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	Donald Beardslee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Donald Jay Beardslee (May 13, 1943 – January 19, 2005) was a U.S. murderer executed by means of a lethal injection in San Quentin State Prison, California.
		Beardslee and, according to the prosecution, Bill Forrester, both shot Geddling, and later Beardslee slashed Benjamin's throat after Cleo Frank Rutherford had tried to strangle her.
		Beardslee was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Donald_Beardslee (535 words)

	Donald Beardslee executed : Indybay
		Beardslee, of Redwood City, was convicted of the shotgun killing of Patty Geddling, 23, and the throat-slashing murder of Stacey Benjamin, 19.
		Beardslee, who described the killing to authorities as senseless and without motive, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
		Beardslee was part of a group that then left with Geddling on the pretext of taking her to a hospital.
	www.indybay.org /newsitems/2005/01/19/17156641.php (1319 words)

	Schwarzenegger.com
		Finally, and most significantly, Beardslee argues that his life should be spared because his criminal acts were performed as a result of his being in a dissociative state at the time of the crime due to long-standing mental impairments that compromised his executive functioning and judgment when he was under extreme stress.
		Beardslee claims that the stress of the fatal events of the evening of April 24, 1981, interfered with his ability to make reasoned decisions, rendered him unable to process emotions, and caused him to dissociate from events into some kind of fugue state.
		The extent of Beardslee's involvement and action in the murders of each of the young women, and perhaps more significantly his recollection and after-the-fact recounting of these events to police, make it hard for me to accept that Beardslee was dissociated and disconnected from the events of that fateful night.
	www.schwarzenegger.com /dev333/news.asp?id=1885 (2155 words)

	Donald Jay Beardslee #946
		Beardslee's attorneys had argued he was duped by accomplices and was suffering from mental illness aggravated by brain injuries when he shot Stacey Benjamin, 19, and choked and slashed the throat of Patty Geddling, 23, in California.
		Donald Beardslee, 61, was sentenced be put to death by injection on January 19, 2005 at San Quentin State Prison for the 1981 slayings of two women.
		Beardslee is so severely mentally impaired that one hemisphere of his brain is virtually inert; he was condemned for peripheral involvement in a crime for which the principal instigators received lesser sentences.
	www.clarkprosecutor.org /html/death/US/beardslee946.htm (10836 words)

	cbs2.com - State Executes Convicted Killer
		Beardslee, who was wearing dark blue trousers, a light blue shirt, white socks and his eyeglasses, yawned about a minute after the first injection, then puckered his lips and did not appear to make any more movements, other than some heavy breathing.
		Beardslee remained optimistic that he would be spared for the 1981 twin killings until Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger rejected a clemency petition seeking to commute the death sentence to life without parole, and the Supreme Court rejected two last-minute appeals Tuesday.
		Beardslee, 61, chose not to have any of his family members witness the execution and has not had a family visit for at least the past month, since the formal countdown to the execution began, prison officials said.
	cbs2.com /topstories/topstoriesla_story_019112051.html (852 words)

	firstamendmentcenter.org: news
		Beardslee had challenged the state’s method of execution by lethal injection, saying it constituted cruel and unusual punishment and would violate his free-speech rights because it wouldn’t allow him to scream in pain.
		Beardslee’s attorneys also claimed that the combination of a sedative and a paralyzing agent would mask whether he was experiencing excruciating pain while prohibiting him from crying out.
		Beardslee and Rutherford took the wounded Geddling, 19, to a roadside along Highway 1 in San Mateo County, where she was shot several times.
	www.firstamendmentcenter.org /news.aspx?id=14703 (610 words)

	Press Release -- Statement of the Most Reverend William Levada on the occasion of the execution of Donald Beardslee -- ...
		Donald Jay Beardslee was executed this morning at San Quentin by the State of California.
		Donald Beardslee was convicted of the brutal murders of Stacy Benjamin and Paula "Patty" Geddling over an alleged drug debt and, years earlier, Laura Griffin.
		Beardslee, does not itself contribute to a culture of death in which respect for the dignity and precious worth of every human life is diminished.
	www.cacatholic.org /h/pr/pr50119.html (370 words)

	What's At Stake: Help Stop the Execution of Donald Beardslee
		Beardslee's case was unaware of the extent to which his actions were controlled by severe brain damage that has impaired his functioning since birth.
		Beardslee's capital penalty phase jury never saw the reports nor heard conclusions drawn by the various physicians who examined him that speak to his major mental illness and the existence of brain damage.
		Beardslee's three co-defendants who initiated and directed the crimes were either not charged, successfully plea bargained for a lesser sentence, or received a life sentence.
	ga1.org /campaign/clemency/explanation (666 words)

	USATODAY.com - Convicted killer executed in California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Donald Beardslee, 61, was executed by injection for killing two women in 1981 while on parole for a third slaying.
		Beardslee, a machinist, served seven years in Missouri for murdering a woman whom he met at a St. Louis bar and killed the same evening.
		Beardslee chose not to have any of his family members witness the execution and hadn't had a family visit for at least the past month.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-01-19-calif-execution_x.htm (689 words)

	Court Upholds Death Sentence in Killing of Women Over Drug Debt
		Beardslee was convicted in 1984 of the 1981 murders of Stacy Benjamin and Patty Geddling.
		While the extent of his involvement was disputed, Beardslee admitted that he cooperated in a plan to lure Benjamin to the apartment so that Beardslee’s roommate and two other people could force her to return money she had received as advance payment for drugs that were never delivered.
		While investigating the Missouri case, which resulted in Beardslee being convicted of murder—he was on parole at the time of the San Mateo killings—the prosecutor obtained an admission by the arresting officer that he had questioned Beardslee in violation of the defense lawyer’s explicit instructions and lied about it at the ensuing suppression hearing.
	www.metnews.com /articles/bear032103.htm (877 words)

	BPF \| Execution Alert
		Donald Beardslee is scheduled to be executed at 12:01 AM on January 19, so we will be sitting in vigil at San Quentin on Tuesday evening January 18 starting at 8 PM.
		Beardslee is a severely brain damaged man who murdered two women in 1981, and was sentenced to death in 1984.
		Beardslee warrants executive clemency for three compelling reasons, none of which were available to the jury that sentenced him to death.
	www.bpf.org /html/whats_now/nvc/nvc.html (666 words)

	Santa Cruz Indymedia: Execution Alert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Beardslee has not yet exhausted all of his legal challenges, we now consider his scheduled execution date to be extremely serious.
		Beardslee warrants executive clemency for three compelling reasons, none of which were available to the jury that sentenced him to death (for more detailed information, please visit www.hcrc.ca.gov).
		Beardslee to death was based upon the mistaken belief that he would pose a danger if sentenced to Life Without Parole; however, Mr.
	santacruz.indymedia.org /newswire/display/13950/index.php (340 words)

	No alla Pena di Morte - NO to the Death penalty - Comunità di Sant'Egidio
		Since his birth, Donald is a mentally retarded man. He was sentenced to death in 1981 for a double murder he committed with three other accomplices.
		Besides, during his trial the jury was not wholly informed on the real psychical conditions of Donald, who, when he was young, was involved in two serious car accidents which caused a hard worsening of his mental capabilities.
		Donald Jay Beardslee, even though he is a mentally retarded person, a jury that sentenced him to death without being aware of his psychical conditions and despite a legislative investigation on the fairness and effectiveness of death penalties in California is currently being performed.
	www.santegidio.org /en/pdm/news/ap_donald.htm (324 words)

	Help Stop the Execution of Donald Beardslee
		Donald Jay Beardslee is scheduled to be put to death by the state of California Jan. 19.
		Beardslee suffers from extreme brain damage, but this evidence was omitted during his trial.
		Beardslee's mental capacity was withheld from or unavailable to the jury.
	ga1.org /aclu_sc_action/alert-description.html?alert_id=1199177 (966 words)

	Urging Gov. Schwarzenegger to Grant Clemency (Human Rights Watch, 14-1-2005)
		Beardslee was sentenced to death for the 1981 murders of Patty Geddling and Stacy Benjamin.
		Beardslee has suffered from brain damage since birth that was aggravated by two serious accidents later in his life.
		Beardslee’s brain is “virtually non-functioning,” which may have lead to impaired judgment, paranoia, and emotional disconnect.
	hrw.org /english/docs/2005/01/14/usdom10018.htm (545 words)

	Capital Punishment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Donald Beardslee was convicted of First Degree Murder in the deaths of two young women, Patty Geddling and Stacie Benjamin, on April 25, 1981, in an apparent drug-related murder.
		At the time of the murders, Beardslee was on parole for murder in Missouri.
		Donald Beardslee was executed by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison on Jan. 19, 2005.
	www.cdcr.ca.gov /ReportsResearch/donaldBeardslee.html (80 words)

	USA: (California): Death penalty / Legal concern, Donald Jay Beardslee (m) - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Donald Beardslee is scheduled to be executed in California on 19 January 2005.
		Donald Beardslee’s clemency lawyers have revealed evidence of his mental
		Donald Beardslee's lawyers have raised serious questions about his culpability,
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGAMR510062005 (919 words)

	Beardslee takes clemency plea to governor as appeals court tosses execution challenge challenge - North County Times - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Beardslee's plea is based on a recent evaluation that found his brain was damaged from birth and from a series of accidents early in his life, including an injury suffered when he was absent without leave from the Air Force in 1965.
		Beardslee and another man told Geddling they were taking her to the hospital, but drove her to the coast where they fatally blasted her several times with a shotgun.
		Beardslee's appellate attorney, Steven Lubliner, said he planned to ask the appeals court to reconsider the case with 11 judges in a bid to block his looming execution at San Quentin State Prison.
	www.nctimes.com /articles/2005/01/15/news/state/19_49_361_14_05.txt (1180 words)

	Convicted Killer Executed in California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Convicted killer Donald Beardslee, an inmate at San Quentin, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at San Quentin early Wednesday morning.
		Beardslee's plea for clemency and his appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court were rejected Tuesday, clearing the final hurdles to the state's 11th execution since it reinstated the death penalty.
		Donald Beardslee, 61, was given a lethal injection at 12:20 a.m.
	www.comcast.net /data/news/2005/01/19/39135.xml (682 words)

	Schwarzenegger.com
		Beardslee advances several reasons why his life should be spared.
		It is argued that this lack of emotion is a symptom and byproduct of his mental deficiency.
		For this reason, Donald J. Beardslee's application for clemency is denied.
	www.schwarzenegger.com /news.asp?id=1885 (2155 words)

	California executes man who killed two women over drug deal - North County Times - State / West -
		SAN QUENTIN -- Donald Beardslee was executed by lethal injection early Wednesday for murdering two women over a drug deal in 1981, the first California inmate put to death since 2002 and the 11th since voters restored the state's death penalty in 1978.
		Beardslee, who was wearing dark blue trousers, a light blue shirt and white socks, yawned about a minute after the injections, then puckered his lips and did not appear make any more movements after that.
		Prosecutors have said Beardslee, a Redwood City machinist who was on parole for murdering a Missouri woman, was not a passive, unwitting dupe when he committed the murders, as his lawyers claimed.
	www.nctimes.com /articles/2005/01/19/news/state/15_20_391_18_05.txt (1384 words)

	News and reports
		Beardslee suffers from serious brain damage as a result of a birth defect, which has impaired his judgment all of his life.
		Beardslee was the only one to receive the death sentence, even though he was no more culpable in the murders than his four co-defendants.
		Additionally, the prosecutor argued for the death penalty because he said Beardslee was a danger to other inmates and prison guards.
	socialistworker.org /2005-1/526/526_11_NewsAndReports.shtml (997 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com Beardslee became the 11th executed prisoner in California
		Donald Beardslee, 61, who murdered three women, was given a lethal injection shortly after midnight in San Quentin prison.
		From the moment Beardslee was left alone in the apple-green death chamber at 12: 18 a.m., after being hooked up to the intravenous lines that would deliver three salvos of poison, to the second he was pronounced dead 11 minutes later, Beardslee mostly lay as still as a man already expired.
		Arnold Schwarzenegger and the U.S. Supreme Court refused this afternoon to block the execution of Donald Beardslee, who is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection at a minute past midnight for murdering two young Peninsula women in 1981 More details...
	newsfromrussia.com /world/2005/01/21/57920.html (1912 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Americas \| Schwarzenegger allows execution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Donald Beardslee, sentenced to death for two 1981 killings, was given a lethal injection shortly after midnight (0800 GMT) at San Quentin State Prison.
		He had previously served seven years for the second-degree murder in 1969 of Laura Griffin, a woman he strangled and stabbed after meeting her in a bar in Missouri.
		Inside, Beardslee spent his final hours in a waiting room where he was able to watch television, read and talk to his spiritual adviser.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/4186823.stm (347 words)

	Initiative gegen die Todesstrae
		Beardslee's apartment and then force her to give them the money.
		Beardslee has had such a flattened affect for much of his life.
		Beardslee's attorneys have argued that he was duped by accomplices and was
	www.initiative-gegen-die-todesstrafe.de /california190105.htm (2138 words)

	AP:Donald Beardslee:California Executes Convicted Killer - Prison Talk
		Beardslee, 61, a stocky man with a pasty complexion, graying fl hair swept back and a gray mustache, showed little emotion as he was led into the death chamber and bound to a gurney with four-inch fl webbing.
		At 12:29 a.m., a slip of paper was handed through the porthole in the witness room that said Beardslee was dead.
		In asking Schwarzenegger to commute the sentence to life without parole, Beardslee's lawyers said a new report by a prominent neuropsychologist concluded that Beardslee had been brain-damaged since birth.
	www.prisontalk.com /forums/showthread.php?t=101587 (3220 words)

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