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As of July 1, 2024, there were 2,213 death row inmates in the United States, including 49 women. [1] 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). [2]
Apr 9, 2018 · While Gov. Tom Wolf's moratorium on executions continues in Pennsylvania, 22 men -- each with two death sentences -- sit on death row. Here are those men and what they did to deserve the...
Apr 20, 2022 · COLUMBIA, S.C. (WBTW) — More than 35 men are set to be executed in South Carolina — most of who have been on death row for decades. They include a school shooter, murderers who killed during ...
Nov 8, 2023 · Still facing execution as of this writing is Brent Brewer, scheduled to die on Thursday, Nov. 9. Brewer argues that an expert at his murder trial – Austin doctor Richard Coons – was wrong when...
- Joseph Edward Corcoran
- William Gibson
- Eric D. Holmes
- Kevin Isom
- Michael Dean Overstreet
- Benjamin Ritchie
- Roy Lee Ward
- Jeffrey A. Weisheit
County of conviction:Allen County Date of murders:July 26, 1997 Victims:Four Summary:Corcoran was living with his brother, James Corcoran; his sister, Kelly Nieto; and her fiance, Robert Turner. He became enraged when he heard his brother, Turner and two of his brother's friends, Timothy Bricker and Doug Stillwell, talking about him. After putting ...
County of conviction: Floyd County (jury brought in from Dearborn County) Date of murder:April 19, 2012 Victim:One Summary: Gibson was convicted in October 2013 of bludgeoning and sexually assaulting Christine Whitis, a family friend who had come to his New Albany home to console Gibson after his mother's death. Gibson strangled Whitis and broke he...
County of conviction: Marion County Date of murders:Nov. 16, 1989 Victims:Two Summary: Holmes, then 21, was fired from his job at Shoney's Restaurant after getting into an argument with co-worker Amy Foshee. At closing on the day of his firing, Holmes waited in the parking lot with Michael Vance. Foshee left work with managers Theresa Blosl and Cha...
County of conviction: Lake County Date of murders:Aug. 7, 2007 Victims:Three Summary:After learning his wife was planning to leave him, Isom used his 12-gauge shotgun with a pistol grip, .357 Magnum revolver and .40-caliber semi-automatic handgun to kill his wife, Cassindra, 40, and her children, Michael Moore, 16, and Ci'Andria Cole, 13. He then b...
County of conviction: Johnson County Date of murder:Sept. 27, 1997 Victim:One Summary:Kelly Eckart was an 18-year-old freshman at Franklin College working her way through school with a part-time job at Walmart. On Sept. 27, 1997, she left work, met briefly with her boyfriend and then drove toward her home in Shelby County. That was the last time sh...
County of conviction: Marion County Date of murder:Sept. 29, 2000 Victim:One Summary:While on routine patrol, Beech Grove police officer Matthew Hickey noticed a white van matching the description of a van stolen earlier in the evening. Hickey gave chase and was joined by officer William Toney and Sgt. Robert Mercuri, each driving separate police c...
County of conviction: Spencer County Date of murder:July 11, 2001 Victim:One Summary:Stacy Payne, 15, and her 14-year-old sister, Melissa, were home alone in their rural Dale, Indiana, home when Ward entered and attacked Stacy with a knife. Melissa, who was napping upstairs, was awakened by Stacy's screams. From the top of the stairs Melissa saw Wa...
County of conviction: Clark County (change of venue from Vanderburgh County) Date of murders:April 10, 2010 Victims:Two Summary:Weisheit was convicted for setting a fire that killed Alyssa Lynch, 8, and Caleb Lynch, 5. They were the children of his girlfriend. He fled the scene and was arrested in Kentucky after OnStar located his vehicle. When pol...
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DATE: September 25, 2024. The inmates listed below have been sentenced to the death penalty and are categorized / housed as death row inmates. (*) Inmates are currently housed outside of the death row facility.
Aug 11, 2023 · In total, 56 of the 57 inmates on death row are making the request. In July the Pardon Board turned away the clemency applications, claiming that they were not eligible due to a recently issued advisory by Attorney General Jeff Landry.
