- Joseph Paul Jernigan
Joseph Paul Jernigan (
January 31 ,1954 –August 5 ,1993 ) was aTexas murderer who was executed bylethal injection at 12:31 a.m.In 1981, Jernigan was sentenced to death for stabbing and shooting 75-year-old Edward Hale, who discovered him stealing a
microwave oven . Jernigan spent 12 years in prison before his final plea forclemency was denied. At the prompting of a prison chaplain, he agreed to donate his body for scientific research or medical use. His cadaver was sectioned and photographed for theVisible Human Project . He is the subject of anHBO documentary "Virtual Corpse".ee also
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List of individuals executed in Texas
*Capital punishment in Texas
*Capital punishment in the United States References
* [http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/statistics/deathrow/executed/jernigan.jpgOffender Information] . "
Texas Department of Criminal Justice ". Retrieved on2007-11-20 .
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20031202214318/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/finalmeals.htm Final Meal Requests] . "Texas Department of Criminal Justice " (2003-09-12 ). Archived from [http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/finalmeals.htm the original] on2003-12-02 . Retrieved on2007-11-20 .
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