The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld the capital sentence of Kentucky’s longest-held death row inmate who was convicted more than 40 years ago for a brutal triple homicide.
On death row since 1980, Karu Gene White has lost repeated appeals in state and federal courts. His most recent appeal was rejected Friday by a 2-1 Sixth Circuit panel.
Back in 1979, White and two juvenile accomplices used a crowbar to beat a blind seventy-five-year-old, and two other seniors while robbing them in Breathitt County. The elderly Kentuckians, 75 year-old Charlie Gross, his wife, 74 year-old Lula Gross and Lula’s brother, 79 year-old Sam Chaney, were killed inside the small general store they operated.
According to the release, the attack was so violent that the Coroner, Kentucky State Trooper, and detective all testified it was the most brutal murder they had worked. The Coroner described the scene as a slaughterhouse.
Source: WBKO
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