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~ Lee Hall, Jr., 05Dec19, (TN) ~
By: BuzzC Date: November 15, 2019, 6:55 pm
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Lee Hall, Jr., set to die--
Friday, November 15, 2019
Lee Hall, Jr., was convicted in 1993 for the murder of Traci
Crozier in Hamilton County. Hall threw gasoline on Crozier, his
ex-girlfriend, then set her on fire while she was inside her
car. Crozier suffered 3rd degree burns to nearly all of her
body, and she later died...
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Re: ~ Lee Hall, Jr., 05Dec19, (TN) ~
By: BuzzC Date: December 4, 2019, 7:14 pm
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Tennessee governor not stopping planned execution Thursday--
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced
Wednesday that he won't stop the state from putting a blind
inmate to death in the electric chair later this week, clearing
the way for the execution unless a federal court intervenes.
Lee Hall, a 53-year-old inmate who became blind from glaucoma
during is decades in prison, is scheduled to be electrocuted
Thursday for his conviction in the 1991 killing of his estranged
girlfriend.
Hall had his sight when he entered death row nearly three
decades ago, but attorneys for the condemned prisoner say he’s
since become functionally blind due to improperly treated
glaucoma.
Earlier this year, Hall chose the electric chair over lethal
injection as allowed under state law. If the execution goes
forward, he is believed to be just the second blind prisoner who
will be executed since the death penalty was reinstated by the
U.S. Supreme Court in 1976.
To date, the U.S. Supreme Court has neither set an upper age
limit for executions nor created an exception for a physical
infirmity.
“The justice system has extensively reviewed Lee Hall’s case
over the course of almost 30 years, including additional review
and rulings by the Tennessee Supreme Court yesterday and today,"
the Republican governor said in a statement Wednesday. "The
judgment and sentence stand based on these rulings, and I will
not intervene in this case.”
However, with the Tennessee Supreme Court recently denying the
defense request and Lee declining to intervene, Hall's options
have dwindled as Thursday's execution time nears.
Hall's team has filed several legal filings in federal court on
Wednesday in a last effort to block the execution.
Hall was moved earlier this week to a room adjacent to
Tennessee's execution chamber as part of the state's death
penalty guidelines.
Tennessee is one of six states in which inmates can choose the
electric chair, but it’s the only state that has used the chair
in recent years. Three out of five recent inmates put to death
in Tennessee have chosen the chair since the state began
resuming executions in August
Courts in Georgia and Nebraska have declared the electric chair
unconstitutional and the U.S. Supreme Court has never fully
considered its constitutionality.
Lee has previously declined to weigh in on whether he approves
of the state's increased usage of the electric chair, noting
instead that it's a legal option in Tennessee.
Hall, formerly known as Leroy Hall Jr., has been on death row
ever since being convicted in the slaying of estranged
girlfriend Traci Crozier. Hall set Crozier’s car on fire while
she was still inside by filling a container with gasoline,
stuffing a paper towel over the top, lighting it on fire and
then throwing it inside the car.
The container exploded and Crozier received burns over more than
90% of her body. She died the next day in the hospital.
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Re: ~ Lee Hall, Jr., 05Dec19, (TN) ~
By: BuzzC Date: December 7, 2019, 6:12 pm
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Blind killer Lee Hall who set fire to ex-girlfriend is executed
in Tennessee--
Thursday, December 5, 2019
A blind convicted killer who murdered his ex-girlfriend by
setting her on fire has been executed in the U.S. state of
Tennessee by electric chair.
Hall was convicted of killing 22-year-old Traci Crozier by
setting her on fire in her car in April 1991.
The 53-year-old, who was formerly known as Leroy Hall Jr, had
his sight upon entering prison, but lawyers say he became
functionally blind from improperly treated glaucoma.
According to court documents, Hall set Ms Crozier's car alight
while she was inside the vehicle after she had tried to leave
him.
She suffered burns across more than 90% of her body and died in
hospital the next day.
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