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James Terry Roach(a child demon)
James Terry Roach (February 18, 1960 – January 10, 1986) was the second person to be executed by the state of South Carolina following the 1976 decision by the U.S.
Supreme Court reauthorizing the use of capital punishment by the states.
He was electrocuted on January 10, 1986, nearly a year to the day following the electrocution of his accomplice, Joseph Carl Shaw on January 11, 1985, at the Central Correctional Institution in Columbia.
He was executed at the age of 25 for a crime committed when he was 17 years old.
On December 13, 1977, Roach pleaded guilty to two counts of murder, criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, and robbery.
He was convicted of the rape and murder of a fourteen-year-old girl and the murder of her seventeen-year-old boyfriend.
Evidence presented at the trial showed that Roach was mentally handicapped, with an I.Q. between 75 and 80 and that he was probably suffering from Huntington's Chorea.
Moreover, the sentencing judge found that Roach was...
Supreme Court reauthorizing the use of capital punishment by the states.
He was electrocuted on January 10, 1986, nearly a year to the day following the electrocution of his accomplice, Joseph Carl Shaw on January 11, 1985, at the Central Correctional Institution in Columbia.
He was executed at the age of 25 for a crime committed when he was 17 years old.
On December 13, 1977, Roach pleaded guilty to two counts of murder, criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, and robbery.
He was convicted of the rape and murder of a fourteen-year-old girl and the murder of her seventeen-year-old boyfriend.
Evidence presented at the trial showed that Roach was mentally handicapped, with an I.Q. between 75 and 80 and that he was probably suffering from Huntington's Chorea.
Moreover, the sentencing judge found that Roach was...
