Virgil Presnell, Jr. is on death row for the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Lori Smith as she walked home with a friend in Cobb County. Despite his conviction and being on death row, his ...

The life of Virgil Presnell, a Georgia man set to be executed Tuesday for killing an 8-year-old girl should be spared, his lawyer argues, explaining that her client has significant cognitive ...

Virgil Delano Presnell killed 8-year-old Lori Ann Smith and raped her 10-year-old friend after abducting them in May 1976 as they walked home from school. eorgia Department of Corrections via AP ...

This image provided by Georgia Department of Corrections shows Virgil Presnell. The life of Virgil Presnell, a Georgia man set to be executed Tuesday, May 17, 2022 for killing an 8-year-old girl ...

The life of Virgil Presnell, a Georgia man set to be executed Tuesday, May 17, 2022 for killing an 8-year-old girl should be spared, his lawyer argues, explaining that her client has significant ...

ATLANTA — A Georgia Supreme Court decision issued Tuesday adds a potentially significant delay to the execution of a death row inmate who was scheduled to be put to death earlier this year ...

Virgil Delano Presnell Jr. had his execution stayed by a Fulton County judge a day before it was set to happen in May - in a second case alleging Georgia had not met conditions to resume ...

Virgil Delano Presnell Jr., 68, is scheduled to die May 17 at the state prison in Jackson by injection of the sedative pentobarbital. He killed the 8-year-old girl and raped her 10-year-old friend ...

Virgil Delano Presnell Jr. was convicted in August 1976 on charges including malice murder, kidnapping and rape and was sentenced to die, but remains unexecuted (Georgia Department of Corrections) ...

Virgil Delano Presnell Jr., 68, was sentenced to death for the murder of 8-year-old Lori Ann Smith and the rape of her 10-year-old friend after abducting them in May 1976 as they walked home from ...

May 12—Virgil Delano Presnell Jr., facing execution next week for the 1976 murder of an 8-year-old Smyrna girl and the rape of a 10-year-old Smyrna girl, has made his last meal request ...

Virgil Delano Presnell Jr. killed the girl and raped her 10-year-old friend after abducting them as they walked home from school in Cobb County, just outside Atlanta, on May 4, 1976. He was ...