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Patrick Moody, 39, was executed by injection at Central Prison for the Sept. 16...

Patrick Moody, 39, was executed by injection at Central Prison for the Sept. 16...

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Patrick Moody, 39, was executed by injection at Central Prison for the Sept. 16, 1994, slaying of Donnie Robbins. Moody was having an affair with Robbins' wife Wanda, who persuaded Moody to shoot her husband so they could collect a $5,000 insurance policy.
Moody was pronounced dead at 2:19 a.m..
Patrick Moody interrupted his murder trial in 1995 to plead guilty to the slaying of Robbins.
Wanda Robbins was sentenced to life in prison plus 65 years after she pleaded guilty to 2nd-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and insurance fraud.
15 local death penalty opponents of the "St. Patrick’s Affinity Group" were arrested for trespassing at Central Prison were arrested for attempting to physically and peacefully halt the execution .
Moody becomes the 2nd condemned inmate to be put to death this year in North Carolina, the 10th this year in the USA, and the 1014th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.
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  • (Sources: The News & Observer, Associated Press & Rick Halperin, 17/03/2006)