Shonelle Jackson
Mugshot of Jackson taken by the Alabama Department of Corrections
Born (1978-05-30) May 30, 1978
NationalityAmerican
Known forAlabama Death Row Inmate

Shonelle Andre Jackson (born May 30, 1978)[1] is an American prison inmate currently on Alabama's death row. In 1997, at the age of 19, Jackson was arrested for the murder of Lefrick Moore that occurred during the commission of a robbery in Montgomery, Alabama.[2] During the investigation, Jackson initially told detectives that he did not know the three other co-defendants, and was not present at the time of the murder. Montgomery Police Detective Andrew Signore, having learned from the other defendants that just before the murder, Jackson had purchased a soft drink from a local drive-thru, informed him that his fingerprints were found on a Dairy Queen cup located inside the victim's stolen vehicle. At the time, Detective Signore did not know if any latent fingerprints had been discovered on the cup but advanced this deception to encourage Jackson to admit to knowing the other defendants and being present with them at some point during the night of the murder. Jackson then admitted that he knew the other defendants and had been with them earlier in the day before the murder. He then asked to amend his statement a third time to admit he was present at the time of the murder and was armed with a .380 handgun.[3] Following a jury trial, he was found guilty of capital murder. In sentencing Jackson, the presiding judge, William Gordon, overrode the jury's unanimous recommendation of a life sentence and instead imposed the death sentence. Judicial override of a jury's sentencing recommendation is permitted under Alabama law. Later, in a sworn deposition, juror Jan Burkes expressed uncertainty that Jackson, one of four defendants charged with this crime, fired the shot that killed Moore.[4][5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Alabama Department of Corrections". doc.state.al.us. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Double Jeopardy". Newyorker.com. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "EX PARTE JACKSON - 836 So.2d 973 (2001) - o2d97311797 - Leagle.com". Leagle.com. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  4. ↑ Williams, Paige (17 November 2014). "Double Jeopardy". The New Yorker. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Singh, Fran (20 December 2014). "Serial is over but here are seven true-crime stories to fill the gap". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2016.


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