Kermit Smith, Jr. [SEP] convicted of
Kermit Smith Jr.
Kermit Smith Jr. (June 7, 1957 – January 24, 1995) was executed by the state of North Carolina for the kidnap, rape, and murder of a 20-year-old college cheerleader. He is one of only a few white criminals since 1976 to have been executed for murdering a black victim.
Background.
About 8:30 PM, December 4, 1980 the 23-year-old Kermit Smith Jr of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina was taken into custody for the abduction at gunpoint of three cheerleaders
Ole Miss and the Tennessee Titans
- Joe Carter - played NFL football for the Miami Dolphins, 1984-1986
- Kermit Davis, Jr. - head college basketball coach at Ole Miss, Idaho, Texas A&M and Middle Tennessee State University, class of 1978
- Muhammad Dakhlalla, convicted of conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organization
- Antuan Edwards, NFL football player
- Willie Earl Gillespie, USFL and NFL football player
- Edwin Granberry - author
- Helen Young Hayes - money manager