19 Capital Cases Remanded To State High Court
The U S Supreme Court sent 19 North Carolina death penalty cases back to the state high court for action after ruling against mandatory death sentences. Names include Jesse Fowler and Reginald Lampkins, with details on each case and dates from 1973 to 1975. The list covers murders, rapes, and abductions across multiple counties, including Wilson, Charlotte, Forsyth, and Robeson.
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Washington
Supreme Court
North Carolina
State Supreme Court
High Court
Louisiana
Jesse Thurman Fowler
Fowler
John Griffin
Reginald R. Lampkins
Winston-Salem
Rosa Mae Barr
Sparks
Richard Gordon
Steve Helton
Sharon Williams
Charlotte
Ernest John Vinson
Norma Colleen Ferguson
Wilson
Roger Lawrence Wetmore
Edwin
Ernest Ray Simmons
Mary C. Powell
Nash County
Vernon Junior Woods
Paula Gail Bowman Hollar
Lenoir
John R. Stegmann
Ruth Kendall
Fayetteville
Shift In Inmates Will Start Soon
Raleigh AP report notes North Carolina Death Row sentences will be commuted to life imprisonment after a Supreme Court ruling. Death Row inmates may be moved within Central Prison as officials classify cases, with the population to become diffuse and the unit effectively eliminated within months. The ruling ends mandatory death penalties. a new law may be proposed by the next legislature.
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Kautzky
Supreme Court
North Carolina
Death Row People Face Life Terms
Greensboro AP report notes a 1974 North Carolina law to convert death sentences to life imprisonment if the death penalty is found unconstitutional. Rep Henry Frye questions its applicability as the U.S. Supreme Court upheld capital punishment in principle but ruled NC's method unconstitutional.
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Greensboro
North Carolina General Assembly
Henry Frye
D-Guilford
U.S. Supreme Court
North Carolina
Carter marks 30th wedding anniversary amid fundraising push
In Plains Georgia Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter celebrate 30 years of marriage while he focuses on campaign matters ahead of the Democratic convention. He plans fundraising receptions in Fort Lauderdale and interviews potential running mates including Walter Mondale and John Glenn as he consolidates support and outlines campaign strategy.
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Lynne Olson
Associated Press
Plains, Ga
Jimmy
Rosalynn Carter
Georgia
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Carter
Edmund Muskie
Maine
New York
Hershey
Atlanta
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Joseph
Leo Davis
Gastonia
Ernest F. Armstrong
Reena Massey
Coats
Crawford Dean Lowery
Lynn Snyder
Burlington
Ronnie Young
Henry Jarrette
Gwendolyn Blackmon
David Parker
Tommy Noell
Linda DiCenzo
Chapel Hill
Alton James Henderson
Judith Strader
Albert Crowder Jr
Peggy Bryant
Billy Honeycutt
Brenda
Duplin County
Mamie Lee Ward
Edgecombe County
Frank Parker
Timothy Wesley Robbins
Bradley Douglas Osborne
James Avery
Carlton Durham
Roxabel
N. C
Albert Lewis Carey Jr
James D. Sloop Jr
George James Patterson Jr
Mae
Forsyth County
Willis Edward McZorn
John Henry McAskill
Moore County
Cardell Spal Spaulding
James T. Griffiths
Halifax County
Robert L. Griffin
Clayton Jones
Jacksonville
Kinston
Larry Waddell
Alma Bertram Wood
Wood
James Douglas Harrill
William C Morrison
Ellenboro
N.C
North Carolina Supreme Court
Carters
Ft Lauderdale
Fla
Plains
Sen
John Glenn
Ohio
Charlie Brown
Hamilton Jordan
Jerry Rafshoon
Pat Cadell
Congress
Robert Lipshutz
Acre
PU Geman
KODAK
GAF
Fuji Films
Wi & DR
Aluminum
Pemuwgailymaster
Vaporette
Flea
ASTIC
Ari
Eee Borden
Borden
Penn Centre Court Tennis Bal
LTRA
Breck
Tampax
Umit
Quaniu
Greensboro RD
Westinghouse
Ghee
STYRO
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