Paul Warner Powell

Paul Warner Powell (April 13, 1978 – March 18, 2010) was an American white supremacist who was executed for the murder of his friend Stacie Reed, 16, in 1999 after learning that she had a black boyfriend. He also raped, strangled, and stabbed the girl's sister Kristie, 14, who survived. Following the vacation of his capital murder conviction on appeal, Powell wrote letters boasting about his crimes under the mistaken belief that he was exempt from punishment by the principle of double jeopardy. In reality, Powell was not exempt from double jeopardy since he had not actually been acquitted. His letters were used as evidence against him in a second trial that resulted in his execution in 2010.