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    Christopher Edward Goss - North Carolina Death Row


    Christopher Edward Goss


    Facts of the Crime:

    On September 22, 2003, Deborah Veler was at home with her four-year-old grandson when Goss beat her until she was unconscious. After Veler was unconscious, Goss went to his parent’s house to retrieve a roll of duct tape and a change of clothes. Goss tied up Veler with the duct tape, stabbed her over thirty times, and slit her throat. Veler’s body was found with a knife in her throat and a knife in her back. After Goss killed Veler, he ransacked her house and wrote ‘I will kill’ on the sofa to make the murder appear as if it had been in a robbery or done by a crazy person. The prosecution’s evidence included a 23-page confession Goss made to the police. The defense admitted Goss killed Veler but contested premeditation with psychiatric testimony stating Goss had a personality disorder and used alcohol at the time of the murder. The prosecution also presented psychiatric testimony that stated Goss had an anti-social personality disorder but the disorder would not impair his ability to think or plan. During the penalty phase the defense argued Goss had a mental disorder and low IQ.

    Goss was sentenced to death on February 8, 2005.

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    No. 07-10708 *** CAPITAL CASE ***
    Title:
    Christopher Edward Goss, Petitioner
    v.
    North Carolina
    Docketed: May 2, 2008
    Linked with 07A695
    Lower Ct: Supreme Court of North Carolina
    Case Nos.: (316A05)
    Decision Date: November 29, 2007

    ~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Feb 15 2008 Application (07A695) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 27, 2008 to April 27, 2008, submitted to The Chief Justice.
    Feb 21 2008 Application (07A695) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until April 25, 2008.
    Apr 24 2008 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 2, 2008)
    May 30 2008 Brief of respondent North Carolina in opposition filed.
    Jun 12 2008 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2008.
    Oct 6 2008 Petition DENIED.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...s/07-10708.htm

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    Fourteen years after murder, Ashe man remains on death row

    By Jesse Campbell
    The Jefferson Post

    JEFFERSON - There are currently 145 offenders on North Carolina’s Death Row at the state central prison in Raleigh.

    One of those individuals is Ashe County’s lone representative on the state’s list of men awaiting death for the atrocities they have committed.

    Chris Goss, of Jefferson, was sentenced in Feb. 2005 to death for killing Deborah Veler. This month is the 14-year anniversary of her death and final justice has yet to be served in the case as Goss awaits an execution that may never come.

    According to cncpunishment.com and newspaper archives, Veler was at home with her four-year-old grandson when Goss beat her until she was unconscious. After Veler was unconscious, Goss went to his parent’s house to retrieve a roll of duct tape and a change of clothes. Goss tied up Veler with the duct tape, stabbed her over thirty times, and slit her throat. Veler’s body was found with a knife in her throat and a knife in her back. After Goss killed Veler, he ransacked her house and wrote ‘I will kill’ on the sofa to make the murder appear as if it had been in a robbery or done by a crazy person. The prosecution’s evidence included a 23-page confession Goss made to the police. The defense admitted Goss killed Veler but contested premeditation with psychiatric testimony stating Goss had a personality disorder and used alcohol at the time of the murder. The prosecution also presented psychiatric testimony that stated Goss had an anti-social personality disorder but the disorder would not impair his ability to think or plan. During the penalty phase the defense argued Goss had a mental disorder and low IQ.

    It is unclear in Goss will ever be put to death for the murder. The last state ordered execution took place more than a decade ago.

    Since his conviction, Goss has made numerous petitions to the state’s supreme case to reexamine his case. All of which, were denied.

    http://www.jeffersonpost.com/news/87...s-on-death-row

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    That is so cool that cncp is listed as a source.
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    Wow! CNCP is getting places. Good to see some recognition.
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