WTF was this guy still doing alive? 27 fucking years on death row. TWENTY SEVEN years of appeals.Nash was born in 1915 and had a criminal record dating to the 1930s. Phalen said his research shows that Nash grew up in southern Utah and was sent to the federal prison in Leavenworth, Kan., in 1930 for an armed robbery.
He spent 25 years in prison for shooting a Connecticut police officer in 1947. In 1977, Nash was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for a robbery and murder in Salt Lake City but escaped from a prison work crew in October 1982.
Three weeks later, on Nov. 3, 1982, Nash went into a coin shop in Phoenix and demanded money from an employee, Greggory West.
Nash shot West three times, killing him. Another employee was in the line of fire but was not hit, according to the corrections department. As Nash ran away, a nearby shop owner pointed a gun at him and told him to stop. Nash grabbed the weapon and the two men struggled over it until police arrived and arrested him.
He was convicted of first-degree murder, armed robbery aggravated assault and theft and sentenced to death in 1983.
This is exhibit A with what's wrong with the justice system in this country.
