Paul Powell-VA Death Row Inmate
Powell stabbed a 16-year-old female and her 14-year-old sister, leaving the stepfather to find them when he got home from work., one girl survived the attack, the other did not. Powell was originally convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 2000, but the Supreme Court of Virginia tossed out the conviction.
Justices ruled that the attacks on the girls were separate crimes, and did not rise to capital murder. Read the rest of this entry »
