Michael F. Easley
Governor

Theodis Beck
Secretary

North Carolina Department of Correction

Witnesses Selected for Joseph Earl Bates Execution

RALEIGH- Witnesses have been named for the execution of Joseph Earl Bates, who is scheduled to die by lethal injection Sept. 26 at 2 a.m. at Central Prison.

Official Witnesses
David Jenkins – Victim’s family member
Karl Jenkins – Victim’s family member
Ron Perry – State Bureau of Investigation, Hickory
Frank Brown – State Bureau of Investigation, Greensboro
Sheriff Michael Cain – Yadkin County Sheriff’s Office
Major Raymond Wells Swain – Yadkin County Sheriff’s Office

Media Witnesses
Andy Matthews – Yadkin Ripple
Scott Sexton – Winston-Salem Journal
Estes Thompson – Associated Press

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North Carolina Department of Correction
Public Information Office     4202 Mail Service Center     Raleigh NC 27699-4202
Phone (919) 716-3700      Fax: (919) 716-3795     www.doc.state.nc.us