softheart
07-10-2003, 10:26 AM
ARKANSAS----execution
Killer of 3 Children Executed
A man who killed 3 children in the mistaken belief that their sister set
up his brother for a gang hit was executed Wednesday night after courts
and the governor rejected his pleas for mercy.
Riley Dobi Noel, 31, was pronounced dead by injection at 9:07 p.m., prison
spokeswoman Dinah Tyler said.
In his final statement, Noel said: "I want my family to know I love them.
I want my kids to know I love Jesus."
Noel had wanted one more round of mental examinations to prove that he had
a brain disorder that would prevent his execution. The U.S. Supreme Court
and Gov. Mike Huckabee turned Noel down Wednesday.
Jurors sentenced Noel to die after finding that he killed the 3 children
execution-style on June 4, 1995, forcing them to lie on their kitchen
floor before shooting each once in the head.
According to prosecutors, Noel and others burst into a southwest Little
Rock home looking for Yashica Young, whom Noel believed had set up his
brother, Cornelius "Skeeter" Ganaway. When he couldn't find her, he shot
Malak Hussain, 10; Mustafa Hussain, 12; and Marcell Young, 17.
Kyle Jones of Miami, who had been Marcell Young's fiance, was selected to
be one of the victims' family witnesses to watch the execution on
closed-circuit television.
"He chose to make the decision to take their lives," Jones said after the
execution. "Today the state of Arkansas chose to take his and I'm happy
with it. I can move on knowing I won't have to live with this again."
Noel becomes the 1st condemned inmate to be put to death this year in
Arkansas and the 25th overall since the state resumed capital punishment
in 1990.
Noel becomes the 44th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the
USA and the 864th overall since America resumed executions on January 17,
1977.
(source: Associated Press)
Killer of 3 Children Executed
A man who killed 3 children in the mistaken belief that their sister set
up his brother for a gang hit was executed Wednesday night after courts
and the governor rejected his pleas for mercy.
Riley Dobi Noel, 31, was pronounced dead by injection at 9:07 p.m., prison
spokeswoman Dinah Tyler said.
In his final statement, Noel said: "I want my family to know I love them.
I want my kids to know I love Jesus."
Noel had wanted one more round of mental examinations to prove that he had
a brain disorder that would prevent his execution. The U.S. Supreme Court
and Gov. Mike Huckabee turned Noel down Wednesday.
Jurors sentenced Noel to die after finding that he killed the 3 children
execution-style on June 4, 1995, forcing them to lie on their kitchen
floor before shooting each once in the head.
According to prosecutors, Noel and others burst into a southwest Little
Rock home looking for Yashica Young, whom Noel believed had set up his
brother, Cornelius "Skeeter" Ganaway. When he couldn't find her, he shot
Malak Hussain, 10; Mustafa Hussain, 12; and Marcell Young, 17.
Kyle Jones of Miami, who had been Marcell Young's fiance, was selected to
be one of the victims' family witnesses to watch the execution on
closed-circuit television.
"He chose to make the decision to take their lives," Jones said after the
execution. "Today the state of Arkansas chose to take his and I'm happy
with it. I can move on knowing I won't have to live with this again."
Noel becomes the 1st condemned inmate to be put to death this year in
Arkansas and the 25th overall since the state resumed capital punishment
in 1990.
Noel becomes the 44th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the
USA and the 864th overall since America resumed executions on January 17,
1977.
(source: Associated Press)