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Nicholas Lee Ingram (c. 1964 – April 7, 1995) was a British and American national, executed in 1995 at the age of 31 by the US state of Georgia by the electric chair. He was born in Britain, but had an American father. The British Prime Minister, John Major, declined to intervene and attempt to get him reprieved. He had been imprisoned since 1983 for the murder of J C Sawyer, and injuring his wife Eunice Sawyer, during a robbery. The Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, was one of many who campaigned unsuccessfully for clemency.
The case received widespread media coverage in the UK. In the US it went largely unnoticed.
Sources
- US Executions since 1976. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- Georgia Executions. Pro-Death Penalty.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- Death Row Briton is executed. BBC (1995-04-08). Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- Ronald Smothers. British-American Is Executed in Georgia. The New York Times (1985-04-08). Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- Rupert Cornwell. Ingram dies in electric chair. The Independent (1995-04-08). Corrected on 2009-08-25.
- Rupert Cornwell. Nicholas Ingram goes to the chair, hoping for something better. The Independent (1995-04-09). Corrected on 2009-08-25.
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