James Snook

…As punishment, the judge sentenced him to death. James' lawyers filed several appeals, and in November of 1929, James was given a stay of execution pending a review by the Ohio Supreme Court, but it only prolonged the inevitable. In the end, they upheld the original ruling. On February 28, 1930, 50-year-old James Snook died by electric chair at the Ohio Pen…

…They explained that the exactness with which Theora's jugular vein had been cut required a deep knowledge of anatomy, the kind only a medical practitioner like James would have. After two weeks of proceedings, the jury began to deliberate on August 14th, 1929. After just 28 minutes, they came to a unanimous decision. James Snook was guilty of first-degree m…

…His lawyers hoped James' testimony would prove he was a straight-laced, honest man and Theora was a violent nymphomaniac and it might have worked if it weren't for what James' own family said about him.…