Steven Ray Thacker is one of those enigmas. He was no stranger to the law, with most of his run-ins usually for nonviolent crimes, until one day he just snapped killing three different people over a 10 day period. So, why did he do it?



Sources:

Court of Appeals. STATE OF TENNESSEE v. STEVEN RAY THACKER. Dyer County No. C00-54; Lake County No. 01-CR-8238. December 18, 2003. 

From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research. State v. Thacker. Supreme Court of Tennessee. Apr 27, 2005. 

http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/thacker1325.htm

OKLAHOMA MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER IN 3 STATES EXECUTED IN MCALESTER. 
Tuesday, March 12th 2013, 7:47 am. By: News On 6

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS TENTH CIRCUIT. STEVEN RAY THACKER, v. RANDALL G. WORKMAN, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary. No. 10-5127.  April 12, 2012. 

Judge rules no new trial for convicted murderer Thacker. StateGazette.com. Friday, July 30, 2010. 

Condemned killer Steven Ray Thacker more complex than just a cold-blooded killer. By Bill Hiles for StateGazette.com. February 13, 2002. 

https://theforgivenessfoundation.org/2022/04/27/steven-thacker-executed-in-oklahoma/




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