October 20, 2009

Mark McClain Executed, Victim’s Co-Worker Remembers Tragic Night

At 7:24 p.m., Tuesday evening…Mark McClain was pronounced dead after being executed by lethal injection…14 years after he shot and killed Kevin Brown inside a Domino’s Pizza on Washington Road…12 years after he was found guilty of that crime, and sentenced to die. Kevin Brown’s father died shortly after the murder, but those who are still around, and knew Kevin, they say it’s a somber day, like John Eckburg, a friend and former co-worker of Kevin’s. WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop has more.

UPDATED: Mark McClain Executed For 1994 Killing Of Augusta Domino’s Pizza Manager

A man convicted of murdering an Augusta Domino’s Pizza store manager during a robbery, 15 years ago, is scheduled to be executed Tuesday night. Mark Howard McClain is scheduled to be executed at 7 p.m. at the state prison in Jackson. UPDATE: Mark McClain was pronounced dead at 7:24 p.m., Tuesday night.


October 19, 2009

Mark McClain’s Attorney Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Spare His Life

The lawyer for an Augusta man set to become the state’s 23rd inmate to be executed has petitioned the Georgia Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court to spare his client’s life…Mark McClain is scheduled to die, Tuesday night, at 7:00 p.m. McClain’s attorney, on monday, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to order a lower court review of the case…


October 14, 2009

SC Board Pardons Relatives of Tom Joyner; Executed in 1915

South Carolina’s Parole and Pardons board unanimously pardoned two great-uncles of national radio host Tom Joyner Wednesday. Thomas and Meeks Griffin were convicted of the 1913 murder of a white farmer in Chester County. Joyner came to Columbia from Dallas to plead their case. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

SC Board Pardons Relatives of Tom Joyner; Executed in 1915

South Carolina’s Parole and Pardons board unanimously pardoned two great-uncles of national radio host Tom Joyner Wednesday. Thomas and Meeks Griffin were convicted of the 1913 murder of a white farmer in Chester County. Joyner came to Columbia from Dallas to plead their case. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.


October 13, 2009

Mark McClain Asks Nation’s Top Court For Reprieve

A Georgia death row inmate is asking the nation’s top court to halt his execution until it resolves an Alabama death penalty case he says could affect his legal challenge. Mark McClain asked the U.S. Supreme Court to delay the execution because a ruling in the other case could “alter the legal prism” through which his case is viewed.


October 09, 2009

October 20th Execution Set For Convicted Augusta Murderer

The Georgia Department of Corrections has set Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. for the execution of a convicted Richmond County murderer. A warrant signed Thursday by a judge permits the state to execute 43-year-old Mark McClain at any time between noon Oct. 20 and noon Oct. 27 at the state prison in Jackson.


October 06, 2009

Former Yale Lab Tech Due In Court In Murder Case

A former Yale University lab technician charged with murdering a graduate student last month is expected to plead not guilty.


September 30, 2009

Stephen Stanko On Trial For Second Murder

A man who is already on South Carolina’s death row for killing his girlfriend now faces a second death penalty if he’s convicted of killing a Conway, SC man. Stephen Stanko was arrested at the Augusta Exchange, back in 2005.

John Couey, Who Was Convicted Of Killing Of Florida 9-Year-Old, Dies Of Natural Causes

Prison officials say convicted sex offender, John Evander Couey, on death row for kidnapping, raping and burying a Florida girl alive has died of natural causes.


September 22, 2009

An Augusta Man is Convicted of Killing a Teenager

In a WJBF News Channel 6 Crime Tracker Report, an Augusta man is convicted of shooting and killing an Augusta teenager. WJBF News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud has more.

Five Family Members Found Slain In Central Illinois

Authorities say five members of a central Illinois family were found slain in their home and a search is under way for a suspect.

4 Virginia Slaying Victims Died From Blows To The Head

Authorities say four people found slain in a small Virginia college town were killed by blows to the head, and they expect to file additional charges against an aspiring California rapper suspected of killing them.

Florida Man Charged With Murders Of Wife, 5 Children

Authorities in southwest Florida have charged a man with six counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his wife and five children. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday that Mesac Damas has been ordered held without bond until his return from Haiti.


September 21, 2009

Dominican Republic Police Say Former Augusta GreenJacket Player Main Suspect in Killing

A Dominican baseball prospect for the San Francisco Giants who played this past season for the Augusta GreenJackets, is the main suspect in the killing of a 25-year-old man, police said Sunday. The suspect is identified as 19-year-old Angel Villalona.

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