Charles Walker (murderer)
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Charles Walker (c. 1940 – September 12, 1990) was convicted of the murders of Kevin Paule, 21, and his fiancée Sharon Winker, 25, of Mascoutah, Illinois. Looking for beer money, Walker robbed them of $40 and shot them to death while the couple fished in a St. Clair County, Illinois creek June 18, 1983.[1] He was executed by lethal injection at Stateville Correctional Center in 1990 by the State of Illinois at the age of 50. He became the first post-Gregg execution in Illinois. The execution was considered botched because the lethal injection machine was unable to make the drugs go through the kinked lines.
See also
- Capital punishment in Illinois
- Capital punishment in the United States
- List of people executed in Illinois
References
- Illinois Death Penalty Is Upheld. The New York Times (1990-05-04). Retrieved on 2007-11-13.
- Oklahoma Killer Is Put To Death - Execution Planned in Illinois. The New York Times (1990-09-11). Retrieved on 2007-11-13.
- Botched Executions. Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty (May 1995). Retrieved on 2007-11-13.
- Boyer Long, Peggy. It's time to rethink and recast the death penalty statute. Or scrap it. Illinois Issues (November 2002). Retrieved on 2007-11-13.
- Radelet, Michael L. Some Examples of Post-Furman Botched Executions. Death Penalty Information Center (2007-05-24). Retrieved on 2007-11-13.
- ^ "Illinois Executes Murderer of 2". The New York Times. September 12, 1990.
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