Jay D. Scott, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American murderer
Date of Birth: 21-Aug-1952
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 14-Jun-2001
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Jay D. Scott
- Jay D.
- Scott (August 21, 1952 – June 14, 2001) was executed by the U.S.
- state of Ohio for the 1983 murder of a delicatessen owner in Cleveland.
- He was the second man put to death by Ohio since it reinstated the death penalty in 1981 and the first to be executed involuntarily.
- On May 6, 1983, Vinnie M.
- Price, owner and operator of the V & E Delicatessen in Cleveland, was shot and killed during an attempted armed robbery of her establishment.
- An autopsy later revealed that she died from a gunshot wound of the chest.
- A nearby resident testified that while walking back to her home after shopping at a local market, she noticed a greenish-blue Cadillac without a rear license plate pull up across from her house.
- She observed two men inside the car; one behind the wheel and the other in the back seat.
- She later observed another man come over a nearby fence and dive through the open window of the Cadillac.
- The car then drove away. Sometime after this incident, police received a telephone call from Ricky Tramble and a meeting between them was arranged.
- As a result, they began looking for the Cadillac used in the crime, and several suspects.
- Tramble testified at trial that he informed the detective that on the day Vinnie Price was killed, he was with Edward O'Neal, Michael Streeter, Danny Jones and Jay D.
- Scott at O'Neal's girlfriend's.
- Tramble stated that he had overheard Scott say, "Well, I did what I had to do.
- She shouldn't have made me move like that.
- Fuck it.
- It's over with." Scott professed to be "a stick-up man." Tramble related that O'Neal had informed him the next day of their involvement in the V & E Delicatessen incident, including the shooting of Price. Jones and O'Neal were arrested and gave statements to police that Scott shot Prince.
- On May 17, 1983, the grand jury charged Scott with aggravated murder with an aggravated robbery specification and a firearm specification and aggravated robbery.
- Also charged in the same indictments were co-defendants Danny Jones, Edward O'Neal and Michael Streeter. On November 10, 1983, Scott was apprehended in Philadelphia.
- During the trip back to Cleveland, he inquired who was using his name in connection with a homicide and robbery.
- Up to this point, the arresting officers had informed Scott that he was wanted in connection with a homicide, but made no mention of the fact that he was also charged with aggravated robbery.
- Scott maintained that he had been in Reading, Pennsylvania when the incident occurred. On November 23, 1983, Scott entered a plea of not guilty at his arraignment March 23, 1984, after a trial by jury, he was found guilty as to all counts and specifications.
- On March 28, 1984, the jury recommended the sentence of death.
- On April 4, 1984, Judge Joseph McManamon accepted the jury's recommendation and ordered that Scott be put to death.
- His co-conspirators in the robbery and killing all received life prison terms. Scott's attorneys took his case through the appellate system four times, going all the way to the U.S.
- Supreme Court, unsuccessfully arguing that Scott should not be executed because he suffered from chronic schizophrenia.
- They said the execution would violate the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
- Scott twice came within moments of being executed before he was finally put to death on June 14, 2001.
- On April 17, 2001 Scott's execution was stopped 65 minutes before it was expected to happen.
- On May 15, 2001, the 6th U.S.
- Circuit Court of Appeals stepped in and the execution was halted at 8:57 p.m.
- Scott already had the injection shunts in his arms.
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