The protocol for electrocution in Virginia requires that the physician not enter the room until five minutes have lapsed from the cessation of the electric current. It is likely that Coleman was already dead by the time the current stopped but they need time for the body to cool in order for the physician to check him.
Roger Coleman claimed many times that his innocence would be proven one day after his unjustly execution. Well....sorry to say Roger, but you had no idea how much more advanced forensics and DNA would become over the next 10 years. In 2006 his guilt was proven without a doubt after it was confirmed that the killers DNA was in fact Roger Colemans DNA! I wish I knew what his attorneys thought about that after years of proclaiming his innocence!
Jim McCloskey of Centurion ministries (the group primarily responsible for the pressure to retest the DNA evidence) reacted very calmly to the news of the confirmation of Coleman's guilt. They had invited television cameras to come to their office on the day they were expecting the release of the DNA testing findings. Centurian ministries had hoped for a different outcome with regards to the test. Not long after Coleman execution in 1992 some of his advocates had to pay an out of court settlement to a local Grundy man whom they maliciously accused of being the killer of one. McCoy. As it turned out much to their detriment, the man could prove that he had a different blood type than what was found at the scene. This immediately sank their claims and he went for a libel suit against them.
@@quentin4221 that's what I thought, I saw this nightmare video accidentally, how it can be proven that they did not forged the test results? I believe in nothing today
@@democolor42 Would they really publicly admit to a man's innocence after they had executed him? A lot of careers at stake there. I should add I know very little about this case, but my comment is more a general one.
@@Weird-City At least they could keep him in jail. Once person is dead, no one can bring them alive. John Lenon's murderer got permanent imprisonment. Besides test had to be performed in front of the cameras, opened publicly and proven for the public that they did not use false materials. Everything was done behind the closed door and "result" was announced. Come on, whole world knows that american health care, or to say death care, insurance companies with their pre existing conditions, courts, judges, politicians are 99% parasites and money monsters. Whom they are fooling? Only idiots...........
My mom went to highschool with him back in the 70's. She said he was quiet but was really nice. Roger even signed her senior yearbook. Did have some good handwriting.
Wow. How interesting to be apart of this case in some form. The Coleman case is one of the most interesting I have ever seen. It had it all. Interestingly, the guy who pulled the switch that night (Mr. Givins) said that he would rather be Electrocuted, because it was "quick" and "like turning off the lights."
Bruce O'Handley I saw that interview too and was taken aback. Screw that. I'm all for capital punishment in theory but it needs fixed. I mean, how hard is it to bring instant death? And while I was relieved Coleman was confirmed guilty, it was wrong how they convicted him with not enough. I guess the ends justified the means in this case but still bothersome. The only reason it took till 2006 for the governor (Jay Warner I think) to go through with releasing his DNA for testing is because the courts there kept blocking it. Even in 1992 DNA testing was good enough to stand on. To dismiss it is wrong. Nonetheless, at least it was him and he was guilty after all.
@Mike Hazlewood - the Virginia electrocution protocol calls for five minutes time to pass until the physician enters the chamber to check the inmate pulse. This is to allow for the inmate's body to cool. Your guide for that evening, Mr. Bass, from the Department of Corrections went on to be present at almost 100 more executions in his career. He would carry a pack of ammonia capsules in his pocket for the possibility of reviving witnesses who fainted during the proceedings. Quite a nice, funny guy though.
Thank you so much, I cannot believe my good fortune to have the opportunity to speak to someone with such great knowledge as you. Your descriptions are so vivid, the nuances you share are incredible, also you write in a non partisan way which seems impossible on this topic. Please write a book! I do have just a few more questions if you don't mind. I have never come across the testing box (It makes perfect sense) do they inform you that we are now going to test the current? also the two shocks I have only read about the three shock at different voltage is the two shocks unique to the commonwealth? I live in the great state of Utah, the execution team here (excluding gary gilmore) receive a commemorative pin, that changed to a more "modern" commemorative coin with Ronnie Lee Gardner, is that unique to Utah? Thank you once again
This man was not innocent. A dna test of the seminal fluid left in the victim concluded that he was the murderer. The chances that it was someone else that committed this crime was 1 in 19 million. That test was in 2006. I would guess that margin if tested again today would be much greater.
Would you still say that if YOU were the one innocent man to be found guilty of a crime you had nothing to do with and sentenced to death??? I doubt it. My point is that both are equally unjust.
He was innocent, cant noone change my mind... This was my mothers cousin.. of course in 2006 his DNA is gonna match.. they had already executed an innocent man, They would never admit to being wrong in a case like this... so if course everything is gonna prove he did it, when in reality he was innocent
The person who killed Wanda also violently raped her. The sperm belonged to Roger. The DNA matched Roger, and his rare type B blood type matched Roger. Roger was known in the area as an "outdoorsman" type and I heard from a local he had razor sharp knives that he used to stab frogs or anything else he could kill. A razor sharp knife was used on Wanda' s neck that nearly decapitated her. Roger was known for years to made obscene phone calls. Wanda was getting these calls not long before her murder. Roger, was a convicted rapist and went to the county library, beat his meat and dropped his "load" all over the place. The pubic hair was a match. He was the source of the semen in earlier DNA tests that his closet supporters couldn't admit they were wrong about him. He failed a polygraph exam. Her blood type was found on his pants. It wasn't TROUBLE who did this either. There was never a DNA match or a blood type match. Roger did this and I know his relatives up on "Dave Branch" have never been able to accept this, but there is a mountain of evidence against Roger.
The protocol for electrocution in Virginia requires that the physician not enter the room until five minutes have lapsed from the cessation of the electric current. It is likely that Coleman was already dead by the time the current stopped but they need time for the body to cool in order for the physician to check him.
Roger Coleman claimed many times that his innocence would be proven one day after his unjustly execution. Well....sorry to say Roger, but you had no idea how much more advanced forensics and DNA would become over the next 10 years. In 2006 his guilt was proven without a doubt after it was confirmed that the killers DNA was in fact Roger Colemans DNA! I wish I knew what his attorneys thought about that after years of proclaiming his innocence!
Jim McCloskey of Centurion ministries (the group primarily responsible for the pressure to retest the DNA evidence) reacted very calmly to the news of the confirmation of Coleman's guilt. They had invited television cameras to come to their office on the day they were expecting the release of the DNA testing findings. Centurian ministries had hoped for a different outcome with regards to the test. Not long after Coleman execution in 1992 some of his advocates had to pay an out of court settlement to a local Grundy man whom they maliciously accused of being the killer of one. McCoy. As it turned out much to their detriment, the man could prove that he had a different blood type than what was found at the scene. This immediately sank their claims and he went for a libel suit against them.
How do you know that they did not rig the test to make him guilty. Do you actually trust LEO?
@@quentin4221 that's what I thought, I saw this nightmare video accidentally, how it can be proven that they did not forged the test results? I believe in nothing today
@@democolor42 Would they really publicly admit to a man's innocence after they had executed him? A lot of careers at stake there. I should add I know very little about this case, but my comment is more a general one.
@@Weird-City At least they could keep him in jail. Once person is dead, no one can bring them alive. John Lenon's murderer got permanent imprisonment. Besides test had to be performed in front of the cameras, opened publicly and proven for the public that they did not use false materials. Everything was done behind the closed door and "result" was announced. Come on, whole world knows that american health care, or to say death care, insurance companies with their pre existing conditions, courts, judges, politicians are 99% parasites and money monsters. Whom they are fooling? Only idiots...........
My mom went to highschool with him back in the 70's. She said he was quiet but was really nice. Roger even signed her senior yearbook. Did have some good handwriting.
Ted Bundy was also known as a "very nice guy"...... Yet he murdered so many women.
Wow. How interesting to be apart of this case in some form. The Coleman case is one of the most interesting I have ever seen. It had it all. Interestingly, the guy who pulled the switch that night (Mr. Givins) said that he would rather be Electrocuted, because it was "quick" and "like turning off the lights."
Bruce O'Handley I saw that interview too and was taken aback. Screw that. I'm all for capital punishment in theory but it needs fixed. I mean, how hard is it to bring instant death? And while I was relieved Coleman was confirmed guilty, it was wrong how they convicted him with not enough. I guess the ends justified the means in this case but still bothersome. The only reason it took till 2006 for the governor (Jay Warner I think) to go through with releasing his DNA for testing is because the courts there kept blocking it. Even in 1992 DNA testing was good enough to stand on. To dismiss it is wrong. Nonetheless, at least it was him and he was guilty after all.
@Mike Hazlewood - the Virginia electrocution protocol calls for five minutes time to pass until the physician enters the chamber to check the inmate pulse. This is to allow for the inmate's body to cool.
Your guide for that evening, Mr. Bass, from the Department of Corrections went on to be present at almost 100 more executions in his career. He would carry a pack of ammonia capsules in his pocket for the possibility of reviving witnesses who fainted during the proceedings. Quite a nice, funny guy though.
Thank you for the clip very interesting
Thank you so much, I cannot believe my good fortune to have the opportunity to speak to someone with such great knowledge as you. Your descriptions are so vivid, the nuances you share are incredible, also you write in a non partisan way which seems impossible on this topic. Please write a book! I do have just a few more questions if you don't mind. I have never come across the testing box (It makes perfect sense) do they inform you that we are now going to test the current? also the two shocks I have only read about the three shock at different voltage is the two shocks unique to the commonwealth? I live in the great state of Utah, the execution team here (excluding gary gilmore) receive a commemorative pin, that changed to a more "modern" commemorative coin with Ronnie Lee Gardner, is that unique to Utah? Thank you once again
This man was not innocent. A dna test of the seminal fluid left in the victim concluded that he was the murderer. The chances that it was someone else that committed this crime was 1 in 19 million. That test was in 2006. I would guess that margin if tested again today would be much greater.
He was guilty as sin!
yah, electric chair fits america, sounds like synonyms
It is better for one innocent man to be wrongly convicted than for 99 guilty men to be freed.
Would you still say that if YOU were the one innocent man to be found guilty of a crime you had nothing to do with and sentenced to death??? I doubt it. My point is that both are equally unjust.
He was innocent, cant noone change my mind... This was my mothers cousin.. of course in 2006 his DNA is gonna match.. they had already executed an innocent man, They would never admit to being wrong in a case like this... so if course everything is gonna prove he did it, when in reality he was innocent
Why does being your mother's cousin make him innocent
The person who killed Wanda also violently raped her. The sperm belonged to Roger. The DNA matched Roger, and his rare type B blood type matched Roger. Roger was known in the area as an "outdoorsman" type and I heard from a local he had razor sharp knives that he used to stab frogs or anything else he could kill. A razor sharp knife was used on Wanda' s neck that nearly decapitated her. Roger was known for years to made obscene phone calls. Wanda was getting these calls not long before her murder. Roger, was a convicted rapist and went to the county library, beat his meat and dropped his "load" all over the place. The pubic hair was a match. He was the source of the semen in earlier DNA tests that his closet supporters couldn't admit they were wrong about him. He failed a polygraph exam. Her blood type was found on his pants. It wasn't TROUBLE who did this either. There was never a DNA match or a blood type match.
Roger did this and I know his relatives up on "Dave Branch" have never been able to accept this, but there is a mountain of evidence against Roger.