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Mar 31, 2016 · David Steffen, a door-to-door salesman, was sentenced to death for murdering and raping 19-year-old Karen Range in 1982. Steffen admitted killing her and trying to rape her, but he insisted...
- T.J. Parker
Apr 1, 2016 · Decades after brutally murdering a young woman in her home, David Steffen saw his final day in court Wednesday. He escaped the possibility of the the death penalty and agreed to serve the...
This list includes all executions since 1976. For a historical database of executions, visit our Espy Database page. Geographical regions are listed as determined by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Federal Executions are included in the region in which the crime occurred. For Federal Executions sort by the federal ...
May 27, 2015 · Byrne, who now lives in New Jersey, returned to Ohio to speak at a “Voices of Experience” anti-death penalty event on Tuesday in Cincinnati, along with former Ohio prisons Director Terry ...
- Ernest (Shujaa) Graham and 186. Eugene Allen
- Joe Cota Morales
- Charles Lee Bufford
California — Conviction: 1976, Acquitted: 1981 In November 1973, while incarcerated in a state prison facility, Ernest Graham and co-defendant Eugene Allen were charged with killing a state correctional officer. Their first trial resulted in a mistrial when the jury could not agree on a verdict. They were sentenced to death in 1976 after their seco...
Arizona – Conviction: 1976, Acquitted: 1981 Joe Cota Morales was convicted and sentenced to death in 1976 for the murder of Tony Calistro in Glendale, Arizona. His co-defendant, Ruben Melendez, was also convicted and sentenced to death. A third co-defendant, who was 15 years old at the time of the crime, was tried in juvenile court. The Arizona Sup...
Alabama — Conviction 1978, Acquitted: 1981 Charles Lee Bufford was convicted for the April 1977 murder of a prominent local politician. Bufford’s conviction was overturned on appeal as a result of the trial court’s consideration of improper aggravating factors. On retrial, the defense raised questions about the accuracy of Bufford’s statement to po...
Sep 13, 2016 · By Dan Trevas | September 13, 2016. The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence of Calvin McKelton. The Ohio Supreme Court today affirmed the death sentence of a man convicted of killing his girlfriend and his friend who helped him dispose of the girlfriend’s body.
Dec 3, 2021 · CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Ohio is getting as close as it’s come in years to abolishing the death penalty. Two bills making their way through the legislature represent a new lease on life for some...
