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Keep As almost the only country with a Western-based judicial system that actually executes people, the remaining executions in the US are highly exceptional from a world perspective, and each of the people killed this way is notable. DGG (talk) 23:40, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete nn crook. No objection to the redirect proposed by Baileypalblue. I take exception to the reasoning of DGG, as that would make all people notable who have an exceptional end to their lives or exceptional punishments (perhaps all beheadings, all exiles, all thieves with their hands cut off, not to mention all victims of the Holocaust, plane crashes, or various exceptional events). Carlossuarez46 (talk) 23:33, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep - I am sympathetic to DGG's view that the simple fact of being executed in the United States could make someone inherently notable. In this case, the man does seem to pass WP:BIO, as he was the subject of coverage from multiple independent sources; that that coverage was all about his death shouldn't rule it out, as it's his death that's notable about him. On the other hand, there are concerns with WP:NOT#NEWS here, and so given the transience of the coverage a merge/redirect may be more appropriate. As it is though, I think there's (just about) enough here to pass our requirements. Terraxos (talk) 04:17, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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