Andrew Maxwell, 23. Murder by beating of a fellow inmate on May 13, 1981. 98) Robert St. Pierre, 27. Stabbed fellow Stateville prison inmate Ronald Kleis, 21, to death April 16, 1981, during a gang-related fight. 39) Anthony Porter, 32. Shot and killed acquaintances Kenneth Merkson, 24, and William Motley, 28, Jan. 28, 1982, after consuming large amounts of drugs in a North Side apartment. Shot and killed sales clerk Dwaine Miller, 17, Dec. 19, 1979, during a robbery of a South Side candy store. 94) William Leger, 43. Another man condemned in Illinois, Alton Coleman, was executed in Ohio.[1]. Texas, which reinstated the death penalty in 1976, has the most active execution chamber in the nation. Thompson alleges that his death penalty conviction is unjust, stating he acted in. 91) Jerry Ward, 34. Shot and killed Chicago police officers William Bosak, 33, and Roger Van Schaik, 31, March 3, 1979, in retaliation for police confiscating weapons from his home three months earlier. Williams's wife and accomplice, Kimberly Irene Williams, was tried separately, and sentenced to 40 years in prison. Murdered and dismembered his ex-girlfriend's son. Two flares were found near the boy's body. 13: Oct. 21, 2008 David Damm, for hiring an acquaintance to kill a 13-year-old girl to silence her accusations of sexual abuse. 123) Lloyd Hampton, 36. Was assigned lethal injection as his method of execution. He is suspected of having raped and murdered 51 other boys and young men. Wheat`s murder began a seven-week killing spree in which Coleman and an accomplice murdered eight women and girls in Illinois, Ohio and Indiana. Two of Cole's companions, Michael James Jackson and Alan Wade, were also sentenced to death. He is a suspect in at least ten other homicides, rapes and disappearances. Strangled Joan Wetherall, 30, a Carbondale waitress, Nov. 11, 1981. A full list is externally linked: Due to the high number of South Carolina death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. Convicted in the ''Good Samaritan'' slaying of Mimi Covert, 30, of Petersburg, Jan. 16, 1985. Rape and murder of two women on September 24, 2000, and one in 2003. Of those, 20 have been exonerated - an extraordinarily high rate of 6.7%. Mosley, who murdered Back, was sentenced to life in prison. Three other children were found seriously injured at the house. Murder of Theresa Blosl and Charles Ervin. 87) Gordon Steidl, 39. 64) James Ashford, 36. 71) Stanley BoClair, 32. Rape and stabbing of a 15-year-old girl in her home. Routier's case has attracted the attention of. 116) Anthony Mitchell, 20. Pat Quinn signed legislation abolishing the death penalty in Illinois at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Raped and strangled Carolyn Lewis, 34, on Dec. 9, 1986, on the South Side. A full list is externally linked: Capital punishment exists as a punishment in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States, but does not have a prescribed method of execution. Williams was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on August 22, 2017, but a last minute, Kidnapped, raped, and murdered 10-year-old, Murder by bludgeoning of an inmate during a. Kidnap and murder by shooting of two Native American men in the fall of 1982. 80) Larry Eyler, 37. Another companion, Bruce Nixon, was sentenced to 45 years after testifying against Cole and leading police to the couple's bodies. Shot grocer George Vrabel to death April 1, 1980, during a robbery on the South Side. 74) Edward Spreitzer, 29. The victim's 14-year-old sister was sleeping upstairs when she heard the screams of her sister. Murdered William Feuling, 23, Jan. 25, 1985, in a robbery of Feuling`s West Side home. Stabbed two people Aug. 13, 1979, inside a South Side lounge during a robbery, then set fire to the building, killing one of the stabbing victims, Delinda Byrd, 22. The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). Choked, stabbed and stomped to death his girlfriend, Cheryl Block, 32, and her sister, Anne Waters, 29, Feb. 14, 1980, near Danville, after quarreling with Block for attending a male strip show. Murdered Charles Biebel, 89, Dec. 22, 1978, and Esther Sepmeyer, 83, July 13, 1979, during robberies of their homes near East St. Louis. A full list is externally linked: Due to the high number of Kentucky death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. Stabbing murders of Heather Greaves, her sister Lisa and her daughter Avery at their home in, Eichinger is also serving a life sentence for the murder of Jennifer Still, who was murdered under similar circumstances at her house in. Rape and murder of 47-year-old Jessica Jean Fortney. Murder by shooting of on-duty police officer. Rita Bixby, Steven's mother, was given two life sentences, while his father, Arthur Bixby, was found. Jordan is Mississippi's longest-serving death row inmate. 9: May 23, 2007 Daniel Ramsey, after conviction for raping and killing a girl, shooting to death another girl and hurting three other people. 79) James Seuffer, 33. Kidnapped and murdered a 6-year-old girl. 108) Joseph Burrows, 36. His accomplice, Brogan Rafferty, was sentenced to life in prison. Believed to be responsible for other murders in different states, including his former neighbor, who was murdered in 1993 in. ON ILLINOIS` DEATH ROW, 125 MURDERERS FACE THE ULTIMATE PUNISHMENT. Dawson had responded to a call of two men lurking near a Wheeling apartment complex. Former Illinois Death-Row Prisoner Marilyn Mulero, Framed by Disgraced Chicago Detective, Exonerated After 29 Years. Times Staff Writers. 55) James Foster, 37. Gov. Rogers was also sentenced to death in California for the murder of Sandra Gallagher, and is. Still, the mandatory use of prolonged isolation for death row inmates is widespread in the U.S. Of the 2,802 state prisoners currently condemned to death, 61 percent are isolated for 20 hours or more a day, according to a Marshall Project survey of state corrections officials. These are the men on Illinois` Death Row, the convicted murderers sentenced to the state`s maximum punishment for killings that involved more than one victim, children, public officials, prison inmates or were committed with other crimes. None, however, has had his death sentence replaced, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections. Shooting of Kay Tiede and her mother Beth Potts near Beaver Springs. He also raped and violently assaulted Ling's daughter, who survived the attack. Raped and murdered five women in their homes. Coleman was be the sixth woman put to death in Texas since the state reenacted the death penalty in 1982 according to the Death Penalty Information center, and the second woman put to death in 2014 in the U.S. alone. Richard Ortega was sentenced to life without parole. It has been estimated that over 10% of death row inmates have a mental illness. His case prompted Ryan to call for a death penalty moratorium. Code had also been responsible for at least four other murders, and investigators believe his murder count could be as high as twelve. Killed his estranged wife Judy Robird Smith and her two sons, Chad and Jason Burnett. The body of a different man was also found on McKnight's property in 2000. Shot dead Rosa Barbosa, her nephew and two of his friends. One prisoner (Michael Addison) who was already sentenced to death remains on death row in the state. Marilyn Mulero Burrell and other Exonerated prisoners relayed . Fatally shot Oliver Ridgell, 42, in his car May 20, 1984, on the South Side after Ridgell refused to light Howard`s cigarette. Clubbed to death Jo Ellen Pueschel, 30, and her husband, Dean, 26, during a robbery Aug. 29, 1983, in the couple`s Rogers Park home. Copyright 2023. One half of the Speed Freak Killers along with. Freed death row inmate Ronald Kitchen, who spent more than 20 years in prison after police allegedly used torture to extract a false confession to five murders in . Raped, beat, slashed and strangled his 72-year-old grandmother, Augustine Melock, Jan. 15, 1989, in her Waukegan home. Also sentenced in Ohio for murdering his girlfriend. Player View. In jail she attempted to hire a fellow inmate to murder a witness who tried to testify against her. Fatally belt-whipped his 3 1/2-year-old daughter, Jasmine James, Oct. 24, 1984, on the South Side after she refused to go to sleep. Edwards had hoped to extort ransom from Small`s family. A drug dealer who believed Gibson was a police informant paid Griffin $2,500 in cash and cocaine to carry out the execution. Stabbed and slashed to death Michael Salcido, 17; Arthur Salcido, 19; and Frank Mussa, 16, Feb. 24, 1979, in a North Side alley following a dispute over gang affiliations. Fatally poisoned his mother-in-law, Marion Mueller, 69; his wife`s grandmother, Mary Lambert, 89; and his father, Michael, 69; by lacing their food with arsenic in 1980 and 1981 in McHenry and Lake Counties. Angela McAnulty Other News. 31) Johnny Neal Jr., 44. Photo Caption: Illinois Sen. Kwame Raoul, D-Chicago, left, and Illinois Rep. Karen Yarbrough, D-Broadview, right, celebrate after Illinois Gov. Shot dead two 8-year-old students and wounded another seven, a teacher and a gym coach. Manning was sentenced to death for two separate double murders. At closing on the day of his firing, Holmes waited in the parking lot with Michael Vance. Kidnapped Michelle Thompson, 21, outside a Gurnee bar, then raped and strangled her Feb. 4, 1984. Check out more of My Submissions. Stabbed fellow inmate, Lonnie Blackmon, 67 times on July 6, 1994. Raped and fatally stabbed Lisa Ferguson, 17, March 17, 1987, as she was baby-sitting on the Southwest Side. Murders of Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller. See also. First sentenced when he admitted to committing the. Shot his lover's ex-husband in order to collect his life insurance. Has selected lethal injection as his method of execution. Lovell was originally sentenced to death for Yost's murder in 1993, but on appeal was allowed to withdraw his guilty plea and was granted a new trial. Walden is also serving five life terms for another murder and four rapes, all committed within the Tucson area from 1989 to 1991. Kidnapping, rape, torture and murders of Thelma Davila and Katherine Powell in 1994 and 1995, respectively. Strangled and stabbed Sandra Shelton, 32, July 12, 1989, in Beckemeyer, while trying to rape her. Here are the dates the inmates were placed on death row, followed by their name and a brief description of the crime for which they were convicted: 1: Feb. 27, 2003 Anthony Mertz, for the rape, killing and mutilation of an Eastern Illinois University student. Last week, Zeman mailed a $1,000 money order to a Joliet post office box as a . Murdered the man he suspected of raping his girlfriend's daughter. The law was not applied retroactively and the one person on death row at the time of abolition remains there. Originally sentenced to death for the murder of Harvey Horne II in 1996, the. Abduction and murder of 25-year-old Joana Rodriguez to steal her newborn son. On average, these inmates have spent 17 years, 11 months on death row. Murdered a woman and attempted to murder her friend. Photos and SOP for death row inmates. 68) Thomas Odle, 23. 21 and 22) Harold Bean, 51, and Robert Byron, 43. Take a look at the gallery above to see some of the notable, rare female inmates serving death row sentences in the United States. Kidnapped, raped and murdered a teenage girl. Manling Tsang Williams was convicted in 2010 on three counts of first-degree murder for taking the lives of her family members while they slept so that she could be free to be with her lover, according to City News Service. Killed were: Shirley Martin, 23; Vernita Winder, 22; Dana Winder, 4; and Mark Brown, 25. Strong was already serving a life sentence for murdering a physician when he was sentenced to death. In the quarter century between restoration and abolition of the Illinois death penalty (pdf); 298 men and women were sentenced to death in Illinois. Murdered his estranged wife, 4-year-old son, and 13-month-old daughter on March 27, 2004. Baumhammers was given five death sentences plus 112 years. Murder of his wife and five children at their home. Raped, stabbed and strangled neighbor Lillian LaCrosse, 25, of Addison, April 18, 1985. While on Death Row for that killing, he was sentenced to death again after confessing to the May 1984 stabbing and mutilation of Cherry Wilson, 36, in her West Side home. Illinois abolished the death penalty Wednesday, more than a decade after the state imposed a moratorium on executions out of concern that innocent people could be put to death by a justice system that had wrongly condemned 13 men. 11) Charles Silagy, 40. At the time, Kell was serving a life sentence in Nevada for the 1986 murder of 21-year-old. Murdered his wife, 42-year-old Hector Jan Stamps, and her grandson, 4-year-old DeAngelo Marquez Stamps. He was again convicted of the murder and sentenced to death in 2015. Burglarized several homes and murdered six women, one of whom he raped. Vernon. 69) Derrick House, 25. Pat Quinn signed a bill Wednesday abolishing the death penalty and he commuted their sentences to life in prison without parole. I would like to thank all of the men on death row who have showed me love throughout the years. Conahan is also a suspect in the deaths of twelve other men. Pat Quinn also commuted the sentences of all 15 inmates remaining on death row. Stabbed Darlene Dudeck, 38, to death Nov. 26, 1986, in Aurora during a burglary. He then barricaded himself in the family's apartment and shot at police officers attempting to take him into custody.
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