N&O Index Card

Subject/Name: Rook, John William

Article(s) Referenced In:

1. Rook's murder conviction upheld, bringing Feb. 14 execution closer - Fe 1 86 1C
2. Day of violence remembered as execution nears - Fe 3 86 1C
3. Appeals court rejects request for stay of Rook's execution - Fe 6 86 18C
4. Lawyers ask high court to stay Rook's execution - Fe 7 86 3D
5. Rook chooses injection as method of execution - Fe 8 86 20C
6. Editorial: State should spare Rook - Fe 9 86 12A
7. U.S. Supreme Court grants stay for Rook - Fe 11 86 1
8. Convicted killer's fate linked to Ga. case - Jy 13 86 29A
9. Rook execution set for Sept. 19, before Supreme Court reconvenes - Jy 16 86 1C
10. Stay of execution sought for Rook - Au 20 86 20A
11. Judge denies plea to postpone Rook's Sept. 19 execution date - Au 21 86 24C
12. Rook's lawyers again ask state to delay execution - Au 27 86 4C
13. High court refuses to hear appeal for Rook - Se 10 86 18C
14. Lawyers cite UNC study in Rook murder appeal - Se 12 86 7C
15. Martin makes time to review Rook case - Se 14 86 39A
16. Rook's lawyers ask Martin to delay execution - Se 16 86 1C
17. Martin unlikely to intervene in Rook's execution - Se 17 86 2C
18. U.S. appeals court rejects plea to halt execution of Rook - Se 17 86 1C
19. Chronology of Rook case, appeals of death penalty - Se 18 86 8A
20. Death penalty foes plead for Rook's life - Se 18 86 1
21. Editorial: Retribution can wait - Se 18 86 22A
22. Death-penalty foes picket, stage vigils - Se 19 86 5A
23. High court denies stay for Rook - Se 19 86 1
24. 5-4 vote on stay heartens activists - Se 20 86 1
25. Rook dies peacefully; some weep, others cheer - Se 20 86 1
26. Rook video to speak to kids on the wrong track - Se 20 86 8A
27. Execution appropriate, Martin says - Se 24 86 20C
28. Executed killer sends last message to youth - De 18 86 22C
29. Editorial: Murderer sends a message - De 22 86 16A

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