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Defendants
Wallace Norrell Thomas – convicted, executed 1990
Eddie Bernard Neal – convicted, sentenced to LWOP
Jerry Lee Jones – convicted, sentenced to life in prison
INMATE INFORMATION
Summary of Offense: Convicted for the abduction and fatal shooting of Quenette Shehane, 21, on December 20, 1976. Miss Shehane, who had graduated from Birmingham-Southern College just a few days before, was kidnapped at a convenience store near the campus. One of the two other men later charged in the case, both of whom are now serving life sentences, implicated Mr. Thomas in the actual shooting.
Victim(s): Quenette Shehane
Time of Death: Shortly after midnight
Manner of execution: Electric Chair
Last Meal:
Final Statement: ”Let my death serve as an instigator that will awaken a nation to fight and adopt the philosophy of the late, great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who said, ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”’
INMATE INFORMATION
Inmate: NEAL, EDDIE BARNARD
AIS: 00122084
Institution: ST.CLAIR CORRECTIONAL FAC.
Race: B
Sex: M
Hair Color: BLACK
Eye Color: BROWN
Height: 5′ 10″
Weight: 190
Birth Year: 1957
Custody MEDIUM
Aliases:
NEAL, EDDIE BARNARD
Scars, Marks and Tattoos:
No known scars, marks, or tattoos
Admit Date: 06/07/1979
Total Term: 999Y 99 M99D
Time Served: 037Y 01M 15D
Jail Credit: 129
Good Time Received: 0Y 0M 0D
Case No.: CC1978-000639
Sentenced: 08/07/1978
Offense: MURDER 1
Term: 999Y 99 M99D
Type: Consecutive
Commit County: JEFFERSON
INMATE INFORMATION
Inmate: JONES, JERRY LEE
AIS: 00131136
Institution: STATON CORRECTIONAL CENTER
Race: B
Sex: M
Hair Color: BLACK
Eye Color: BROWN
Height: 5′ 11″
Weight: 162
Birth Year: 1956
Custody MEDIUM
Aliases:
JONES, JERRY LEE
Scars, Marks and Tattoos:
No known scars, marks, or tattoos
Admit Date: 03/05/1982
Total Term: 999Y 99 M99D
Time Served: 038Y 02M 26D
Jail Credit: 1841
Good Time Received: 0Y 0M 0D
Good Time Revoked: 0Y 0M 0D
Parole Consideration Date: 09/01/2018
Parole Status: DENIED, W/RESET
Case No.: CC1977-000625
Sentenced: 03/04/1982
Offense: MURDER
Term: 999Y 99 M99D
Type: Consecutive
Commit County: JEFFERSON