Record #:

7176

Author(s):

O'Neill, Patrick

Abstract:

William \"Bugs\" Powell, who was convicted of the 1991 murder of Shelby convenience store clerk Mary Gladden, was executed at Raleigh's Central Prison on March 11, 2004. Powell is the thirty-fifth person executed in North Carolina since 1984, and the 19th person under Gov. Michael Easley. O'Neill describes Powell's last day.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 22 Issue 11, Mar 2005, p17, 19

Subject(s):

Powell, William Stevens, 1919-