Keith Wells
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Keith Eugene Wells was convicted of the murders of John Justad and Brandi Rains. He was executed in 1994 at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution by the State of Idaho
by lethal injection
, only one year and nine months after having been sentenced to death. He became the first person to be executed in Idaho since 1976 when the death penalty was reinstated and only the tenth since Idaho gained statehood. He chose not to appeal the death sentence, although it was appealed on his behalf. The United States Supreme Court
rejected an appeal filed against his wishes. In 2006, there were nineteen people on Idaho's death row.
He was on parole for armed robbery when he murdered two people at Boise
's Rose Pub on December 20, 1990. He was convicted of killing John Justad, 23, and Brandi Rains, 20, with a baseball bat. He stated "it was time for them to die".
Idaho
Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
by lethal injection
Lethal injection
Lethal injection is the practice of injecting a person with a fatal dose of drugs for the express purpose of causing the immediate death of the subject. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broad sense to euthanasia and suicide...
, only one year and nine months after having been sentenced to death. He became the first person to be executed in Idaho since 1976 when the death penalty was reinstated and only the tenth since Idaho gained statehood. He chose not to appeal the death sentence, although it was appealed on his behalf. The United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
rejected an appeal filed against his wishes. In 2006, there were nineteen people on Idaho's death row.
He was on parole for armed robbery when he murdered two people at Boise
Boise, Idaho
Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, as well as the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River, it anchors the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and is the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon.As of the 2010 Census Bureau,...
's Rose Pub on December 20, 1990. He was convicted of killing John Justad, 23, and Brandi Rains, 20, with a baseball bat. He stated "it was time for them to die".
Sources
- Death Sentences. Idaho Department of Correction. Updated on 2011-08-09.
- U.S. Executions Since 1976. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved on 2007-11-05.