3/11/2005 - William Powell executed at 2 a.m.  Powell is pronounced dead at 2:09 am.

3/10/2005 - Governor Michael Easley denies clemency.

3/10/2005 - U.S. Supreme Court denies application for stay of execution and petition for writ of certiorari.

3/9/2005 - Powell's petition for writ of certiorari and petition for writ of habeas corpus, along with the application for stay of execution were denied by the Supreme Court of North Carolina

3/9/2005 - Witnesses named for Powell execution.

1/24/2005 - Correction Secretary Theodis Beck sets an execution date of March 11, 2005

1/10/2005 - U.S. Supreme Court denies Powell's petition for a writ of certiorari.

7/28/1995 - North Carolina Supreme Court affirms Powell's conviction and sentence of death. 

4/29/1993 - William Dillard Powell sentenced to death in Cleveland County Superior Court for the first degree murder of Mary Gladden.

William Powell