Kermit Smith, Jr.

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Kermit Smith, Jr. (June 7, 1957 - January 24, 1995), was executed on January 24, 1995 in North Carolina for the kidnap, rape, and murder of a 20­-­year­-­old college cheerleader. He is one of only a few white criminals since 1976 to have been executed for murdering a black victim.^[1]

[edit] See also

• Capital punishment in the United States
• List of individuals executed in North Carolina

[edit] Sources

1. ^ http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=5&did=184

• Jon Sorenson and Donald Wallace, “Prosecutorial Discretion in Seeking Death: An analysis of Racial disparity in the Pretrial Stages of Case Processing in a Midwestern county”, Justice Quarterly 16 (1999): 559-578.

[edit] External link

• Offender Data Screen from North Carolina Department of Correction