Larry Griffin
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For the football player of the same name see Larry Griffin (American football).
Larry Griffin (September 23, 1954 – June 21, 1995) was sentenced to death for the murder of 19-year-old Quintin Moss. The crime occurred in St. Louis, Missouri
on the afternoon of June 26, 1980.
Moss was killed in a drive-by shooting
while allegedly dealing drugs on a street corner.
s courts upheld his conviction and death sentence. Griffin was executed by lethal injection
on June 21, 1995. Griffin maintained his innocence right up to his execution.
. This NAACP investigation raised doubts about the conviction (specifically as to the shooter's identity), and subsequently caused an investigation by the St. Louis City Circuit Attorney's Office. The St. Louis City investigation ended in a finding that "the right person was convicted".http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/09/07/090907fa_fact_grann?currentPage=all
Larry Griffin (September 23, 1954 – June 21, 1995) was sentenced to death for the murder of 19-year-old Quintin Moss. The crime occurred in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
on the afternoon of June 26, 1980.
Moss was killed in a drive-by shooting
Drive-by shooting
A drive-by shooting is a form of hit-and-run tactic, a personal attack carried out by an individual or individuals from a moving or momentarily stopped vehicle without use of headlights to avoid being noticed. It often results in bystanders being shot instead of, or as well as, the intended target...
while allegedly dealing drugs on a street corner.
Death
AppealAppeal
An appeal is a petition for review of a case that has been decided by a court of law. The petition is made to a higher court for the purpose of overturning the lower court's decision....
s courts upheld his conviction and death sentence. Griffin 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...
on June 21, 1995. Griffin maintained his innocence right up to his execution.
Re-opened investigation
After Griffin's execution, a 2005 post-execution investigation was sponsored by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational FundNAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. is a leading United States civil rights organization and law firm based in New York City....
. This NAACP investigation raised doubts about the conviction (specifically as to the shooter's identity), and subsequently caused an investigation by the St. Louis City Circuit Attorney's Office. The St. Louis City investigation ended in a finding that "the right person was convicted".http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/09/07/090907fa_fact_grann?currentPage=all
See also
- List of individuals executed in Missouri
- 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...
External links
- Article on the Web
- Editorial from NY Times
- Article from NY Times
- Equal Justice
- Did Missouri execute an innocent man?. MSNBCMSNBCMSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...
(2005-07-12). Retrieved on 2007-11-20. - Missouri death sentence case gets another look. MSNBCMSNBCMSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...
(2005-08-05). Retrieved on 2007-11-20.