Pro Death x Exoneration by Alexa Beckford https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian The Murder Case of Gregg v. Georgia x The Exoneration of Nicholas Yarris en-us 2018-10-09 15:48:17 UTC 2025-10-27 16:00:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Dartstarget.png The Pro Death Case of Gregg v. Georgia 99016316 https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/290826707  Gregg v. Georgia is a case between Troy Leon Gregg and the state of Georgia. The case itself was quite confusing. Gregg was convicted to the death penalty, but he bypassed it for four years until they actually convicted him.]]> 2018-10-09 15:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/290826707 The Discovery 99016316 https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/290826719 The investigators went to work and soon found her car, a yellow Chrysler Cordoba, abandoned on roadway in Chichester, PA. The very next day, her body was found.
 
]]> 2018-10-09 15:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/290826719 The Abduction 99016316 https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/290826720 A young sales associate did not make it home one day after her shift. On October 15th of 1981, she was abducted in her car. When her husband became worried after waiting for her to come home for hours, he called the police.]]> 2018-10-09 15:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/290826720 The Assault 99016316 https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/291792594 Her body showed signs of being beaten, stabbed and raped. The body was not near the vehicle though. She was found a mile and a half away from her car in a church parking lot. ]]> 2018-10-11 15:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/291792594 The Assault 99031735 https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292460343 Allen recounted the events leading to the slayings. He stated, after Simmons and Moore left the car, Gregg stated that he was gonna rob them. The petitioner then took his pistol (a .25-caliber pistol) in hand and positioned himself on the car to improve his aim. As Simmons and Moore came toward the car, Gregg fired three shots and the two men fell near a ditch. Gregg, at close range, then fired a shot into the head of each. He robbed them of valuables and drove away with Allen.]]> 2018-10-13 20:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292460343 Exoneration of Nicholas Yarris 99031735 https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292460403 2018-10-13 20:13:03 UTC https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292460403 The Conviction 99031735 https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292463662 Gregg was charged with committing armed robbery and murder on the basis of evidence. At the trial stage of Georgia's procedure, the jury found Gregg guilty of two counts of armed robbery and two counts of murder. At the penalty stage, the judge instructed the jury that it could recommend either a death sentence or a life prison sentence on each count. The jury chose a sentence of death. The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed the convictions.]]> 2018-10-13 20:56:04 UTC https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292463662 The Arrest 99016316 https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292473306 Four days after her body was discovered, Nicholas Yarris was pulled over and then arrested for attempted murder of a police officer. While was in custody he accused an acquaintance of committing the Tri-State mall assault in an attempt to gain his freedom. Once this suspect was ruled out, Yarris turned into the prime suspect. ]]> 2018-10-13 23:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292473306 The Conviction 99016316 https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292474257 In 1982, Nicholas Yarris was convicted of murder, rape, and abduction. He was given the death sentence. ]]> 2018-10-14 00:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292474257 The DNA 99016316 https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292475136 Yarris continued to proclaim his innocence, he demanded for the DNA evidence to be tested. In 1989, he became one of Pennsylvania’s first death row inmates to demand post conviction DNA testing to prove his innocence. Multiple tests were run and they all failed to produce conclusive results. Finally, Dr. Edward Blake conducted a final round of testing on the gloves found in the victim’s car, this is when the truth came out, fingernail scrapings from the victim, and the remaining spermatozoa obtained from the decedent’s underwear. It was discovered that the profiles taken from the gloves and the spermatozoa evidence came from the same person.]]> 2018-10-14 00:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292475136 The Exoneration 99016316 https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292477397 On July 2, 2003, Nicholas Yarris was excluded from all biological material connected with this crime. Months after, on September 3rd, 2003, due to Dr. Blake’s results, the court vacated Yarris’s conviction and he officially became the 140th person in the United States to be exonerated by postconviction DNA testing. He was the 13th DNA exoneration from death row itself. January 16th, 2004, Nicholas Yarris was finally freed from a Pennsylvania prison after spending over 21 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.]]> 2018-10-14 01:24:40 UTC https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292477397 The Arrest 99031735 https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292660630 On November 23, after reading about the shootings in an Atlanta newspaper, Weaver communicated with the Gwinnett County police and relayed information concerning the journey with the victims, including a description of the car. The next afternoon, Gregg and Allen, while in Simmons' car, were arrested in Asheville, N.C. In the search incident to the arrest a.25-caliber pistol, later shown to be that used to kill Simmons and Moore, was found in the petitioner's pocket.]]> 2018-10-15 05:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292660630 The Hitchhikers 99031735 https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292664325 Troy Gregg, was charged with committing armed robbery and murder. The trial was in two stages, a guilt stage and a sentencing stage. The evidence at the guilt trial stated that on November 21, 1973, the suspect and a companion, Floyd Allen, were hitchhiking in northern Florida, and they were picked up by Fred Simmons and Bob Moore. Their car broke down, but they continued north after Simmons purchased another vehicle with some of the cash he was carrying. While still in Florida, they picked up another hitchhiker, Dennis Weaver, who rode with them to Atlanta, where he was let out about 11 p.m. A short time later the four men interrupted their journey for a rest stop along the highway. The next morning the bodies of Simmons and Moore were discovered in a ditch nearby.

]]> 2018-10-15 05:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292664325 The Autopsy 99031735 https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292669055 A medical examiner testified that Simmons died from a bullet wound in the eye and that Moore died from bullet wounds in the cheek and in the back of the head. He further testified that both men had several bruises and abrasions about the face and head which were sustained either from the fall into the ditch or from being dragged or pushed along the ground.]]> 2018-10-15 06:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292669055 Gregg’s Challenge 99031735 https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292674548 Gregg challenges imposition of the death sentence under the Georgia statute as "cruel and unusual" punishment under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Because of this intelligent use of the amendments Gregg's case was put on hold to properly understand how the death penalty should fit in America. In the end, the Court on a number of occasions has both assumed and asserted the constitutionality of capital punishment.]]> 2018-10-15 06:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292674548 Gregg’s Death 99031735 https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292674604 Gregg never made it to the electric chair. He escaped from prison in July, 1980, the night before his set date for execution, but died the following night in a bar fight in North Carolina.]]> 2018-10-15 06:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/99016316/alexa_dorian/wish/292674604