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Robert Lee Willie (January 2, 1958 – December 28, 1984) was an American serial killer who killed at least three people in Louisiana from the late 1970s to 1980. He was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of 18-year-old Faith Hathaway and was executed in 1984.
Pleaded guilty along with Robert Lee Willie in 1980 to kidnapping a young couple in Louisiana, repeatedly raping the female victim. The two were also convicted of an unrelated state murder charge. Vaccaro was sentenced to life in prison and Willie was executed in 1984. Isaac Jackson Hurt: Unlisted Paroled in 1977. Died in 1984.
Mary Lee Peters 5 Earnest Knighton Jr. Black 38 M October 30, 1984 Bossier: Ralph Shell 6 Robert Lee Willie: White 26 M December 28, 1984 St. Tammany: Faith Hathaway 7 David Dene Martin: White 32 M January 4, 1985 Terrebonne: 4 murder victims [b] 8 Benjamin A. Berry: White 31 M June 7, 1987 Jefferson: Jefferson Parish Deputy Sheriff Robert ...
There was another death row inmate you counseled during the same period named Robert Lee Willie, who was convicted of raping and murdering an 18-year-old named Faith Hathaway—crimes for which he ...
Sister Helen Prejean published a book, Dead Man Walking (1993), about her relationship with Elmo Sonnier and Robert Lee Willie, another inmate on death row whom she counseled. The book was adapted as a 1995 film of the same name directed by Tim Robbins and starring Susan Sarandon as Sister Prejean and Sean Penn as Matthew Poncelet, an amalgam ...
Time on death row Other; John Allen: Murder of his wife's cousin, Ame Deal. 7 years, 97 days On July 12, 2011, police officers were called to ten-year-old Ame Deal's home, where she was found dead in a small foot locker, having suffocated. Ame lived with a number of relatives, including her aunt and legal guardian, Cynthia Stoltzmann.
The Supreme Court in 2017 ruled for a Black death row inmate who was sentenced after an expert witness testified he was statistically more likely to act violently in the future because of his race.
Longest serving death row inmate in Georgia. [159] Sentenced to death for kidnapping, raping and murdering an 8-year-old girl. [160] [161] Richard Gerald Jordan: March 2, 1977 ongoing 47 years, 354 days United States: Sentenced to death for the abduction and murder of a woman in Mississippi. Jordan is Mississippi's longest serving death row ...