Supreme Court to halt the execution failed. Efforts by Land's attorneys to get the Alabama Supreme Court and the U.S. Bob Riley this week turned down Land's request for clemency. at Holman Prison in Atmore after spending 17 years on Alabama's Death Row for the slaying of Candace Brown. Land, 41, was pronounced dead at 6:23 p.m. Michael Jeffrey Land was put to death tonight for the 1992 murder of a 30-year-old mother who was kidnapped from her home and later found shot in the head on Ruffner Mountain. "Alabama executes Michael Jeffrey Land for 1992 murder, by Carol Robinson. When Warden Tony Patterson asked Land if he had any final statements, Land replied "No. He ate a meatball sub sandwich, a double pork chop sandwich and a Philly cheesesteak sandwich, with an orange soda and orange juice. (Habeas)Ī prisons spokesman said Land got his last meal out of vending machines at the visitation yard. A DNA profile made from a semen stain, which was found on Brown's blouse, matched Land's blood sample with a degree of certainty of roughly one in 20 million. They also found wire-cutters and a pair of gloves that had imbedded glass fragments consistent with the glass of the broken window in Brown's house. 45 handgun, and the bullet from her head matched a bullet test-fired from that gun. The next day Brown's body was discovered in a nearby quarry, shot in the back of her head by a. Land claimed he became frightened at this point and left. During the burglary, Brown woke up from the commotion and appeared in the kitchen, where one of the two men knocked her to the floor. He suggested Brown's home and the men paid him $20 to cut the window glass of her residence, after which they all entered the kitchen. When Land's alibi witness later would not corroborate his account, Land gave a second statement, stating that he said he met two men at a service station who asked him if he knew an “easy mark” for a burglary.
His shoes were taken after the tread seemed to match the "USA" mark. Police located Land, who stated that he had not seen Candace for a week and provided an alibi. She had named him as a suspect in a prior burglary of her home. Candace had briefly met Land in prison when she visited as part of a prison ministry. A note on a bulletin board with Michael Land's name and phone number, and a shoe print with distinctive tread (spelling out “USA”) was found on one of the broken windowpanes. Upon entering, the police discovered a puppy and her unharmed two-year-old child, but Candace was missing. since 1976Ĥ7th murderer executed in Alabama since 1976Ī window to the apartment of Candace Brown was broken and her telephone wires had been cut. by Lethal Injection in Alabamaġ223rd murderer executed in U.S.
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