Roy Michael "Hog" Roberts (December 18, 1952 – March 10, 1999) was executed in
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
by
lethal injection
Lethal injection is the practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person (typically a barbiturate, paralytic, and potassium solution) for the express purpose of causing rapid death. The main application for this procedure is capital puni ...
at the
Potosi Correctional Center
Potosi Correctional Center (PCC) is a Missouri Department of Corrections prison located in unincorporated Washington County, Missouri, near Mineral Point. The facility currently houses 800 death row, maximum security and high-risk male inm ...
, for assisting the murder of a correctional officer named Tom Jackson in Missouri's
Moberly Correctional Center
Moberly Correctional Center is a Missouri Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri. According to the official Official Manual State of Missouri the facility has a capacity of 1800 medium- and ...
in July 1983.
A 2005 investigation was opened to investigate the possibility of Roberts' innocence. No physical evidence connected Roberts to the crime. Four eyewitnesses, including three corrections officers, testified that Roberts had participated in the murder, while nine witnesses, including another corrections officer, had testified that Roberts had been elsewhere at the moment of the stabbing.
[Huff, C. Ronald. ''Wrongful Conviction: International Perspectives on Miscarriages of Justice.'' Temple University Press. p. 109.]
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Capital punishment in Missouri
Capital punishment in Missouri first used in 1810 is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Missouri.
History
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Missouri and was first used in 1810 in the form of hanging.
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Capital punishment in the United States
In the United States, capital punishment is a legal penalty throughout the country at the federal level, in 27 states, and in American Samoa. It is also a legal penalty for some military offenses. Capital punishment has been abolished in 23 s ...
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List of people executed in Missouri
This is a list of people executed by lethal injection in Missouri, comprising 95 convicted murderers since 1976, when the US Supreme Court reaffirmed the death penalty with its decision in ''Gregg v. Georgia''.
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References
General references
State of Missouri v. Roy Roberts ''The Missourinet''. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
Death Row - Capital Punishment in Missouri - Executions: 1989-2005 ''The Missourinet''. Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
1952 births
1999 deaths
American people executed for murder
20th-century executions of American people
20th-century executions by Missouri
People convicted of murder by Missouri
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People executed by Missouri by lethal injection