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Inmates Sentenced to Death

Inmates Currently Sentenced to Death in Delaware

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Luis Cabrera Mug Shot

Luis G. Cabrera
DOB: 11/07/1969
Race: White Gender: Male
Offense: Murder 1st (2 Counts)
Sentenced to Death: 03/14/2002
Date of Offense: 01/21/1996

James E. Cooke, Jr. Mug Shot

James E. Cooke, Jr.
DOB: 12/02/1970
Race: Black Gender: Male
Offense: Murder 1st
Sentenced to Death: 06/06/2007
Date of Offense: 05/01/2005

Robert Gattis Mug Shot

Robert A. Gattis
DOB: 11/18/1961
Race: Black Gender: Male
Offense: Murder 1st
Sentenced to Death: 10/29/1992
Date of Offense: 05/10/1990
Gattis was convicted in October 1992 of first degree murder in the shooting death of Shirley Y. Slay, 27, his former girlfriend. Gattis admitted shooting Slay once between the eyes on May 10, 1990 but said the gun went off accidentally.

Robert Jackson, III Mug Shot

Robert W. Jackson, III
DOB: 05/24/1973
Race: White Gender: Male
Offense: Murder 1st
Sentenced to Death: 04/28/1993
Date of Offense: 04/03/1992
Killed Elizabeth Girardi of Hockessin by repeatedly striking her with an ax during a theft.

Michael R. Manley Mug Shot

Michael R. Manley
DOB: 07/29/1974
Race: Black Gender: Male
Offense: Murder 1st
Sentenced to Death: 02/03/2006
Date of Offense: 11/13/1995

Adam Norcross Mug Shot

Adam W. Norcross
DOB: 07/25/1970
Race: White Gender: Male
Offense: Murder 1st
Sentenced to Death: 10/03/2001
Date of Offense: 11/04/1996
Norcross and co-defendant Ralph E. Swan broke into the home of and shot to death Kenton resident Kenneth Warren on November 4, 1996.

Lamont Norman Mug Shot

Lamont L. Norman
DOB: 05/09/1982
Race: Black Gender: Male
Offense: Murder 1st
Sentenced to Death: 09/28/2007
Date of Offense: 04/07/2005

Juan J Ortiz Mug Shot

Juan J. Ortiz
DOB: 02/26/1972
Race: White Gender: Male
Offense: Murder 1st
Sentenced to Death: 09/26/2003
Date of Offense: 07/06/2001

Jack Outten, Jr. Mug Shot

Jack F. Outten, Jr.
DOB: 03/23/1966
Race: White Gender: Male
Offense: Murder 1st
Sentenced to Death: 04/30/1993
Date of Offense: 01/12/1992
Along with cousins Steven and Nelson Shelton, robbed and killed 64-year old Wilson Mannon after a night of drinking. Nelson Shelton was executed on March 17, 1995. Steven Shelton was also sentenced to death.

Gary Ploof Mug Shot

Gary W. Ploof
DOB: 03/19/1964
Race: White Gender: Male
Offense: Murder 1st
Sentenced to Death: 08/22/2003
Date of Offense: 11/03/2001

Luis Reyes Mug Shot

Luis E. Reyes
DOB: 02/08/1977
Race: White Gender: Male
Offense: Murder 1st (2 Counts)
Sentenced to Death: 03/14/2002
Date of Offense: 01/21/1996

Steven Shelton Mug Shot

Steven W. Shelton
DOB: 07/11/1965
Race: White Gender: Male
Offense: Murder 1st
Sentenced to Death: 04/30/1993
Date of Offense: 01/12/1992
Along with brother Nelson Shelton and cousin Jack Outten, robbed and killed 64-year old Wilson Mannon after a night of drinking. Nelson Shelton was executed on March 17, 1995. Jack Outten was also sentenced to death.

Chauncy S. Starling Mug Shot

Chauncy S. Starling
DOB: 12/30/1974
Race: Black Gender: Male
Offense: Murder 1st (2 Counts)
Sentenced to Death: 06/10/2004
Date of Offense: 03/09/2001

David D. Stevenson Mug Shot

David D. Stevenson
DOB: 06/06/1974
Race: Black Gender: Male
Offense: Murder 1st
Sentenced to Death: 02/03/2006
Date of Offense: 11/13/1995

Ralph Swan Mug Shot

Ralph E. Swan
DOB: 03/25/1971
Race: White Gender: Male
Offense: Murder 1st
Sentenced to Death: 10/03/2001
Date of Offense: 11/04/1996
Swan and co-defendant Adam W. Norcross broke into the home of and shot to death Kenton resident Kenneth Warren on November 4, 1996.

Ambrose L. Sykes Mug Shot

Ambrose L. Sykes
DOB: 09/28/1972
Race: Black Gender: Male
Offense: Murder 1st
Sentenced to Death: 09/20/2006
Date of Offense: 11/07/2004

Milton Taylor Mug Shot

Milton E. Taylor
DOB: 11/15/1968
Race: Black Gender: Male
Offense: Murder 1st
Sentenced to Death: 07/06/2001
Date of Offense: 03/23/2000

Jermaine Marlow Wright Mug Shot

Jermaine Marlow Wright
DOB: 10/11/1972
Race: Black Gender: Male
Offense: Murder 1st (2 Counts)
Sentenced to Death: 10/29/1992
Date of Offense: 01/14/1991
Fatally shot liquor store clerk Phillip Seifert, an amputee, during a 1991 Wilmington robbery.

Craig A. Zebroski Mug Shot

Craig A. Zebroski
DOB: 09/06/1977
Race: White Gender: Male
Offense: Murder 1st
Sentenced to Death: 08/18/1997
Date of Offense: 04/26/1996
Killed Joseph S. Hammond of New Castle, a 59-year old gas station attendant, during a botched robbery attempt in April 1996.

 

Executions in Delaware Since 1992

Last Updated: Monday, 01-Oct-2007 08:50:08 EDT
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