Johnny Paul Penry
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Johnny Paul Penry (born May 5, 1956) is a Texas Death Row convict who is said to be mentally retarded. He was sentenced to death on April 9, 1980 for raping and stabbing 22 year old Pamela Moseley Carpenter (sister of Mark Moseley), who died of her wounds, on October 25, 1979. His lawyer claims that he has the reasoning capability of a 7-year old. His death sentence has been overturned three times by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1988, 2001, and 2006.
On February 15th, 2008 Penry accepted a plea for life without parole.
Before the crime for which he was sentenced to death, Penry was sent to prison for five years in 1979 on a rape conviction. He was paroled two years later.
[edit] References
- Offender Information. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on 2007-11-24.
Categories: 1956 births | Living people | Americans convicted of murder | American rapists | American prisoners sentenced to death | American prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment | Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Texas | Prisoners sentenced to death by Texas | United States crime biography stubs
