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Death Row Inmates: Troy Davis and Samuel David Crowe: Two Cases of Questionable Justice: Crowe Allowed to Live, Davis Executed.
Posted on October 1, 2011 | No CommentsSamuel Crowe and Troy Davis were both on Georgia's death row for murder. One man was allowed to live, one was put to death. Was race a factor in the state's decision? -
Whisper to the Black Candle: Voodoo, Murder, and the Case of Anjette Lyles by Jaclyn Weldon White (August 1999)
Posted on September 26, 2011 | No CommentsShe was a wife, mother, daughter-in-law, restaurateur, and almost the first white woman to be electrocuted in Georgia. -
Trails of Death by Fred Rosen (August 2011)
Posted on August 22, 2011 | No CommentsGary Michael Hilton sold a movie scripted about a man who captured women so he could set them free to hunt and kill. Within a decade, he would begin a true life re-enactment using hiking trails as his hunting grounds. -
Watch Mommy Die by Michael Benson (May 2011)
Posted on May 4, 2011 | 9 CommentsWhen Second Chances Fail Review by Kim Cantrell Stephen Stanko was a predator of the worst kind. Charming, romantic, and handsome, he caught the attention of many women; yet when... -
Fear Came to Town: The Santa Claus, Georgia, Murders by Doug Crandell (December 2009)
Posted on April 25, 2011 | No CommentsKim Daniels had been a foster child. She understood their longings, fears, and desires. She felt it was her calling to offer them these things. But here's proof that not everyone can be saved -
Everything She Ever Wanted by Ann Rule (December 1993)
Posted on February 28, 2011 | 3 CommentsPat Allanson wanted everything money could buy. She was willing to do anything for it...willing to kill for it. Family, friends, employers - no one was safe from Pat. -
Brothers In Blood by Clark Howard
Posted on October 25, 2010 | No CommentsOn May 14, 1973, Ned Alday, along with his brother, three sons, and daughter-in-law was brutally murdered by 3 Maryland prison escapees and their runaway little brother






