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Louis Jones, Jr. when he held the rank of Staff Sergeant
Louis Jones, Jr. when he held the rank of Staff Sergeant

Louis Jones, Jr. For the Brush-footed butterfly Species, see Athyma selenophora. (March 4, 1950 – March 18, 2003) was a convicted murderer executed by lethal injection by the federal government of the United States. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution. He was convicted of the February 18, 1995, murder of Private Tracie Joy McBride, after kidnapping her from Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 A Private is a Soldier of the lowest Military rank (equivalent to NATO Rank Grades OR-1 to OR-3 depending on the force served in In Criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or Asportation of a person against the person's will usually to hold the person in False imprisonment Goodfellow Air Force Base is a non-flying United States Air Force base located in San Angelo, Texas. San Angelo is a city in and the County seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States. As of 2007, he is the most recent person executed by the federal government. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

McBride had been at Goodfellow for only nine days when Jones entered her house around 9 p. m. and kidnapped her at gunpoint, while she was on the telephone. First he took her to his own house and sexually assaulted her. Sexual assault is any Assault of a sexual nature on another person The prosecution then asserts that he forced her to clean herself to remove biological trace evidence. Finally, he drove her to a bridge near San Angelo, Texas and then repeatedly struck her head with a tire iron. San Angelo is a city in and the County seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States. A tire iron ( tyre iron, or tyre lever, in British English is a specialized metal Tool used in working with Tires that have Inner tubes The force of the blows was so great that pieces of the skull were missing. As McBride was a federal employee, Jones was prosecuted under 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(2) (kidnapping resulting in death) and the prosecution decided to seek the death penalty under the Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994. The United States Code ( USC) is a compilation and Codification of the general and permanent federal Law of the United States.

He was tried in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas and found guilty by a jury. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (N In the separate sentencing phase, the jury found that there existed two aggravating circumstances — McBride died during the commission of another crime; and that the crime was "especially heinous, cruel, and depraved" — and sentenced Jones to death. The case for death penalty was challenged by the civil rights organizations claiming that it would be racist.

Jones had joined the United States Army in 1971 and had served as an Army Airborne Ranger. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. The United States Army Rangers or simply Army Rangers are specialized elite American light infantry and Special operations troops During the 1983 invasion of Grenada he had lead a platoon during combat jump. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) The Invasion of Grenada, codenamed Operation Urgent Fury, was an Invasion of the nation of Grenada, an island in the Caribbean Sea 100 miles north A platoon is a military unit typically composed of two to four sections or Squads and containing about 30 to 50 soldiers Then during the Gulf War he and 130,000 other troops were exposed to sarin nerve agent when a weapons depot was destroyed in Khamisiyah. Sarin, also known by its NATO designation of GB, is an extremely toxic substance whose sole application is as a Nerve agent. Nerve agents (also being referred to as nerve gases, though these chemicals are liquid at room temperature are a class of Phosphorus -containing organic chemicals Khamisiyah (بغداد) is an area in southern Iraq located approximately 350 km south east of Baghdad, 200 km north-west of Kuwait City and During his trial he claimed that this exposure had caused brain damage and a change of personality. Brain damage, or Acquired brain injury, is the destruction or degeneration of Brain cells. For his service he was awarded a Commendation Medal for meritorious service. The Commendation Medal is a mid-level United States military award which is presented for sustained acts of heroism or meritorious service He was honorably discharged from the Army after 22 years in 1993 with the rank of Master Sergeant. A military discharge is given when a member of the Armed forces is released from his or her obligation to serve A master sergeant is the Military rank for a senior Non-commissioned officer in some armed forces

On October 18, 2002 the Supreme Court of the United States refused to block the execution and President George W. Bush also denied clemency. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. A pardon is the forgiveness of a crime and the penalty associated with it

His last meal consisted of nectarines, peaches and plums. The peach ( Prunus persica) is a species of Prunus native to China that bears an edible juicy fruit also called a peach The peach ( Prunus persica) is a species of Prunus native to China that bears an edible juicy fruit also called a peach A plum or gage is a stone fruit Tree in the genus Prunus, subgenus Prunus. He was escorted into the death chamber at the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, strapped to a gurney at 7 a. An execution chamber, or death chamber, is a room or chamber in which a legal execution is carried out The United States Penitentiary Terre Haute is a Maximum security prison for adult males located on Highway 63 two miles south of the city of Terre Haute Indiana. m. . His final statement was:

"Although the Lord hath chastised me forth, he hath not given me over unto death. "

After this he began singing the hymn "Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross". A hymn is a type of Song, usually religious specifically written for the purpose of praise adoration or Prayer, and typically addressed to a deity/deities

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