| 词条 | Priscilla Ford |
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| name = Priscilla Joyce Ford | image = Priscilla Joyce Ford.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = | birthname = Priscilla Joyce Ford | occupation = Teacher | birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|02|10}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|01|29|1929|02|10}} | death_place = Southern Nevada Women's Correctional Center, North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | cause = Emphysema | penalty = Death | parents = | spouse = | children = 3 | date = November 27, 1980 | time = 3:00 pm | targets = | locations = Reno, Nevada, United States | fatalities = 6 | injuries = 22 | weapons = 1974 Lincoln Continental }}Priscilla Joyce Ford (February 10, 1929[1] – January 29, 2005[2]) was a mass murderer who was sentenced to death after driving her 1974 blue Lincoln Continental down a sidewalk in downtown Reno, Nevada on Thanksgiving Day in 1980.[3] The attack killed six people and injured 23 more. Ford had been diagnosed as having paranoid schizophrenia with violent tendencies, she had been treated and released by seven different hospitals before moving to Reno in 1980.[4] Ford launched numerous appeals against her death sentence, all of which failed. A heavy smoker, she died at the age of 75 after suffering from emphysema.[5] Ford's blood-alcohol ratio was .162, above the limit to legally drive. During the 100-foot drive, Ford drove as fast as 40 miles per hour. Ford did not resist when police asked her to exit her car. Officer Oakes, who was an officer at the crime scene, stated that Ford was remarkably calm. When she asked Oakes how many people she killed, he responded, "five or six," and she replied back, "good". Another officer stated that Ford said, "The more dead, the better," while she was in custody.[1] On August 4, 1981, Ford was found competent to stand trial after being found incompetent on January 29 of that year. The trial lasted almost five months.[6] After 13 hours of deliberation, a jury composed of seven women and five men found Ford guilty on six counts of murder and 23 counts of attempted murder on March 19, 1982. On March 28, 1982, the jury decided she was to be put to death. Even though seven people died as a result of Ford's attack, issues in the indictment caused Ford to only be charged with six. Ford's lawyer claimed she was mentally ill with schizophrenia and should not be put to death, rather spend the rest of her life in a mental institution, while the District Attorney called her "evil personified" and fought for Ford to be found legally sane. Ford herself went on the stand and testified that she believed she was the reincarnation of Jesus and therefore incapable of sin.[1][7] The murders were not her only interaction with law enforcement during her life. In 1957, Ford shot her second husband in self-defense before turning the gun on herself. Ford was also arrested for trespassing and assault when her daughter was eleven. Ford, a heavy smoker, died of emphysema at 75 at Southern Nevada Women's Correctional Center in North Las Vegas, Nevada on January 29, 2005.[8] References1. ^1 2 {{cite news|last1=D. Brian|first1=Burghart|title=The day terror came downtown - Feature Story - Local Stories - July 17, 2003|url=https://www.newsreview.com/reno/day-terror-came-downtown/content?oid=20584|accessdate=26 March 2018|work=Reno News & Review|publisher=CHICO COMMUNITY PUBLISHING, INC.|date=17 July 2003|language=en}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ford, Priscilla}}{{Crime-stub}}{{US-crime-bio-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|title=Death row inmate Ford dies|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jan-30-Sun-2005/news/25766120.html}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=Reno Woman Who Killed Six With Auto Sentenced to Die|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/30/us/reno-woman-who-killed-six-with-auto-sentenced-to-die.html | work=The New York Times | date=March 30, 1982}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=Victims still suffer from car rampage|url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/635163969/Victims-still-suffer-from-car-rampage.html|accessdate=26 March 2018|work=Associated Press|agency=DeseretNews.com|publisher=Deseret News Publishing Company|date=25 November 2005|location=RENO, Nev.|language=en}} 5. ^{{cite news|last1=MORRISON|first1=JANE ANN|title=Crimes using cars as weapons seem commonplace|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/news-columns/jane-ann-morrison/crimes-using-cars-as-weapons-seem-commonplace/|accessdate=26 March 2018|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|publisher=Las Vegas Review-Journal, Inc|date=15 August 2013}} 6. ^{{cite news|last1=DORNAN|first1=GEOFF|title=Jury convicts woman of six sidewalk slayings with her car|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/03/20/Jury-convicts-woman-of-six-sidewalk-slayings-with-her-car/6155385448400/|accessdate=26 March 2018|work=UPI|publisher=United Press International, Inc.|date=20 March 1982|location=RENO, NV|language=en|quote=The trial lasted just over five months and was the longest in northern Nevada history.}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=Woman on death row awaits fate|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/1998/jan/31/woman-on-death-row-awaits-fate/|accessdate=26 March 2018|work=LasVegasSun.com|date=31 January 1998|location=CARSON CITY, NV|language=en}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Mentally Ill Woman Dies After 20 Years on Nevada's Death Row {{!}} Death Penalty Information Center|url=https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/node/1375|website=deathpenaltyinfo.org|publisher=Death Penalty Information Center|accessdate=26 March 2018|language=en}} 19 : 1929 births|2005 deaths|African-American schoolteachers|American schoolteachers|American female murderers|American murderers|American female criminals|American mass murderers|American prisoners sentenced to death|Deaths from respiratory disease|Disease-related deaths in Nevada|Murders by motor vehicle|People convicted of murder by Nevada|People with schizophrenia|Place of birth missing|Prisoners sentenced to death by Nevada|Prisoners who died in Nevada detention|Vehicular rampage in the United States|20th-century American educators |
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