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Joseph Clifton Smith, Alabama

Joseph Clifton Smith was born in 1970.

Joseph Clifton Smith is on death row in the state of Alabama. 

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Joseph Clifton Smith 0000Z646
Holman Correctional Facility
Holman 3700
Atmore, AL 36503-3700

Crime

On November 25, 1997, police discovered the badly beaten body of Durk Van Dam in his mud-bound Ford Ranger truck in a wooded area near Shipyard Road in Mobile County.   Dr. Julia Goodin, a forensic pathologist for the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, testified that Van Dam died as a result of 35 different blunt-force injuries to his body.   Van Dam had marks consistent with marks made by a saw on his neck, shoulder, and back;  he also had a large hemorrhage beneath his scalp, brain swelling, multiple rib fractures, a collapsed lung, multiple abrasions to his head and knees, and defensive wounds on his hands.   Dr. Goodin testified that the multiple rib fractures that caused one lung to collapse were probably the most immediate cause of death.

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