Jesse Joseph Tafero was convicted of murder and executed via electric chair in the state of Florida for the murders of Florida Highway Patrol officer Phillip Black and Donald Irwin, a visiting Canadian constable. The driver, Walter Rhodes, confessed to shooting the officers, but later recanted his testimony on three occasions, in 1977, 1979, and 1982, stating that he shot the policemen.
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Jesse Joseph Tafero was convicted of murder and executed via electric chair in the state of Florida for the murders of Florida Highway Patrol officer Phillip Black and Donald Irwin, a visiting Canadian constable. The case served as inspiration for author Stephen King when he wrote the execution of Eduard Delacroix in his novel The Green Mile. The driver, Walter Rhodes, confessed to shooting the officers, but later recanted his testimony on three occasions, in 1977, 1979, and 1982, stating that he shot the policemen. In 1981, the Florida Supreme Court commuted Jacobs’ sentence to life in prison, holding that Futch lacked sufficient basis to override the jury’s sentencing recommendation.
The children were placed in the care of Sunny Jacobs’ parents until their deaths in a 1982 plane crash. It has been rumored that Tafer’s death has been a cause for concern among the crime drama fans of Mick Mickioff, who made a film about the case entitled Filmmaker of the Month: Jesse Tafaro, The Man Who Shot Two Policemen. The film was released in 1994 following parole for good behavior. The movie was based on the true story of the murder of Phillip Black, who was killed in 1976.
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