12-10-2014, 02:27 PM
MISSOURI
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Paul Goodwin ^, 48, was put to death for fatally beating a 63-year-old woman with a hammer in 1998, the state's record 10th lethal injection of 2014, matching Texas for the most executions in the country this year.
Goodwin who sexually assaulted Joan Crotts in St. Louis County, pushed her down a flight of stairs and beat her in the head with a hammer. Goodwin was a former neighbor who felt Crotts played a role in getting him kicked out of a boarding house. Goodwin admitted committing the crime after his arrest.
Efforts to spare Goodwin's life centered on his low IQ and claims that executing him would violate a U.S. Supreme Court ruling prohibiting the death penalty for the mentally disabled. Attorney Jennifer Herndon said Goodwin had an IQ of 73, and some tests suggested it was even lower.
An IQ of 70 is the bar set by the Supreme Court, IIRC.
Goodwin's daughter fought to have her father's life spared, claiming that it was unfair to kill a man with the emotional and intellectual capacity of a child for a crime of passion.
His victim's daughter, however, said she's been waiting years to see her mother's killer executed.
Goodwin was executed at 1:17 a.m. this morning.
Paul Goodwin ^, 48, was put to death for fatally beating a 63-year-old woman with a hammer in 1998, the state's record 10th lethal injection of 2014, matching Texas for the most executions in the country this year.
Goodwin who sexually assaulted Joan Crotts in St. Louis County, pushed her down a flight of stairs and beat her in the head with a hammer. Goodwin was a former neighbor who felt Crotts played a role in getting him kicked out of a boarding house. Goodwin admitted committing the crime after his arrest.
Efforts to spare Goodwin's life centered on his low IQ and claims that executing him would violate a U.S. Supreme Court ruling prohibiting the death penalty for the mentally disabled. Attorney Jennifer Herndon said Goodwin had an IQ of 73, and some tests suggested it was even lower.
An IQ of 70 is the bar set by the Supreme Court, IIRC.
Goodwin's daughter fought to have her father's life spared, claiming that it was unfair to kill a man with the emotional and intellectual capacity of a child for a crime of passion.
His victim's daughter, however, said she's been waiting years to see her mother's killer executed.
Goodwin was executed at 1:17 a.m. this morning.