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Joseph Timothy Keel - Chronology of Events

11/7/2003 - Keel executed at 2 a.m.

9/25/2003 - Correction Secretary Theodis Beck sets an execution date of Nov. 7, 2003 for Joseph Timothy Keel. 

9/29/1999 - The North Carolina Supreme Court issues a stay halting the execution of Joseph Timothy Keel scheduled for Oct. 29, 1999.

Execution date re-sscheduled for Oct. 29, 1999

8/3/1999 - The North Carolina Supreme Court issued a stay halting the execution of Joseph Timothy Keel scheduled for Aug. 6.

7/30/1999 - Witnesses selected for Keel Execution

7/28/1999 - Execution date set for August 6, 1999

3/30/1993 - Joseph Timothy Keel, a Pitt County native, is convicted in Edgecombe County Superior Court in the shooting death of his father-in-law John Simmons July 10, 1990.

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