Lawrence Rice is a death row inmate in
the state of Georgia. He was born April 1949. He was convicted and sentenced in July 2008.
Crime
Viewed in the light most favorable to
the State, the evidence presented at trial showed the following.
Lawrence Rice met Trevor Mincher in or around 1990, when Rice began
working at a video production company under Mr. Mincher's
supervision. Shortly afterward, another man was hired at the company,
and Rice resigned in anger after he came to believe that this other
man was being paid more than he was. After resigning, Rice began a
13–year course of harassing Mr. Mincher and his wife, beginning
with his standing around at a convenience store near Mr. Mincher's
work and then repeatedly making unwanted telephone calls. Rice also
was the likely source of a Christmas card sent to Mr. Mincher that
had been altered to depict an angel with a blackened eye and blood
dripping from its wings, that contained feathers and Carribean coins,
and that stated that the “curse of Akbar” had been placed on Mr.
Mincher and his family. Rice's motive and plan for the crimes were
most clearly demonstrated in a lengthy manuscript that he had
written, titled “Culture Shock,” in which he detailed his belief
that Mr. Mincher had been speaking ill of him within the video
production industry and thus preventing him from finding employment,
his evolving financial difficulties, and his plan to murder Mr.
Mincher's family with a hatchet if his situation did not improve.
Address
Lawrence Rice 1283864
Ga Diag Class Prison
P.O. Box 3877
2978 Hwy 36, West
Jackson, GA 30233
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