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    Lewis Maurice Jordan (aka John Lewis) - Pennsylvania Death Row


    Police Officer Chuck Cassidy


    Judy Cassidy, left, the widow of Philadelphia Police Officer Chuck
    Cassidy; at right, John "Jordan" Lewis



    Facts of the Crime:

    On October 31, 2007, Officer Chuck Cassidy, a 25-year police veteran, was shot in the head as he walked in on a doughnut shop robbery in Philadelphia's West Oak Lane section. He died the next day. Lewis entered a surprise guilty plea to a general murder charge. The jury convicted him of first-degree murder.

    Jordan was sentenced to death in Philadelphia County on November 23, 2009.

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    November 24, 2009

    Death penalty for Philly cop killer

    A jury has sentenced a man to death for fatally shooting a Philadelphia police officer during a robbery at a Dunkin Donuts two years ago.

    The jury deliberated for two hours Tuesday before condemning 23-year-old John Lewis to death in the slaying of Officer Chuck Cassidy.

    Defense lawyers described the baby-faced Lewis as a young man deserving of mercy. They said he lost his father to violence at a young age.

    Cassidy, a 25-year police veteran, was shot in the head as he walked in on a doughnut shot robbery in the city's West Oak Lane section on Oct. 31, 2007. He died the next day.

    Lewis entered a surprise guilty plea to a general murder charge after jury selection earlier this month. The jury convicted him of first-degree murder last week.

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    Pennsylvania v. Jordan

    Opinion Date: April 24, 2013

    Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

    Appellant Lewis Jordan, a/k/a John Lewis, pled pled guilty to murder generally in the shooting death of Philadelphia Police Officer Charles Cassidy. Following a trial by jury to determine degree of guilt, Appellant was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. In a direct appeal, Appellant raised four issues. Concluding that Appellant was not entitled to relief on any of these issues and that the evidence was sufficient to sustain Appellant's conviction, the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of sentence.
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    On January 8, 2014, Jordan (aka Lewis) filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/pen...cv00103/486248

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    In today's United States Supreme Court orders, Jordan's petition for writ of certiorari was DENIED.

    Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District
    Case Nos.: (604 CAP)
    Decision Date: April 24, 2013

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    Pennsylvania Governor Corbett Signs Execution Warrant

    HARRISBURG, Pa. /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today signed an execution warrant for Lewis M. Jordan, who was convicted of First Degree Murder for the shooting death of Philadelphia Police Officer Charles Cassidy on October 31, 2007.

    Jordan is incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution at Greene and his execution has been scheduled for June 18, 2014. The execution warrant signed today for Jordan was Governor Corbett's 32nd warrant signed since taking office.

    Executions in Pennsylvania are carried out by lethal injection. For more information, visit the Department of Corrections online at www.cor.state.pa.us and select "Death Penalty'' from the left-side navigation bar.

    Case Background:

    Jordan, now 27, was sentenced to death on November 24, 2009 by a jury in the Court of Common Pleas, Criminal Division of Philadelphia County.

    In September of 2007, Jordan began a six-week armed robbery spree in which he targeted businesses in North Philadelphia. At approximately 10:30 a.m. on October 31, 2007, Jordan entered the Dunkin' Donuts at 6620 North Broad Street in Philadelphia (site of his first robbery during the spree), pointed a nine millimeter weapon at the manager's head and commanded the manager to place money into a bag. During this time, Jordan commanded employees and customers to stay where they were.

    At the same time, 25-year Philadelphia Police Veteran Charles Cassidy pulled into the parking lot of the establishment, tasked with making an unscheduled visit as part of a crime prevention initiative in response to Jordan's earlier robberies. Officer Cassidy, unaware of the robbery in progress, walked unhurriedly to the door.

    As Officer Cassidy entered the establishment, Jordan turned to face the door and Officer Cassidy immediately drew his service weapon and crouched down on the ground. Without hesitation, Jordan took a few steps towards Officer Cassidy, raised his gun, aimed, and fired a hollow-point bullet into his head above his right eyebrow from approximately three feet away. The bullet pierced Officer Cassidy's frontal, temporal, parietal and occipital lobes. Jordan immediately fled the scene.

    Officer Cassidy was immediately transported to Albert Einstein Hospital; he later succumbed to the injury and was pronounced dead the following morning.

    Several days after the murder, Jordan was gathered with his mother, Lynn Dyches, and his two sisters at Dyches' house. Dyches called her nephew, Hakim Glover, to the house; upon Glover's arrival, both she and Jordan made reference to the shooting of a police officer. Jordan specifically told him that he "did something bad," removing two guns from his waistband. When Dyches' boyfriend, a corrections officer, arrived at the house, Jordan admitted to him that he "shot the cop." Jordan then became confrontational, and Dyches' boyfriend was able to leave the home and contact authorities as soon as Jordan was distracted.

    Glover and Jordan drove to Glover's sister's house, where Jordan was able to stash both guns before Glover drove him to Wilmington, DE where Jordan boarded a bus bound for Miami, FL. Jordan was arrested days later at a Miami homeless shelter. He later waived extradition and returned to Philadelphia to face charges for the murder of Officer Cassidy.

    http://news.yahoo.com/pennsylvania-g...195200858.html

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    Could someone please tell me if he is scheduled to be executed on June 18, why he is not listed on the execution calender. Does he have more appeals? I was reading on line that a stay was likely.
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    Considering the fact that his direct appeal was just denied, he has two levels of appeal left. The first is to the trial court and the second is a federal review. Pennsylvania sets execution dates as a procedural matter to speed up the process.

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    Thanks for answering my question
    "I realize this may sound harsh, but as a father and former lawman, I really don't care if it's by lethal injection, by the electric chair, firing squad, hanging, the guillotine or being fed to the lions."
    - Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian

    "There are some people who just do not deserve to live,"
    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
    - Rowan Atkinson

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    On January 7, 2019, Jordan filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/pe...cv00086/551568

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