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Where's Your Brain? (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
William Earl Lynd shot his live-in girlfriend, Ginger Moore, in 1988 while the two were high on Valium, marijuana and alcohol. Lynd shot Moore in the face, then shot her again when she crawled from the house to the porch. He loaded her body into the trunk of her car and then, after hearing a noise from the trunk, shot her a third time. After burying her, he drove to Ohio, where he shot and killed
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Findlaw (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
The first execution in the U.S. in more than seven months was carried out in Georgia last night, less than a month after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of lethal injection. Convicted killer William Earl Lynd was executed...
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TalkLeft (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
William Earl Lynd was executed in Georgia last night. Lynd's execution at 7:51 p.m. was the first since the court ruled April 16 that the three-drug protocol most commonly used in executions by states and the federal government did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Last week, a former death row inmate was freed in North Carolina. The Death Penalty Information Center reports: Around the...
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New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May7, 2008. "Almost 20 years after murdering his ex-girlfriend, William Earl Lynd last night became the first person in the U.S. to die by lethal injection since an unofficial moratorium was placed on executions while the Supreme Court decided the constitutionality of the procedure, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was the 41st man Georgia has executed since...
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
May 6 - William Earl Lynd, who killed his live-in girlfriend and a second woman 20 years ago, was executed in Georgia Tuesday. It's the first execution since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of lethal injections last month.
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Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
A convicted murderer yesterday became the first person in more than seven months to be put to death in the United States, ending an effective moratorium on capital punishment. William Earl Lynd, 53, convicted of shooting his girlfriend to death in December 1988, died by lethal injection at a prison in Jackson, Georgia, at 7.51pm local time
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
He didn't have any last words, and he refused an offer of a last prayer. With a shudder and a yawn, William Earl Lynd became the first inmate...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
WHAT HAPPENED: William Earl Lynd, 53, was executed on Tuesday for kidnapping his live-in girlfriend, 26-year-old Ginger Moore, and fatally shooting her three times in the face and head nearly 20 years ago.
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Blog for Democracy (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Execution Is First Since RulingGeorgia executed killer William Earl Lynd last night, ending a more than seven-month nationwide hiatus on capital punishment prompted by the Supreme Court's examination of lethal injection. Lynd's execution at 7:51 p.m. was the first since...
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Get Mash (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Georgia executed killer William Earl Lynd last night, ending a more than seven-month nationwide hiatus on capital punishment prompted by the Supreme Court's examination of lethal injection. Read the full story
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Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
A Georgia man who killed his live-in girlfriend was executed yesterday, the first inmate put to death since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of lethal injections. William Earl Lynd was pronounced dead at 7:51 p.m., Georgia Department of Corrections spokeswoman Mallie McCord said.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Washington - The south-eastern state of Georgia executed William Earl Lynd late Tuesday, the first use of the death penalty in the United States in more than seven months. The execution came after the US Supreme Court last month upheld the right of s...
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News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Convicted murderer William Earl Lynd was put to death in Georgia Tuesday evening after the state Supreme Court rejected a stay of execution.Lynd, convicted of the 1988 kidnapping and murder of his girlfriend, Ginger Moore, was declared dead at 7:51 p.m., USA Today reported.He was the first inmate in the United States executed since the Supreme Court ruled that lethal injection is constitutional, WALB-TV...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Washington - The south-eastern state of Georgia executed William Earl Lynd late Tuesday, the first use of the death penalty in the United States in more than seven months. The execution came after the US Supreme Court last month upheld the right of s...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
WHAT HAPPENED: William Earl Lynd, 53, was executed on Tuesday for kidnapping his live-in girlfriend, 26-year-old Ginger Moore, and fatally shooting her three times in the face and head nearly 20 years ago.
