I went to school with a guy that was convicted of drug trafficking just a few years ago. Also a guy who was a few years older than me was convicted of statutory rape.
The most chilling is of a man I did not even know. My buddies and I were at the mall and we had walked in a side entrance and there was a man standing in the entrance with an old coat pretending to be waiting for someone. Then my buddies and I leave the mall a good 2 to 3 hours later and the man is still there. I remember having a weird feeling in my stomach when we walked by him, thinking 'I should call the cops...and tell them what? I have a weird feeling about a guy who is standing at a mall entrance" So anyway I don't do it. BUT that night a woman from Victoria Secret, which was right by the entrance the man was at, was kidnapped, raped, and murdered. It wasn't too long after that night they arrested the man that was standing at that entrance. He was eventually convicted, and I believe he received the death penalty.
(Wikipedia)
The trial was held in federal court because Sjodin was taken across state lines.[14][15] This meant that Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. was eligible to receive the death penalty if convicted, a possibility not allowed under North Dakota or Minnesota law, neither of which has the death penalty. It was the first death penalty case in a century to take place in North Dakota.[16] US Attorney Drew Wrigley and Assistant US Attorneys Keith Reisenauer and Norman Anderson prosecuted the case against Rodriguez. On August 30, 2006, Rodriguez was convicted in federal court of the murder of Dru Sjodin, and on September 22, 2006, he was sentenced to death.[17] On February 8, 2007, Rodriguez was formally sentenced to death and prison in United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Terre Haute, Indiana.[18][19] U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson arranged that Rodriguez would be executed in South Dakota.[20]
Rodriguez maintains that he is innocent. In October 2011, defense attorneys filed a federal habeas corpus motion claiming that Rodriguez is mentally disabled.[21]