Flint Gregory Hunt
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Flint Gregory Hunt was a convicted murder
er executed by the State of Maryland
in 1997. Hunt shot Baltimore police officer Vincent Adolpho twice in an East Baltimore alley on November 18, 1985 after Adolpho spotted him running from a stolen Cadillac
. He was captured five days later at a bus station in Tulsa, Oklahoma
. In June 1986, a Baltimore jury convicted Hunt of first degree murder, and he was sentenced to death the following month. Eleven years later, Hunt was executed by lethal injection
at the Maryland State Penitentiary, at the age of 38.
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
er executed by the State of Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
in 1997. Hunt shot Baltimore police officer Vincent Adolpho twice in an East Baltimore alley on November 18, 1985 after Adolpho spotted him running from a stolen Cadillac
Cadillac
Cadillac is an American luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors . Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, but mostly in North America. Cadillac is currently the second oldest American automobile manufacturer behind fellow GM marque Buick and is among the oldest...
. He was captured five days later at a bus station in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...
. In June 1986, a Baltimore jury convicted Hunt of first degree murder, and he was sentenced to death the following month. Eleven years later, Hunt was executed by lethal injection
Lethal injection
Lethal injection is the practice of injecting a person with a fatal dose of drugs for the express purpose of causing the immediate death of the subject. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broad sense to euthanasia and suicide...
at the Maryland State Penitentiary, at the age of 38.
See also
- List of individuals executed in Maryland
- Capital punishment in the United StatesCapital punishment in the United StatesCapital punishment in the United States, in practice, applies only for aggravated murder and more rarely for felony murder. Capital punishment was a penalty at common law, for many felonies, and was enforced in all of the American colonies prior to the Declaration of Independence...