Wade Greely Lay
Facts of the Crime:
Wade Lay claims that he was arming himself in resistance to government tyranny when he and his son, Christopher Lay, shot and killed a security guard at the bank they were attempting to rob in May 2004. After a joint trial in 2005, a jury convicted both father and son of first-degree murder and attempted armed robbery. Wade Lay was sentenced to death, Christopher Lay to life without parole. The Lays claimed to be robbing the bank to acquire money for munitions needed to kill the government officials they believed to be responsible for the civilian deaths incurred during the 1993 Branch Davidian incident in Waco, Texas, and the 1992 standoff at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
Lay has been on death row since October 31, 2005.
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