She was beaten repeatedly. She was hooked up to a battery charger. She essentially bled to death from the beating she took. She was beaten with a baseball bat. She was raped with a baseball bat. Those are the acts we allege constitute evidence of disregard for human life.

Skylar Maciel (born John Julius Jacobson Jr. a.k.a. Skylar Julius Deleon, a.k.a. Skylar Preciosa Deleon) is a convicted murderer of three people. Deleon's gender was officially changed to female in 2019 while awaiting execution on death row. Deleon was a child actor who appeared in commercials and in the series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, as an uncredited extra.

"Hey you mother fucker get your ass on the floor…." On 01/05/2003 in Hidalgo County, Texas, Medrano and 10 co-defendants entered a private residence. After demanding drugs, money and guns, the subjects fatally shot 6 Hispanic males. Sentenced to death on September 8, 2005. Rodolfo is subjected to extremely difficult conditions in detention that can be classified as torture.

Edward Jerome Harbison (“EJ”) (b. 1955 | age 68), was convicted of first-degree murder, second degree burglary, and grand larceny for the 1983 death of Edith Russell and sentenced to death in 1985. EJ’s death sentence was eventually commuted in 2011, and he is currently serving a term of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. He has been on DR and in prison for 38 years.Massive multiple skull fractures with marked lacerations of the scalp and head, expelling brain tissue an...

On February 5, 2016, Dr. Hsiu-Ying “Lisa” Tseng, DO, was sentenced to 30 years to life for the convictions of three counts of second degree murder, 20 counts of unlawfully prescribing controlled substances, and one count of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. The murder conviction of Dr. Tseng for prescribing a deadly concoction of medications is a first in the United States. Some patients appeared to be under the influence of drugs or suffering from drug withdrawals, a...

On June 23, 2004, Marc Sappington was found guilty of the murders of three friends. Sappington's defense attorneys pointed to a history of schizophrenia and PCP use as reasons for the four-day killing spree in April 2001. Sappington claims that voices in his head gave him the order to kill, telling him to eat flesh and blood or perish. Terry Green, 25, Michael Weaver Jr., 22, and Alton "Freddie" Brown Jr., 16, were among his victims. Sappington crudely butchered Freddie’s body,...

Although the assailant got away, Madison, WI Police Detective Maureen Wall, the lead detective on “The Mall Rapist” case, thought there was a similarity in the girl’s description and “The Mall” suspect. Meanwhile, the FBI had arrested Thomas Redeker, 56, for possession of child pornography in Hancock, NY, and that in turn led the FBI office there to notify the FBI in Madison, WI that James Darryl Perry may be involved with Redeker in making child pornography. Agents in Ma...

Tanya Jaime Nelson went to a fortune teller in California and when her fortune did not come true she would murder the woman and her daughter. According to court documents Nelson was in California and went to the fortune teller to find out if her business would succeed if she relocated her business from North Carolina to California so she did and the business failed so she wanted revenge.

Michael Rudkin worked as a security guard at a federal prison in Connecticut. His wife was a prison guard at the same facility. He began having affairs with several female inmates, one of whom he had a long-term relationship, and they plotted to murder his wife. He was arrested for having sexual relations with inmates and sentenced to ten years in a federal prison. While in prison, he solicited assistance from other inmates in locating a hit man to kill the inmate girlfriend, hi...

On September 22, 1993, Timothy L. Hoffner and Archie Dixon kidnapped and robbed Christopher Hammer, then drove Hammer to a remote area where they buried him alive in a shallow grave and left him to die. " Committed to the Fight for Human Rights " " Dedicated to the struggle for human rights "

Doyle's criminal record includes drug possession, prison breach with intent, escaping lawful custody, and property offenses, as well as convictions for second-degree murder and attempted murder.

A killer scalded his girlfriend’s four year-old daughter so badly police found lumps of what they believed to be her flesh in the drain. Brad Fields, 29, began to torture Gabby Barrett because she would not stop wetting herself, and would beat her up before making her sleep on a plastic garbage bag in a freezing trailer. Fields, who was convicted of Gabby’s murder, told his victim’s mother Candice Diaz on Facebook Messenger: ‘It’s going to hurt her real bad if she doesn’t fu...

"I Dee (Maraglino) do hereby give to Ivan (Perez) all my grudges and revenge from my birth till now. I release my anger and entrust justice into Ivan's hands. I accept Ivan will decide, design, and dispense the measure of retribution he deems appropriate to my enemies, tormenters, and violators.” Killgore died from prolonged ligature strangulation, and evidence that defendants engaged in breath play, rope play, choking, and prolonged strangulation was highly probative of their BD...

Nine-year-old Rowan Ford was killed in November 2007. Her body was found in a cave in McDonald County, Missouri a week after she was reported missing from her Stella home. Rowan's step-father, David Spears, and his friend, Christopher Collings, are charged with the child's rape and murder. Prosecutors say the men killed Rowan to cover up her abduction and rape. Prosecutors filed information regarding circumstances that would allow a jury to recommend the death penalty...

James Hutto was sentenced to death by the State of Mississippi for the murder of an elderly woman. According to court documents James Hutto would befriend the victim, eighty-one-year-old Ethel W. Simpson, and after going to a casino together the woman was murdered. James Hutto was arrested, convicted and sentenced to death.

Steven Ray Newell was sentenced to death by the State of Arizona for the sexual assault and murder of an eight year old girl. According to court documents Steven Newell would abduct eight-year-old Elizabeth Ann Byrd who would be sexually assaulted and murdered. Steven Newell would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death. On May 23, 2001, Elizabeth Byrd, an 8-year old, headed to school from her mother’s trailer at approximately 8:00 a.m. Steven Newell approached Elizabeth ...

The Wichita Massacre, also known as The Wichita Horror, was a murder/ assault/ rape/ robbery spree perpetrated by brothers Reginald and Jonathan Carr against several people in the city of Wichita, Kansas in the winter of 2000. The Carrs killed five people and a dog. The crimes shocked Wichitans, and purchases of guns, locks, and home security systems subsequently skyrocketed in the city. The brothers were tried, convicted and sentenced to death in October 2002. Although it ...

Stacey Eugene Johnson is a death row inmate in Arkansas who was convicted of the murder of Carol Heath in a 1993 home invasion. He has maintained his innocence and has been seeking new DNA tests that he believes could clear him of the charges. In June 2023, a federal appeals court ruled that Johnson may sue the state of Arkansas in his push to have new DNA tests run. Johnson posits that DNA evidence may implicate Heath's boyfriend, Brandon Ramsey, as her actual killer. He has spent...

Steven J. Duffey (b. August 16, 1961 | age 1963) was sentenced to death by the State of Pennsylvania for the murder of a coworker. Steven Duffey according to court documents would stab to death a 19yo female coworker in a bathroom at a store where both were employed. Steven Duffey would be arrested; convicted of first degree murder and robbery; and sentenced to death.

Matthew Ogden, who was arrested in 2015 in connection with the death of his month-old daughter, pleaded guilty to reckless child abuse resulting in death. That is a felony with a plea deal stipulation of 30 to 40 years in prison. Ogden faced life in prison on the original first-degree murder charge. The defense said during sentencing that Sarah’s skull fracture came about when Ogden was carrying her out of the bedroom and banged her head on a doorjamb. He said at differe...