He was convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Karen Lynn Styles in 1994.
Jackson had earlier been convicted in North Carolina state court for offenses arising from the same actions. Jackson was convicted in federal court on for use of a firearm on federal property (Bend Creek Recreation Area) during a felony resulting in the death of the victim. Holder was sentenced to death by a jury on April 3, 1998. However, in September 2004, the 8th Circuit conducted a rehearing en banc of the earlier decision and reinstated Allen’s death sentence. Because his federal indictment did not include the aggravating factors necessary to support his death sentence, the 8th Circuit said Allen’s sentence should be reduced to life in prison. Supreme Court vacated Allen’s death sentence and remanded the case back to the Eighth Circuit for reconsideration in light of the Court’s ruling in Ring v. Allen was sentenced to death by a jury on Mar. Allen and Holder were convicted of the fatal shooting of a bank guard during a robbery in St. The Fourth Circuit upheld the district court’s ruling in May 2011.īillie Jerome Allen and Norris Holder - Both Black. The Circuit remanded the case to the district court, which, in May 2010, ruled that Barnette had not proven his claim of jury discrimination. Supreme Court vacated that judgment on Octoand remanded the case back to the Fourth Circuit in light of the Court’s ruling on racial discrimination in jury selection earlier that year in Miller-El v. Barnette was re-sentenced to death in 2002, and in December 2004, the Fourth Circuit upheld the conviction and death sentence. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed his death sentence on May 4, 2000. A jury sentenced him to death on February 10, 1998. Barnette was convicted of murdering a man in North Carolina in a carjacking and a woman, his former girlfriend, in Virginia. The Eighth Circuit upheld the district court’s ruling in July 2008.Īquilia Barnette - Black. An Arkansas federal district court subsequently denied Paul’s petition for writ of habeas corpus. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld his conviction and death sentence in 2000. Paul was sentenced to death in June 1997 for the robbery-murder of a retired National Parks employee on federal land in Arkansas. The Eleventh Circuit upheld the district court’s ruling in August 2005. A Georgia federal district court subsequently rejected a challenge to Battle’s mental competency and denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld his conviction and death sentence in 1999.
Battle, a federal prisoner with a history of psychiatric problems, was sentenced to death in March 1997 for the murder of a guard in the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. Hardy is not under a sentence of death.Īnthony Battle - Black. A federal jury again recommended a sentence of death for Len Davis on August 9, 2005. The court ordered a new sentencing hearing for both defendants. The Fifth Circuit reversed the sentences for both defendants and one of the two capital convictions for each defendant. Hardy was also sentenced to death on two convictions in May 1996. A co-defendant, Paul Hardy, also black, was the triggerman in the killing. Davis, a New Orleans police officer who was under investigation in a drug conspiracy case, was sentenced to death on two convictions in April 1996 for ordering the murder of a young black woman who had previously seen him beat a witness in an unrelated incident. (names in brackets had death sentences reversed, but are awaiting final disposition) Sentenced Since the Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994: