There Richmond crack dealers will be executed
for a string of murders-only the second
applilcation of the 1988 federal d**h penalty
for drug kingpins. Richard Tipton (22),
Cory Johnson (24), James R. Roane (26),
were convicted February 2, prosecutors said
the men k**ed 11 people in six weeks last year.
[from: USA Today, February 18, 1993]