Bobby Glen Wilcher , 43, white...
Bobby Glen Wilcher , 43, white, was executed at Unit 17 of the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. He died at 6:42 p.m.
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Bobby Glen Wilcher , 43, white, was executed at Unit 17 of the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. He died at 6:42 p.m.
Wilcher, 43, was sentenced to death for killing Katie Belle Moore and Velma Odell Noblin in 1982.
Wilcher becomes the 1st condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Mississippi, and the 8th overall since the state resumed capital punishment in 1983.
Wilcher becomes the 45th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 1049th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.
Wilcher, 43, was sentenced to death for killing Katie Belle Moore and Velma Odell Noblin in 1982.
Wilcher becomes the 1st condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Mississippi, and the 8th overall since the state resumed capital punishment in 1983.
Wilcher becomes the 45th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 1049th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Clarion Ledger & Rick Halperin, 18/10/2006)
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