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    Eric Glenn Lane - North Carolina


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    In May 2002, Lane kidnapped and raped five-year-old Precious Whitfield. Lane killed Whitfield by stuffing her in a trash bag and throwing her into a river. The prosecution presented hair and DNA evidence. During the penalty phase, Lane did not offer any evidence or give a closing statement.

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    July 8, 2005

    Jury Finds Eric Lane Guilty Of Murder In Precious Whitfield Case


    GOLDSBORO, N.C. — After less than four hours of deliberation, a jury found Eric Lane guilty for the 2002 kidnapping, rape and murder of 5-year-old Precious Whitfield.

    Whitfield was last seen playing outside her grandmother's home. Her body was later found seven miles away in a creek.

    Lane was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping and a first-degree sex offense in Whitfield's death. Authorities believe Lane killed Whitfield within a couple of hours of kidnapping her.

    "Right now, it's in God's hands. I'm going to let him deal with that. I'm just glad he was found guilty for what he had done for my child," said Michelle Whitfield, Precious' mother.

    Whitfield said she was leaving court to visit her daughter's grave and to send her a message.

    "We love you and we miss you and we did all this for you to make sure you got your justice," she said. "Can't nobody hurt her now. She's safe."

    Lane, who fired his previous attorneys last fall and previously represented himself, told the judge after the verdict that he did not want his attorneys involved during sentencing phase, which is scheduled to begin Monday morning.

    Because the jury found Lane guilty of first-degree murder, the same jurors will now have to decide whether to sentence him to life in prison or death.

    Last year, Lane's original trial was delayed because of questions about his mental state. A judge later declared a mistrial because of juror misconduct. The case hit another roadblock in May during the jury selection of Lane's second trial when the judge granted Lane's motion to start over with the process.

    Precious Whitfield's family has mixed feelings on Lane's punishment. Her grandparents believe he should get life in prison, but the child's mother told WRAL that she wants the death penalty.

    http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/118325/

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    NC man to appeal conviction in 5-year-old's death

    GOLDSBORO, N.C. — A Wayne County man on death row says he plans to appeal his 2005 conviction for the rape and murder of a 5-year-old girl.

    The Goldsboro News-Argus reports (http://bit.ly/suib16) that 40-year-old Eric Glenn Lane has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal of his conviction in Wayne County Superior Court.

    Lane's petition asks the justices to review whether the state Supreme Court should have affirmed a lower court's decision to allow Lane to represent himself before his trial began.

    Last March, the state's highest court upheld Lane's conviction.

    The jury in Lane's case deliberated for just 45 minutes before sentencing him to death for the murder of Precious Whitfield, whose body was found in a creek two days after she disappeared from her home.

    http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/10339169/

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    In today's United States Supreme Court orders, on direct appeal from the North Carolina Supreme Court, Lane's petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis were DENIED.

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    "There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche

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