Offender: Ledell Lee murdered his neighbor Debra Reese with a tire checking bat her husband gave her. He was the first a controversial quadruple execution, done to use drugs before they expired.
Meal: Ledell Lee inmates chose the Holy Communion.
Total cost: $9.32(grape juice) + $3.49(communion wafer package)
Adjusted cost: $0.025(grape juice) + $0.035(communion wafer) = $0.06
State: Arkansas
Citations:
http://www.newsweek.com/arkansas-death-row-inmates-last-meals-591767
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/04/26/last-suppers-jesus-christ-and-ledell-lee
No physical evidence tied Ledell Lee to this crime. At Lee’s trial, the prosecution’s own experts admitted that the results of several of its forensic tests were ultimately “inconclusive,” yet the prosecution inflated the significance of its test results, leading to Lee’s conviction.
ReplyDeleteDuring Lee’s trial, the state argued that hairs from the crime scene were “microscopically consistent” with Lee’s hair based on a visual examination conducted by its expert — but this forensic method has since been discredited. Only DNA testing can scientifically determine the actual source of hair.
DNA evidence from the crime scene belonging to the killer has never been tested with modern technology.
Three leading forensic science experts — including forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden, footwear examination expert Alicia Wilcox, and eyewitness misidentification expert Dr. Jennifer Dysart — say that the evidence used to convict Lee at trial was seriously flawed. Their findings provide strong reason to believe Lee is innocent.
Fingerprints from key areas of the crime scene were determined not to be Ledell Lee’s and to this day have never been identified.
Lee had two trials – the first resulted in a hung jury, after the jury heard from numerous alibi witnesses whose testimony suggested he could not have committed the crime. However, at his second trial, the defense inexplicably called no alibi witnesses.
In view of these facts, I object to your use of the flat, declarative statement, "Ledell Lee murdered his neighbor Debra Reese with a tire checking bat her husband gave her." Almost certainly, he did not.