Monday, October 25, 2010
Former Death Row Inmate Dies
KENTUCKY....
Todd Ice, who was once the nation's youngest death row inmate, died of an apparent heart attack last Thursday at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Crystal City, Missouri at the age of 47. Ice was sentenced to death at the age of 16 after being convicted of murder for the 1978 slaying of his 7 year old neighbor, Donna Knox, in eastern Kentucky's Powell County. Her mother, Sheila Knox, was bound, beaten and stabbed by Ice but survived and later identified him as the assailant. The Kentucky Supreme Court in 1983 reversed his conviction and death sentence, and he was retried in 1986. He was convicted of the lesser offense of manslaughter during extreme emotional disturbance and sentenced to 20 years. Ice was eligible for parole at the time of sentencing based on time already served, but the state Parole Board, after being inundated with petitions from eastern Kentucky residents, ordered Ice to serve his full sentence. He was released from prison in the mid-1990s.
Todd Ice, who was once the nation's youngest death row inmate, died of an apparent heart attack last Thursday at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Crystal City, Missouri at the age of 47. Ice was sentenced to death at the age of 16 after being convicted of murder for the 1978 slaying of his 7 year old neighbor, Donna Knox, in eastern Kentucky's Powell County. Her mother, Sheila Knox, was bound, beaten and stabbed by Ice but survived and later identified him as the assailant. The Kentucky Supreme Court in 1983 reversed his conviction and death sentence, and he was retried in 1986. He was convicted of the lesser offense of manslaughter during extreme emotional disturbance and sentenced to 20 years. Ice was eligible for parole at the time of sentencing based on time already served, but the state Parole Board, after being inundated with petitions from eastern Kentucky residents, ordered Ice to serve his full sentence. He was released from prison in the mid-1990s.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 11:17 PM 
