Time Line for the Jimmie Ray Slaughter Case

Because I have had some comments, inquiries, and hits related to the Jimmie Ray Slaughter trial and execution, I have decided to publish the following time line.

July 1991 - Bodies of Melody and Jessica Wuertz found.
January 1992 – charges filed against Jimmie Ray Slaughter.
May 1994 – trial of JRS commences.
October 1994 – jury recommends death penalty and trial court affirms.
January 1995 – Investigative police Officer Dennis Dill files a complaint against the City of Edmond, Lieutenant Terry Gregg, and Chief of Police Bill Vetter based on their refusal to allow him to bring what he believed to be exculpatory evidence to light and retaliating against him for attempts to do so.
December 1997 – Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals affirms trial court’s decision to impose the death penalty.
??? - JRS petitions the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari
October 1998 – JRS’s petition for writ of certiorari is denied by the U.S. Supreme Court.
April 1998 – JRS files an application for post-conviction relief.
November 1998 – OCCA denies JRS’s application for post-conviction relief.
??? – Petitions the U.S. District for the Western District of Oklahoma for a writ of habeas corpus.
??? – USDWDO denies JRS’s petition for writ of habeas corpus
June 2003 – United States Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit affirms the USDWDO denial of JRS’s petition for writ of habeas corpus.
??? - JRS appeals 10th Circuit’s decision to the U.S. Supreme Court by filing a writ of certiorari.
March 2004 - U.S. Supreme Court denies JRS’s writ of certiorari.
March 2004 - JRS files second appeal for post-conviction relief and motion for evidentiary hearing.
January 2005 - JRS’s second appeal for post-conviction relief is denied by OCCA and execution date is set for March 15, 2005.
January 2005 - JRS files third application for post-conviction relief and motion for evidentiary hearing.
March 10, 2005 - JRS’s second appeal for post-conviction relief is denied by OCCA.
??? - JRS files application to the U.S. Supreme Court for stay of death sentence and writ of certiorari.
March 15, 2005 - U.S. Supreme Court denies JRS’s application for stay of death sentence and writ of certiorari.
March 15, 2005
(6:19 p.m.) - Jimmie Ray Slaughter is executed by lethal injection.