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词条 Gary Lee Sampson
释义

  1. Early and personal life

  2. Crimes and death penalty trial

     Place of planned execution  Appeal process  Second sentencing trial 

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Infobox person
| name = Gary L. Sampson
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|9|29}}
| birth_place = Weymouth, Massachusetts
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = American
| known_for = Pleaded guilty to killing three strangers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, was then sentenced to death by a federal jury in Boston in December 2003
| children = 3
| home_town = Abington, Massachusetts
}}

Gary L. Sampson (born September 29, 1959) is an American murderer who killed three people and was sentenced to death by a federal jury in Massachusetts, United States.

During three days in 2001, Sampson killed three strangers: retiree Philip McCloskey in Marshfield, Massachusetts, college student Jonathan Rizzo in Abington, Massachusetts, and Robert Whitney in Meredith, New Hampshire. He also attempted to kill a fourth victim and stranger: William Gregory, in Vermont. Sampson killed McCloskey and Rizzo after they picked him up hitch-hiking, beating them to death. Shortly after that he strangled Whitney. Sampson pleaded guilty to the three killings on September 9, 2003, and was sentenced to death on December 23, 2003, by a federal jury in Massachusetts.[1][2] He received the death penalty for the two Massachusetts killings, and a life sentence for the New Hampshire case.[3]

After Sampson pleaded guilty, a federal jury decided whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison. The defense introduced mental health experts to testify that Sampson had dyslexia as a child, had bipolar disorder, and "suffered from a significant mental impairment" during the killings. A psychiatrist called by the government testified that Sampson did not suffer from any mitigating mental impairment; he was intelligent but violent and deeply antisocial, with antisocial personality disorder.[4][5][6][7] The jury of 12 unanimously returned a sentence of death.

In 2011, Sampson's death sentence was thrown out due to juror misconduct, and he was scheduled for a second sentencing trial on September 16, 2015.[8][9] He was again sentenced to death on January 9, 2017.[10]

Early and personal life

Gary Sampson, who was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, and raised in Abington, Massachusetts, was diagnosed with dyslexia as a child but was denied special education because of his intelligence. He dropped out of school in the 9th grade. His parents are Charlotte and Elbert "Herc" Sampson. His father worked as a firefighter, ice cream truck driver, and salesman. Sampson has claimed that his father called him "retarded" and physically abused him.[4][11][12] Sampson's defense lawyers claim that at age four, he fell and hit his head, resulting in a brain injury.[13][14]

Sampson had been frequently arrested as a juvenile, and as an adult was caught on surveillance tape robbing five banks in North Carolina while in disguise. Gerald Hege, sheriff of Davidson County, North Carolina, stated that Sampson had lived with cross-dressers and transvestites, and had learned "elaborate makeup" from them. "He learned how to change his appearance."[15][16]

As of 2003, Sampson had been married and divorced five times, and is the father of three children. His first marriage was when he was 17 years old.[11][17] In 1995, after being released from jail on a theft charge, he moved to Tamworth, New Hampshire, where he met Karen Alexander. In June 1997, Sampson and Alexander were married; she was pregnant by Sampson at the time. Shortly after, he moved to South Carolina with a woman he had recently met, and Alexander filed for divorce that same year. Sampson was arrested in May 1998, and met Amanda Newcomb while jailed. When Newcomb's grandfather posted Sampson's bail, Sampson and Newcomb married in October 1998. By the end of November, Sampson had moved to North Carolina, where he had a relationship with Ricky Carter, a transvestite who recalled him as "angry with the world and having an explosive temper." When Carter kicked him out of their apartment, Sampson met and wooed Karen Anderson in April 2001. Sampson attempted to force Anderson to assist him in his robberies; she refused, and Sampson began his bank robbery spree, robbing five banks in three months.[18][19][20]

Crimes and death penalty trial

{{citation needed span|text=In July 2001 Sampson carjacked and murdered three people: Philip McCloskey (aged 69 of Taunton, Massachusetts), Jonathan Rizzo (aged 19 of Kingston, Massachusetts), and Robert Whitney (aged 58 of Concord, New Hampshire[https://whdh.com/news/federal-judge-sentences-murderer-gary-lee-sampson-to-death/]. The murders took place over the course of a week. Sampson told police that, after McCloskey picked him up hitchhiking, he forced him at knifepoint to drive to a secluded area, where he tied him up with his belt and stabbed him 24 times. He also forced Rizzo to a secluded area, tied him to a tree, gagged him, and killed him.|date=May 2015}}

The day before the first murder, he attempted to surrender to police.[5][6][21] Telephone records confirmed that Sampson had called the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). As a fugitive who was facing bank robbery charges in North Carolina, Sampson could have been taken into custody. The call was accidentally disconnected by an FBI clerk, and no action was taken. After the murders, Sampson broke into a house in Vermont. After his arrest he confessed to the murders. He subsequently pleaded guilty.

Sampson was charged in a federal court in Boston, found guilty and, on December 23, 2003, sentenced to death. The jury deliberated for ten hours after hearing six weeks of evidence. Sampson had pleaded guilty, so the jury did not need to decide whether he killed McCloskey and Rizzo, but the jury heard the murders described in graphic detail during the sentencing phase of the trial. Prosecutors portrayed Sampson as a ruthless, calculating killer who preyed on good samaritans. Massachusetts does not have the death penalty, after having abolished capital punishment in 1984.[22] The last time the Commonwealth used the penalty was in 1947. It was the first time anyone in Massachusetts has been sentenced to die under the federal death penalty law. Federal law was changed in 1994 to allow the U.S. Department of Justice to seek the death penalty when a murder is committed during a carjacking or kidnapping.[23]

Place of planned execution

Although the United States has a federal "death row" at the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, in Indiana (where federal death row inmates are executed),[24] U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf of the U.S. District Court in Boston ordered that Sampson be executed in New Hampshire. However, before the execution could take place, Judge Wolf ordered a new sentencing trial for Sampson.[25]

Appeal process

After Sampson was sentenced to death, his lawyer David Ruhnke said he would appeal.[26] {{As of|2015|May}} Sampson remains on death row.

In 2011, the death penalty decision was vacated by the US district judge after finding that one of the jurors lied during the screening process; a federal appeals court upheld the decision. Therefore, there was to be another sentencing trial.[27]

Second sentencing trial

A sentencing retrial was first scheduled for February 2015, but was postponed to September 16, 2015.[28] Judge Wolf said that one reason for the delay until September was because Sampson had been transferred to a different prison to undergo a mental health evaluation which had an effect of "obstructing his lawyers' efforts to meet with him."[29]

A week before the September sentencing retrial was to begin, it was "stalled while prosecutors decide whether to appeal a federal judge's refusal to step down from the case." Prosecutors were given until October 13 to decide if they would appeal the judge's decision.[9] On October 28, in an 89-page ruling, Judge Wolf rejected numerous defense motions, ruling that jurors will be able to consider the death penalty.[30]

Sampson was sentenced to death again on January 9, 2017.[10]

References

1. ^{{cite news| author =| title =TIMELINE: Gary Sampson's life of crime and punishment| quote =| newspaper =The Patriot Ledger| date = August 30, 2010| url =http://www.patriotledger.com/article/20100830/NEWS/308309827?template=printart| accessdate =May 19, 2015}}
2. ^{{cite news| author =| title =Death for Sampson| quote =| newspaper =The Boston Globe| date = December 24, 2003| url =http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2003/12/24/death_for_sampson/| accessdate =May 19, 2015}}
3. ^{{cite news| author =| title =Feds cite prison misconduct in carjack death penalty case| quote =| newspaper =WCVB| date = March 31, 2014| url =http://www.wcvb.com/news/feds-cite-prison-misconduct-in-carjack-death-penalty-case/25257488| accessdate =May 19, 2015}}
4. ^1 {{cite news| author = Shelley Murphy| title =Sampson jury hears pleas for life, death | newspaper =The Boston Globe | date = December 19, 2003| url =http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2003/12/19/sampson_jury_hears_pleas_for_life_death/| accessdate =May 19, 2015}}
5. ^1 {{cite news| author =Milton J. Valencia| title =Prosecutors again seek death penalty for serial killer| quote = At the original trial, Sampson's lawyers had argued several mitigating factors. They noted that he had tried to surrender to authorities before the first murder, but an FBI clerk accidentally disconnected the call. Reportedly this angered Sampson and contributed to his serial murders. | newspaper =The Boston Globe|date = December 20, 2013| url =https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/12/20/serial-killer-gary-lee-sampson-should-face-death-penalty-trial-again-federal-prosecutors-tell-judge/9nB5Ypac1WPyctUAUKRUXK/story.html| accessdate =May 19, 2015}}
6. ^1 {{cite news| author = Shelley Murphy| title =Murder victim's family sues FBI over disconnected call Says clerk's error led to rampage by Gary Sampson| quote =| newspaper =The Boston Globe| date = May 21, 2004| url =http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/05/21/murder_victims_family_sues_fbi_over_disconnected_call/| accessdate =May 19, 2015}}
7. ^{{cite news| author = Elizabeth Mehren| title =Death Debated for a Confessed Killer| quote =| newspaper =Los Angeles Times| date =November 6, 2003| url =http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/nation/na-death6| accessdate =May 19, 2015}}
8. ^{{cite news| author = Neal Simpson, The Patriot Ledger| title =Judge refuses to rule out death penalty for killer Gary Lee Sampson| quote =| newspaper =WCVB| date = April 21, 2015| url =http://www.wcvb.com/news/judge-refuses-to-rule-out-death-penalty-for-killer-gary-lee-sampson/32479936| accessdate =May 20, 2015}}
9. ^1 {{cite news| author = Denise Lavoie, AP Legal Affairs Writer| title =Massachusetts Death Penalty Retrial Halted in Carjack Deaths | quote ="The retrial of a man sentenced to death for killing two Massachusetts residents in 2001 is stalled while prosecutors decide whether to appeal a federal judge's refusal to step down from the case."| date =September 10, 2015| url =http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/09/10/massachusetts-death-penalty-retrial-halted-in-carjack-deaths/ |accessdate =November 20, 2015}}
10. ^1 https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/01/09/sampson-jurors-continue-death-penalty-deliberations/fGpcceiNQXlRXGkdprIgnL/story.html
11. ^1 {{cite news| author =| title =Killer's parents severed all ties to son| quote =| newspaper =The Boston Herald| date = December 3, 2003| url =http://business.highbeam.com/3972/article-1G1-110848969/killer-parents-severed-all-ties-son| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150521091438/http://business.highbeam.com/3972/article-1G1-110848969/killer-parents-severed-all-ties-son| dead-url =yes| archive-date =May 21, 2015| accessdate =May 19, 2015}} {{subscription needed|s}}
12. ^{{cite news| author = Sue Reinert| title =Sampson record spanned four states| quote = He was born at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth on Sept. 29, 1959.| newspaper =The Patriot Ledger| date = August 2, 2001| url =http://www.patriotledger.com/article/20010802/News/308029998| accessdate =May 20, 2015}}
13. ^{{cite news| author =| title =Gary Lee Sampson's lawyers appear in court ahead of resentencing trial| quote =| newspaper =My FOX Boston| date = April 15, 2015| url =http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/28808598/convicted-killer-gary-lee-sampson-due-in-court| accessdate =May 19, 2015}}
14. ^{{cite news| author =Fox Butterfield| title =Police Arrest Man in Killings And Carjackings in 3 States| quote =| newspaper =The New York Times| date = August 2, 2001| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/02/us/police-arrest-man-in-killings-and-carjackings-in-3-states.html| accessdate =May 19, 2015}}
15. ^{{cite news| author =Fox Butterfield| title =Police Arrest Man in Killings and Carjackings in 3 States| quote ="'He had the unusual M.O. of robbing the banks dressed as a woman, with elaborate makeup he had learned from the transvestites,' the sheriff said."| newspaper =The New York Times| date = August 2, 2001| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/02/us/police-arrest-man-in-killings-and-carjackings-in-3-states.html| accessdate =November 20, 2015}}
16. ^{{cite news| author =Harry R. Weber| title =Arraignment for Man Accused in Killing Spree| quote ="'He lives with cross-dressers and transvestites,' Hege said. 'He learned how to change his appearance.'"| newspaper =ABC News| date = August 2, 2006| url =http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92730&page=1| accessdate =November 20, 2015}}
17. ^{{cite news| author = J.M. Hirsch| title =Something snapped: Man accused in New England killings left trail of transformations and lies| quote =| newspaper =Associated Press via The Standard-Times (New Bedford)| date = August 12, 2001| url =http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20010812/News/308129977| accessdate =May 19, 2015}}
18. ^{{cite news| author = J.M. Hirsch| title =Something snapped: Man accused in New England killings left trail of transformations and lies| quote =| newspaper =Associated Press via South Coast Today| date = January 12, 2011 |orig-year=August 12, 2001 | url =http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20010812/News/308129977| accessdate =November 20, 2015}}
19. ^{{cite news| author = Shelley Murphy| title =Ex-wife urges jury to spare Sampson| quote =| newspaper =The Boston Globe| date = December 13, 2003| url =http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2003/12/13/ex_wife_urges_jury_to_spare_sampson/| accessdate =May 19, 2015}}
20. ^U.S. v. SAMPSON, 2004
21. ^{{cite news| author = Elizabeth Mehren| title =Death Debated for a Confessed Killer| quote =The controversy in the case is complicated by the fact that Sampson telephoned the Boston office of the FBI and offered to surrender before killing his three victims. William H. Anderson, the clerk who took the call, originally told investigators that he had not received a call from Sampson. In March, Wolf sentenced Anderson to six months in federal prison for lying to the investigators after phone records proved Sampson had indeed placed the call.| newspaper =Los Angeles Times| date =November 6, 2003| url =http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/nation/na-death6| accessdate =May 19, 2015}}
22. ^https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/massachusetts-0
23. ^https://www.ncjrs.gov/txtfiles/billfs.txt
24. ^{{cite news| author =| title =Sentence to be appealed| quote =| newspaper =The Boston Globe| date =December 24, 2003| url =http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2003/12/24/sentence_to_be_appealed/| accessdate =May 19, 2015}}
25. ^{{cite news| newspaper =FindLaw blog| date = May 9, 2013| url =https://blogs.findlaw.com/first_circuit/2013/05/first-circuit-may-hear-gary-sampson-death-penalty-case.html| accessdate =May 19, 2015}}
26. ^{{cite news| author = Martin Finucane| title =Federal jury: Death for Mass. mens killer| quote =| newspaper =Associated Press| date = December 24, 2003| url =http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20031224/News/312249974| accessdate =May 19, 2015}}
27. ^{{cite news| author = Milton J. Valencia| title =Gary Lee Sampson in court for 1st time in decade| quote = Prosecutors sought the death penalty in 2003, and a jury agreed, but US District Judge Mark L. Wolf vacated that sentence in 2011, after finding that one of the jurors had lied on a questionnaire about her encounters with law enforcement. The judge said he would have excluded her from the jury had he known, and a federal appeals court upheld the decision.| newspaper =The Boston Globe| date = December 17, 2014| url =https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/12/17/sampson/24MsltA0y3SKiVkcGtUL5L/story.html#| accessdate =May 19, 2015}}
28. ^{{cite news| author = Neal Simpson, The Patriot Ledger| title =Judge refuses to rule out death penalty for killer Gary Lee Sampson| quote =| newspaper =WCVB| date = April 21, 2015| url =http://www.wcvb.com/news/judge-refuses-to-rule-out-death-penalty-for-killer-gary-lee-sampson/32479936| accessdate =November 20, 2015}}
29. ^{{cite web| url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/12/23/judge-postpones-death-penalty-trial-convicted-killer-gary-lee-sampson/7zXtgKo1aMpFcIwHBDD8xJ/story.html| title=Judge postpones death penalty trial of convicted killer| work=BostonGlobe.com| accessdate=November 20, 2015}}
30. ^{{cite news| author = Laurel J. Sweet| title =Judge: Death penalty still an option for spree killer Sampson| quote =| newspaper =Boston Herald| date =October 28, 2015| url =http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2015/10/judge_death_penalty_still_an_option_for_spree_killer_sampson| accessdate =November 20, 2015}}

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