David Barnett is an inmate on death row in the state of Missouri.. Previously sentenced to death, but the sentence was overturned by a judge in 2015 Crime Barnett was waiting for his grandparents when they returned home around 1:00 p.m. He confronted his grandmother and pushed her down in the hallway. He then pushed his grandfather to the floor and grabbed a knife that was lying on the nearby kitchen table. As his grandfather rose from the floor, Barnett kicked him in the head, and when he fell to the floor again, Barnett stabbed him repeatedly in the neck area. All told, Barnett inflicted ten stab wounds and numerous cuts to his grandfather’s neck, face, and hands. Satisfied that he had killed his grandfather, Barnett returned to the kitchen to get another knife and then began stabbing his grandmother in her neck as well. Once again, Barnett returned to the kitchen to get more knives. This time he retrieved two knives with which he continued to stab his grandmother until sh...
I was a cell mate of Ben's at ATEF in Columbiana, Alabama in 2011. First let me say how sorry I am for the victim and his family and I am in no way sticking up for Ben but the Ben I knew then doesn't sound like him now. He was a good kid from a terrible upbringing, he liked to draw, he only hung out with a few guys and was not prejudice toward anyone. I feel like he was a product of his upbringing and just wanted to fit in and be accepted like so many others I encountered in the Alabama prison system.
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