8/8/2004 - Sammy Perkins executed.  Death pronounced at 2:14 a.m.

8/7/2004 - Witnesses named for Perkins execution

8/24/2004 - Second execution date set for Oct. 8, 2004.

5/10/2004 - U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle issues a stay of execution.

4/7/2004 - Correction Secretary Theodis Beck sets an execution date of  May 21, 2004 for Sammy Perkins.

12/15/1993 - Sammy Perkins sentenced to death in Pitt County Superior Court for the murder of  7-year-old Lashenna "JoJo" Moore.

Sammy Perkins