11 Facts About Walter Moody

Walter Moody was born on March 24,1935, in Rex, Georgia, and grew up in Fort Valley.

Walter Moody grew up as the oldest of three children and spent much of his time "tinkering with machinery".

Walter Moody graduated from Peach County High School in 1953, and held a multitude of military positions in the years to 1961.

Walter Moody was later able to take some law school classes.

Walter Moody required six operations to deal with all of her injuries.

Walter Moody was tried for making the bomb with intent to send it to an auto dealer who had repossessed Walter Moody's car, and on October 19,1972, he was found not guilty of making the bomb, but was convicted of possessing it and sentenced to five years in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.

Walter Moody was charged with mailing bombs that were defused at the Eleventh Circuit Court's headquarters in Atlanta and at the Jacksonville, Florida, office of Willye Dennis of the NAACP.

Walter Moody's killing of Vance and his attempted bombing of the Eleventh Circuit were motivated by the Court's refusal to expunge Walter Moody's conviction for the 1972 explosion in his home, despite the fact that Vance was neither on the panel that made that decision, nor was he responsible for its decision.

Walter Moody remained on death row at the Holman Correctional Facility near Atmore, Alabama, from February 13,1997.

On February 23,2018, an execution date for Walter Moody was set for April 19,2018.

Walter Moody was executed on this date, at 8:42 pm Aged 83 years and 26 days at execution, he was the oldest inmate executed in the United States in the post-Furman era, surpassing the previous record set by the execution of John B Nixon Sr.