JOSEPH PAUL JERNIGAN

'Joseph Paul Jernigan' (died 5 August 1993 aged 38) was a Texas murderer who was executed by lethal injection at 12:31 A.M.. In 1981, Jernigan was sentenced to death for stabbing and shooting Edward Hale, 75 years old, who discovered Jernigan stealing a microwave oven. Jernigan spent 12 years in prison before his final plea for clemency was denied. At the prompting of a prison chaplain, he agreed to donate his body for scientific research or medical use. His cadaver was sectioned and photographed for the Visible Human Project.