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Michael RossMichael Bruce Ross (July 26, 1959) was born in Brooklyn, Conneticut, and grew up on a farm. Between 1981 and 1984, he raped and murdered 8 girls and women (aged 14 to 25) in New York state and Connecticut. He spent 17 years on death row for these crimes until a permanent stay of execution was given on February 1st 2005. Ross was sentenced to death on July 6, 1987. Ironically, Ross strongly supported his death sentence, apparently because he wanted to spare his victims' families any more pain. In spite of this, an hour before the execution was due to take place in the early hours of Saturday morning, January 29th, 2005, Ross's lawyer was able to get a 2 day stay. Ross was then scheduled to die by lethal injection on Monday, January 31, 2005, at 2100 hours Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5). However, earlier in the day, the execution was again postponed, this time permanently. The stay was given because of doubts that Ross is mentally competent given that, having fought against his death sentence for 17 years, he suddenly changed his mind and waived his right to appeal. Reference http://crime.about.com/od/deathrow/p/michael_ross.htm|profile http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/hc-ross0201.artfeb01,0,2804474.story?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines Ross, Michael
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