SIMILAR CASES

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Thursday, August 21, 2008

There have been 1,119 executions carried out since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. Of those, seven have been of people who were not directly involved in the actual murder or were not the instigators of a contract killing.

Executed State Date Crime
Doyle Skillern Tex. Jan. 16, 1985
Accomplice in the murder of an undercover narcotics agent. He was waiting in a nearby car when the murder was committed.
The shooter is serving a life sentence but is eligible for parole.
Deauford White Fla. Aug. 18, 1987 Stood guard while two men entered a house looking for drugs and killed the occupants. The two killers were executed.
G.W.
Green
Tex. Nov. 12, 1991 Participated in a robbery at a house where one of his accomplices shot the homeowner. The shooter was executed and the other accomplice was given a life sentence.
Williams Andrews Utah July 30, 1992 Took part in a robbery and torture, but his accomplice killed the victims after he left. The accomplice was executed.
Carlos Santana Tex. April 23, 1993 Accomplice to a robbery in which his partner killed a security guard. The partner was executed.
Gregory Resnover Ind. Dec. 8, 1994 A police officer was killed trying to arrest Resnover and another man. Both fired shots at the officer, but the other man was found guilty of firing the fatal shots. He was executed.
Steven Hatch Okla. Aug. 9, 1996 Hatch and co-defendant Glen Ake participated in a home invasion. After abusing the family of four for several hours, Hatch went to his car, while Ake shot the family, killing the parents. Ake is serving a life sentence.

Executed	State	Date	Crime
Doyle Skillern	Tex.	Jan. 16, 1985	Accomplice in the murder of an undercover narcotics agent. He was waiting in a nearby car when the murder was committed. The shooter is serving a life sentence but is eligible for parole.
Deauford White	Fla.	Aug. 18, 1987	Stood guard while two men entered a house looking for drugs and killed the occupants. The two killers were executed.
G.W. Green	Tex.	Nov. 12, 1991	Participated in a robbery at a house where one of his accomplices shot the homeowner. The shooter was executed and the other accomplice was given a life sentence.
Williams Andrews	Utah	July 30, 1992	Took part in a robbery and torture, but his accomplice killed the victims after he left. The accomplice was executed.
Carlos Santana	Tex.	April 23, 1993	Accomplice to a robbery in which his partner killed a security guard. The partner was executed.
Gregory Resnover	Ind.	Dec. 8, 1994	A police officer was killed trying to arrest Resnover and another man. Both fired shots at the officer, but the other man was found guilty of firing the fatal shots. He was executed.
Steven Hatch	Okla.	Aug. 9, 1996	Hatch and co-defendant Glen Ake participated in a home invasion. After abusing the family of four for several hours, Hatch went to his car, while Ake shot the family, killing the parents. Ake is serving a life sentence.