Gov. Phil Bredesen commuted the death sentence of Michael Joe Boyd...
Gov. Phil Bredesen commuted the death sentence of Michael Joe Boyd...
Gov. Phil Bredesen commuted the death sentence of Michael Joe Boyd to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole citing "grossly inadequate legal representation" received by Boyd during his post conviction hearing and procedural limitations.
Boyd, who is now 47 and uses the name Mika'eel Abdullah Abdus-Samad, was convicted on March 10, 1988 of felony murder in the perpetration of a robbery for the shooting death of William Price outside a motel on Nov. 8, 1986. (see also Feb. 1, 2007).
Boyd, who is now 47 and uses the name Mika'eel Abdullah Abdus-Samad, was convicted on March 10, 1988 of felony murder in the perpetration of a robbery for the shooting death of William Price outside a motel on Nov. 8, 1986. (see also Feb. 1, 2007).
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- (Sources: The Chattanoogan, 14/09/2007)