March 28, 1949 - John Thanos
Thanos actively waived his appeals and sought execution after his conviction, making him a rare case of a condemned prisoner who expedited his own death sentence. His 1994 execution ended a thirty-three-year moratorium on capital punishment in Maryland, giving his case an outsized legal and procedural significance beyond the crimes themselves.
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John Frederick Thanos (March 28, 1949 – May 17, 1994) was an American spree killer who was convicted in 1992 of the murders of three teenagers: Gregory Taylor, Billy Winebrenner, and Melody Pistorio. He was executed for the murders in 1994, becoming the first person to be executed in Maryland since 1961.
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