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Joseph Carl Shaw was born on March 31, 1955 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. He was convicted of the murder of a convenience store clerk in South Carolina in 1985 and was executed by the state of South Carolina in 1989. Shaw was raised in a troubled home and had a history of drug and alcohol abuse. He was arrested several times for various offenses, including burglary and assault. In 1985, he was arrested for the murder of a convenience store clerk in South Carolina. He was convicted and sentenced to death. Shaw's execution was the first in South Carolina since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976. He was executed by lethal injection on April 12, 1989. He was 33 years old at the time of his execution. Shaw's case was controversial, as many believed that he was mentally ill and should not have been executed. His execution was also criticized by Amnesty International and other human rights organizations. At the time of his death, Shaw had an estimated net worth of $0.
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| Age | 30 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Born | 31 March, 1955 |
| Birthday | 31 March |
| Birthplace | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Date of death | 11 January 1985, |
| Died Place | Central Correctional Institution, Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Nationality | United States |
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Joseph Carl Shaw Net Worth
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Shaw was executed by electrocution on January 11, 1985, at the Central Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina, at the age of 29. In his final statement he thanked his family, religious counselors, and lawyers, and apologized to his victims’ families. Roach was executed the following year, also by electrocution.
Shaw was executed for the 1977 murders of three people in Richland County, South Carolina. One of his accomplices, James Terry Roach, was also sentenced to death, and was executed in 1986.
After leaving high school, Shaw enlisted into the army and later sought admission to the Military Police School. He graduated in 1975 and was stationed at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina. It was there that he met James Terry Roach, Ronald Eugene Mahaffey and Robert Neil Williams. The four men would often spend their days getting high and drinking alcohol. Shaw also got into a relationship with a woman around this time as well, but the relationship ended abruptly on October 16, 1977.
On October 29, 1977, Shaw, Roach, and Mahaffey spent the morning taking drugs and drinking alcohol. In the afternoon they decided to see if they could find a girl to rape. The three men drove to a baseball park northeast of Columbia where they saw a parked car occupied by Thomas Taylor and Carlotta Hartness. Shaw pulled up beside the parked car and Roach pointed a .22 caliber rifle through the car window at Taylor demanding money. Taylor gave the men his wallet while Shaw forced Hartness into the back seat of his car. Shaw then gave orders for Roach to kill Taylor. Roach then shot and killed Taylor, who was still sitting in his parked car.
Shaw, Roach, and Mahaffey were captured and arrested on November 3, 1977. Each of the three men were indicted for two counts of murder, two counts of conspiracy, rape, kidnapping, and armed robbery. The State elected to seek the death penalty for Shaw and Roach. As a result of plea negotiations, the State did not seek the death penalty against Mahaffey in exchange for his testimony against Shaw and Roach.
On December 12, 1977, Shaw pleaded guilty to all charges. Roach pleaded guilty to two counts of murder, rape, kidnapping and armed robbery. On December 16, 1977, both men were sentenced to death. Shaw was sentenced to death for the murders of Taylor and Hartness, and received a life sentence for the murder of Swank. Mahaffey was sentenced to life in prison, and died in 2003. Williams was not involved in the murders of Taylor and Hartness, but he received a life sentence in a separate trial for his role in the murder of Swank.
Joseph Carl Shaw (March 31, 1955 – January 11, 1985) was an American convicted murderer from Kentucky who was the first person to be executed by the State of South Carolina after the U.S. Supreme Court reauthorized the use of capital punishment by the states in 1976.
