Clarence Dixon was killed in Arizona for belt-rape and the murder of 21-year-old Deana Bowdoin in 1978.
Clarence Dixon was killed Wednesday in Arizona (USA) for the murder of a student that occurred in 1978 after an eight -year hiatus without enforcing the death penalty in that state due to a controversial case in which the prisoner remained alive despite repeated doses of lethal injection.
Dixon, 66, died today at 4:30 pm GMT in the jail of Florence in Arizona after receiving the lethal injection.
In 1978, 21-year-old student Deana Bowdoin was eight weeks before her graduation from Arizona State University (ASU). Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich reported the execution, which is now mentioned there justice ”for Deana Bowdoinyour family and our communities. “
Clarence Dixon, who was convicted of rape and murder of a 21 -year -old girl, was murdered in Arizona.
The girl, who was found dead in her apartment on tempe, arizona, he was raped, stabbed and strangled with a belt. Dixon lived near Bowdoin’s apartment back then.
In recent weeks, his lawyers tried to prevent the execution claiming that Dixon was not mentally fit to be hanged and that he did not understand why the state wanted to kill him.
Leslie Bowdoin, the victim’s brother, ratified his agreement with the ruling Photo: AP
However, all his appeals were rejected. His last meal before being killed was fried chicken, strawberry ice cream and a bottle of water.
After the murder, Leslie Bowdoin, the victim’s brother, told a press conference that in this case “Never existed” is the slightest doubt in Dixon’s guilt. He stressed that genetic tests are forced and only regrets how long and painful this whole legal process is. She described her sister as a cheerful woman, full of life, with many friends and a future life.
The jail in Florence, Arizona, where inmate Clarence Dixon was hanged for the rape and crime of Deana Bowdoin in 1978. Photo: AP
Dixon was arrested in 1985 for sexual assault on another student which he was sentenced to life imprisonment.The genetic evidence obtained in that case linked Dixon to Bowdoin’s deaththat the case at that time was not resolved.
Charles Keith protested against the hanging of Clarence Dixon at the prison gate. Photo: AP
Arizona postponed the executions because of a controversy that led to the July 2014 execution of Joseph Wood, who received 15 doses of a combination of the two drugs and took two hours to die, after breathing at least 600 times before passing away.
In Arizona there are currently 112 inmates sentenced to the death penalty.
Source: Clarin
