Word: barfield
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...only one of three convicts put to death last week, and the 29th since the Supreme Court effectively reinstated the death penalty in 1976. But the case of Margie Velma Barfield, 52, was different, and not just because she was the first woman executed in the U.S. since...
...portly grandmother whose born-again piety has won over some of her toughest fellow inmates. She is also a convicted killer, sentenced to death row six years ago for killing her fiancé with arsenic. Margie Velma Barfield, 51, a onetime private nurse, also confessed to poisoning her mother and two elderly patients in her care. When North Carolina's Democratic Governor James Hunt, who is challenging conservative Republican Jesse Helms for his Senate seat, rejected Barfield's plea for clemency last week, his decision added emotionally charged elements to an already close, tense race...
Though Hunt, like his opponent and the majority of the state, supports the death penalty, the Barfield case was painfully complex. If executed, she would be the first woman prisoner put to death in the U.S. since 1962. Barfield's claim that she murdered while addicted to prescription drugs and has since recovered her sanity and discovered God has mobilized a fervent lobby of supporters. The execution is scheduled for Nov. 2. Despite its potential impact on the election, Hunt felt he had no choice. "Death by arsenic poisoning is slow and agonizing ... I cannot in good conscience justify...
Reliever Bob Stanley earned the victory by checking the Blue Jays on one run over the final five innings after Toronto tagged starter John Tudor for seven hits in the first three innings, including a two-run homer by Cliff Johnson and a solo shot by Jesse Barfield...
...their strong and swift sons.* To sell Alabama, his staff tells prospects, with veracity, that they will have a chance to play on a national championship team if they come with the Bear. Rival coaches try to turn Bryant's reputation to their advantage. Says Auburn Coach Doug Barfield: "We have to sell the concept of having a chance to beat him." Bryant regularly gets the sons of former players: John David Crow Jr., for instance, was a running back three seasons ago. And occasionally Bryant steps in to save the day, and a prospect. Says Bryant: "Recruiting...