Facts of the Crime:
Rulford Aldridge was convicted in the January 1990 robbery of a McDonald's restaurant and the murder of the restaurant manager. Aldridge, an employee of the restaurant, opened with restaurant manager Ben Stone. After Stone opened the safe Aldridge forced him to lie face down on the floor then shot him twice in the back of the head. Aldridge, who is also known as Salim El-Anwar Shabazz, fled with $2,000 stolen from the safe, but was arrested while attempting to flee to an Islamic country.
Aldridge was sentenced to death in June 1990.
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