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Johnny Paul Penry
Killed 7 times
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Robert Lee Willie
Killed 14 times
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Johnny Paul Penry (born May 5, 1956) is a Texas Death Row convict who is said to be mentally retarded. He was sentenced to death on April 9, 1980 for raping and stabbing 22 year old Pamela Moseley Carpenter (sister of Mark Moseley), who died of her wounds, on October 25, 1979. His lawyer claims that he has the reasoning capability of a 7-year old. His death sentence has been overturned three times by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1988, 2001, and 2006. |
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Robert Lee Willie (died December 28, 1984) was a convict on Death Row at Louisiana State Penitentiary. He was reached out to by Sister Helen Prejean, one of the sisters of St Joseph of Medailles, who based her book Dead Man Walking on him. He also provided the inspiration for the Sean Penn character, Matthew Poncelet, in the film Dead Man Walking. He was executed in the electric chair for the May 28, 1980 kidnap, rape, and murder of 18 year old Faith Hathaway in Mandeville, Louisiana.
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