WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina | State Supreme Court sets Detroit man's execution date
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(Columbia-AP) March 11, 2005 - The state Supreme Court says a Detroit native is scheduled to die next month for the kidnapping and murder of a Charleston woman 12 years ago.
Joseph Gardner was convicted and sentenced to death in 1995 for killing of Melissa "Missi" McLauchlin. McLauchlin was raped, tortured, shot five times in the face and left to die by the side of a road in Summerville on December 30th, 1992.
The court Friday set Gardner's execution for April eighth. Police say Gardner and some other men made a New Year's resolution to rape and kill a white woman as retribution for 400 years of oppression of black people.
Authorities say Gardner was the trigger man. Gardner has filed an appeal to the US District Court that may delay his execution. The US Supreme Court turned down a previous appeal in March 1999.
Posted 7:40pm by Chantelle Janelle
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