Tag: Lisa Rene

Orlando Hall: Convicted killer put to death for raping 16-year-old teen girl repeatedly, burying her alive

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The Department of Justice confirmed that Orlando Hall was executed on Thursday night at U.S. Penitentiary Terre Haute in Indiana. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Hall was convicted for his role in the 1994 kidnapping, rape, and murder of 16-year-old Lisa Rene, the sister of two Texas drug dealers he believed had stolen money from him. …

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November 19, 2020

Judge blocks federal execution of inmate convicted of raping, burying 16-year-old girl alive

A federal judge on Thursday blocked the execution of a Texas man after an appeals court ruled earlier this week that the Justice Department’s protocols for execution violate federal law. Orlando Hall, 49, would have been the eighth person executed by the federal government this year after a 17-year hiatus, Reuters reported. Hall, an African-American …