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    David Freeman - Alabama Death Row


    David Freeman


    Summary of Offense:

    Was sentenced to death for murdering Mary Gordon, 17, and raping and murdering Gordon's mother in Montgomery in 1988. According to trial testimony, Freeman killed them because Gordon told him she did not want to be his girlfriend.

    In August 1989, a jury found Freeman guilty on all six counts of capital murder and recommended, by a vote of 11-1, that the trial court sentence Freeman to death;  the court did sentence him to death.   However, on direct appeal, the Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Freeman's convictions and remanded the cause for a new trial, holding that the prosecution had used its peremptory strikes discriminatorily, in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986).   See Freeman v. State, 651 So.2d 573 (Ala.Crim.App.1992), rev'd on return to remand, 651 So.2d 576 (Ala.Crim.App.1994).

    In his second trial, Freeman did not deny that he murdered Mary and Sylvia Gordon, but, instead, alleged that he had been unable to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law because of a mental disease or defect.   Freeman was again convicted on all six counts, and the jury recommended the death penalty, by a vote of 11-1.   The trial court, after weighing the aggravating and mitigating factors, accepted the jury's recommendation and sentenced Freeman to death by electrocution.   The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the convictions and the sentence.   See Freeman v. State, 776 So.2d 160 (Ala.Crim.App.1999).   On March 10, 2000, the Alabama Supreme Court granted Freeman's petition for certiorari review and affirmed the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals.

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    No. 05-10535 *** CAPITAL CASE ***
    Title:
    David Freeman, Petitioner
    v.
    Alabama
    Docketed: April 24, 2006
    Lower Ct: Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
    Case Nos.: (CR-02-1971)
    Decision Date: June 17, 2005
    Discretionary Court
    Decision Date: January 20, 2006

    ~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Apr 19 2006 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 24, 2006)
    May 23 2006 Brief of respondent Alabama in opposition filed.
    Jun 7 2006 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 22, 2006.
    Jun 8 2006 Reply of petitioner David Freeman filed. (Distributed)
    Jun 26 2006 Petition DENIED.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...s/05-10535.htm

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    On January 19, 2022, oral argument will be heard in Freeman's appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

    https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/...eeman_Rev1.pdf

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    The Eleventh Circuit has denied Freeman’s appeal and affirmed the district court’s denial of his habeas petition.

    A COA was granted on an IEC claim.

    https://law.justia.com/cases/federal...022-08-24.html
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    Did Freeman choose lethal injection or nitrogen gas?
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    Someone said in the past that he chose gas but idk if that’s accurate.

    Edit: I checked and he’s on the list of some of the known inmates who chose nitrogen.
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    Where can we find the list?
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    Post #162 on Alabama Capital Punishment News
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    En banc rehearing denied October 24, 2022.

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketP...me%20FINAL.pdf
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