Alvin Moore was executed by the State of Louisiana for robbery and murder
According to court documents Alvin Moore would go to the home of a former neighbor who he would sexually assault, rob and murder
Alvin Moore would soon be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
Alvin Moore would be executed by way of the electric chair on June 8 1987
Alvin Moore would continue his claim of innocence until his execution. Two people who testified against him would later recant their testimony
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Alvin Moore was executed on June 8 1987
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Alvin Moore was executed by way of the electric chair
Alvin Moore Case
A man who raped and murdered a woman seven years ago during a robbery that netted a stereo and a jar of pennies was put to death in the electric chair early Tuesday in the state’s second execution in two days.
Alvin Moore Jr., who had insisted he was innocent, made no statement in the death chamber. He was pronounced dead at 12:13 a.m., Corrections Secretary C. Paul Phelps said.
Moore’s attorney quoted him shortly before the execution as saying, ″They can kill my body, but not my soul.″
Moore, 27, entered the death chamber, bound with leg irons and handcuffs, at 12:03 a.m. and briefly looked toward the row of witnesses separated from the chair by a glass window. He appeared calm, but dazed as five guards strapped him in to the chair and attached electrodes to his left leg and the top of his shaved head.
Moore was the ninth inmate executed in the United States this year, and Louisiana’s ninth since it resumed executions in 1983.
Moore was condemned to die at the Louisiana State Penitentiary for killing Jo Ann Wilson, 23, of Bossier City, on July 10, 1980. Moore maintained he never stabbed the woman and that she willingly had sex with him.
A last-minute plea for clemency was rejected by Gov. Edwin Edwards, after a request to halt the execution was rejected late Monday by the state Supreme Court, in a 4-3 vote. Earlier in the day, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 7-2 to deny Moore’s application for a stay.
The appeals contended that the death penalty is applied in a prejudicial manner against blacks, an argument rejected in April by the high court in a landmark decision. Moore was black and his victim white.
Family members visited Moore on Saturday, but none saw him Monday, prison officials said.
Moore was one of four convicts scheduled to be put to death in the state during the next two weeks. Early Sunday, Benjamin Berry was executed for killing a bank guard in 1978.
Jimmy Glass faces an execution date Friday for killing a couple in 1982. Jimmy Wingo is scheduled to die four days later for the same crime. Leslie Lowenfield, convicted of killing his former girlfriend and four other people, is scheduled to die June 17.
Authorities said Moore met Mrs. Wilson while he was working as a temporary painter’s helper at the hospital where her husband worked.
Moore said he had visited Mrs. Wilson twice when her husband was out and she gave him $5 or $10. On July 10, 1980, he said, she agreed to have sex with him and gave him a container of half-dollars.
Arthur Stewart and Dennis Sloan, who pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary charges, testified that Mrs. Wilson was killed during a robbery that netted a stereo and a jar of pennies. They later recanted and said Mrs. Wilson was standing at the door when they drove away.
The Rev. Roger Stinson of Springhill Baptist Church, Moore’s pastor, described Moore as a deeply religious young man.
″He was a faithful and active member of the church,″ Stinson said in a recent interview. ″He was a Sunday School worker and attended Sunday School and worship services on Sunday mornings and training union on Sunday evenings. He was well liked and respected by the other church members.″
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