Execution: George Jones
David Carson
2010 in Huntsville, Texas for the robbery and murder of a 22-year-old
man.
On 13 April 1993, a body was found in a ditch along a road in
Lancaster, a suburb of Dallas. The man had been shot twice in the back
of the head at very close range. Police recovered two spent .380 ACP
shell casings near the body. The victim was identified as Forest Hall,
22.
The next day, Dallas police officers found Hall's vehicle on a street
in Dallas. The car had been stripped of its wheels, stereo, and
speakers.
Within a week, a Lancaster policeman was chasing a suspect driving a
stolen vehicle. The suspect exited the vehicle and fled on foot,
leaving a .380 automatic pistol behind in the car. The pistol was
found to be the same weapon used to kill Hall.
Five months later, on 23 September, Derrick Rogers confessed his
participation in Hall's murder to Dallas police detectives and a
special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In a written
statement, Rogers said that on 13 April, he, George Jones, and two
others went to a shopping mall in Dallas to look for someone to rob.
They spotted Hall as he got out of his car and went into the mall.
When he came out, Rogers and Jones, armed with a .380 automatic
pistol, forced him into his car and drove to a secluded road in south
Dallas. The others followed in a separate car. Once parked, Jones, 19
ordered Hall out of the car, made him lay down in the grass, and shot
him twice in the head. He and Jones then took Hall's car and rejoined
the others at a nearby restaurant.
Detectives arrested Jones at his home in south Dallas. In a written
confession, he admitted being present when Hall was killed, but he
claimed he "accidentally" shot Hall once in self-defense. He admitted
that a car stereo and speakers found in his home belonged to the
victim.
Jones later claimed that his confession was written by the police.
Over his lawyers' objections, the confession was admitted into
evidence at his trial.
Rogers' girlfriend testified at Jones' trial and corroborated much of
Rogers' testimony. She testified that she saw Jones, armed with a
pistol, force Hall into his car and drive away from the shopping mall.
She then followed Jones, Rogers, and Hall to a secluded street south
of Dallas. There, she saw Hall step out of the car with his hands
raised as Jones held a gun on him.
The state presented a pawn slip into evidence showing that the tires
and wheel rims from Hall's car were sold to a local pawn shop. A
forensic examiner testified that Jones' signature was on the slip.
Jones had no prior felony convictions, but the state presented
evidence that he had participated in at least five other carjackings
and one other murder. On 20 September 1993, Jones and an accomplice
abducted Kindra Buckner, 20, drove her to a secluded area, forced her
to strip naked, rifled through her purse, and then shot her twice in
the head. Fearing that she might have survived, Jones and the
accomplice later returned to the scene and shot her in the face with a
shotgun. They then burned the car to cover their tracks.
A jury found Jones guilty of capital murder in March 1995 and
sentenced him to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed
the conviction and sentence in September 1998. All of his subsequent
appeals in state and federal court were denied.
Jones was also convicted in two other carjacking cases. He received a
35-year sentence for the aggravated robbery of Rodrick Tolor and
another 35-year sentence for the aggravated robbery of Kevin Gipson.
Derrick Rogers received 22 years in prison for aggravated robbery.
"I wasn't there when the dude got shot," Jones said in an interview
from death row about a month before his execution. "I never head a
fair trial. I've never been one fearful of death, but I don't want to
surrender to it, either. If I had a fair trial, I could deal with it."
The word "killer" was tattooed on Jones' right arm.
Although none of Jones' relatives attended his execution, he expressed
love for them in his last statement. He told his Hall's relatives, who
watched through a window, that he hoped his death "brings you closure
or some type of peace. I hope it helps his family, son, and loved
ones." Kindra Buckner's brother and sister also witnessed the
execution.
"This has been a long journey, one of enlightenment," he continued.
"It's not the end. It's only the beginning." With his last statement
concluded, the lethal injection was started. He was pronounced dead at
6:18 p.m.
David Carson
(Sources: Texas Attorney General's office, Texas Department of
Criminal Justice, Associated Press, Huntsville Item,
urbangrounds.com.)
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Rob Cibik
> George Alarick Jones, 36, was executed by lethal injection on 2 June
> 2010 in Huntsville, Texas for the robbery and murder of a 22-year-old
> man.
possum".
Hawthorne
> Execution: George Jones
He stopped living here today.
Dave Sill
Good one.
-Dave
islanders
capital offense.
Bill Schenley
>
> He stopped living here today.
Well, it's for sure he ain't Still Doing Time ...
Charlene
Now that's funny.
wd46
David Carson
wrote:
>On Jun 4, 8:28 am, David Carson <d...@neosoft.com> wrote:
>
>> Execution: George Jones
>
>He stopped living here today.
Nice one.
