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    Willie Dorrell Minor - Alabama




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    Sentenced to death in 1996 and again in 2001 for beating his two-month-old son, Ebious Jennings, to death at their Tuscaloosa home in 1995.

    Dr. Kenneth Warner, a physician with the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, performed the autopsy on Ebious. Dr. Warner indicated that his examination revealed that Ebious's injuries included 12 recently fractured ribs, internal bleeding caused by a torn liver and a torn spleen, skull fractures, and trauma to the scrotum area. According to Dr. Warner, the cause of Ebious's death was blunt-force trauma to the head and chest, in addition to the brain damage caused by shaking.

    Minor maintained that he did not kill Ebious and that he did not strike him in any way. According to Minor, Lakeisha admitted during a telephone conversation with him that she had killed Ebious because she believed Ebious's death was the result of falling from a couch. Minor further maintained that he had never seen Lakeisha violently strike Ebious but that he had seen her hit Ebious. Additionally, Minor stated that Lakeisha was angry with him on the evening of Ebious's death. Minor also claimed he saw Ebious hit the door of the apartment as Lakeisha was leaving with him to go to the hospital.

    Minor admitted that he had prior convictions for assault in the second degree, for possession of cocaine, and for rape in the second degree. Minor also admitted that he had escaped from the county jail while he was awaiting trial on the capital-murder charge.

    During the state's cross-examination of Minor, he admitted that he had given several statements to law enforcement officers that were not true. According to Minor, he did nothing intentionally or accidentally to cause Ebious's death, but he made up a story about an accident that he told law enforcement officers in order to get released on bond. Additionally, he maintained that his statements were made in an effort to protect Lakeisha.

    http://caselaw.findlaw.com/al-court-...s/1474333.html

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    No. 05-6025 *** CAPITAL CASE ***
    Title:
    Willie Dorrell Minor, Petitioner
    v.
    Alabama
    Docketed: August 26, 2005
    Lower Ct: Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
    Case Nos.: (CR-00-1300)
    Decision Date: August 27, 2004
    Discretionary Court
    Decision Date: May 27, 2005

    ~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Aug 25 2005 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 26, 2005)
    Sep 28 2005 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 26, 2005.
    Oct 26 2005 Brief of respondent Alabama in opposition filed.
    Nov 8 2005 Reply of petitioner Willie Dorrell Minor filed. (Distributed)
    Nov 10 2005 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 23, 2005.
    Jun 28 2006 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 29, 2006.
    Jun 30 2006 Petition DENIED.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...es/05-6025.htm

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    Man convicted in 1995 murder of 2-month-old son dies on Alabama’s Death Row

    By Carol Robinson
    AL.com

    A 45-year-old man on Alabama’s Death Row has died.

    Willie Dorrell Minor, of Tuscaloosa, died in the infirmary at William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility on Dec. 21, the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office announced on Wednesday. The cause of death has not yet been released, but authorities said Minor died from natural causes.

    Minor was convicted of shaking his 2-month-old son, Ebious Jennings, to death in 1995. Ebious was left in the care of Minor on April 15, 1995 at the apartment Minor shared with the baby’s mother.

    The mother, Lakeisha Jennings, testified in trial that she left the apartment that night, between 9:35 p.m. and 9:40 p.m. When she returned, she picked up the baby and noticed that his eyes were half open, and he was not breathing or moving.

    He was taken to DCH Regional Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead. Doctors reported that tests showed the baby had multiple rib fractures, bleeding in the retina, and at least two skull fractures. An autopsy later showed that the infant’s injuries included 12 recently fractured ribs, internal bleeding caused by a torn liver and a torn spleen, skull fractures and trauma to the scrotum area.

    The cause of the boy’s death was blunt-force trauma to the head and chest, in addition to the brain damage caused by shaking.

    While awaiting trial, Minor escaped lockup but was later recaptured. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1996, but the Alabama Supreme Court ordered a new trial for him, ruling that jurors were not instructed how to consider his prior convictions.

    Minor was found guilty of capital murder again in February 2001, and again sentenced to death. Minor maintained his innocence throughout both trials.

    https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2...death-row.html
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