Ten years ago on this date, July 9.
2003, Riley Dobi Noel was executed by lethal injection in Arkansas. He was put
to death for the June 4, 1995 murders of three children.
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Riley Dobi Noel
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SOURCE: http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/noel864.htm
Summary: Noel, Carroll, Cochran and
Calloway were riding around Little Rock in Cochran's car "getting
high." They went to the home of Mary Hussian, whose daughter Noel
suspected of being involved in the drive-by killing of his brother. Calloway
got out of the car and followed Noel and Carroll into the house. Noel told the
three children: Marcell Young (17), Malak Hussian (10), and Mustafa Hussian
(12) in the residence to get down on the floor. Calloway testified she watched
as Noel shot each of the children in the head and killed them. A co-defendant
tried to shoot Mary Hussian with a shotgun but it jammed, and she was able to
wrestle it away. Noel testified at the trial against his lawyers' advice and
denied killing the children. One of Noel's accomplices received a 20 year
prison sentence after he testified on behalf of the state. Another was
sentenced to life in prison without parole and the third got 132 years in
prison for the three killings.
Among the witnesses to the execution was Kyle
Jones, whose 17-year-old fiance/, Marcell Young, was among the victims. Young
was slain along with her younger brother and sister in a southwest Little Rock
home on June 4, 1995. Jones was in the house when the killings occurred but
escaped by crawling through a window. "I finally
feel that justice has been served," Jones said after the execution. "It's been eight long years, and I finally can put
this behind me and move on. We as individuals make decisions. He made the
decision to take their lives. Today the state of Arkansas made the decision to
take his life, and I'm glad for that decision."
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