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Philip Workman

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Murderer

The Resume

    (circa 1954-May 9, 2007)
    Convicted in 1982 of fatally shooting police officer Ronald Oliver during a botched robbery
    Executed by lethal injection

Why he might be annoying:

    He committed armed robbery of a Wendy's in Memphis to get money for his drug habit (August 5, 1981).
    He admitted to firing at and hitting Officer Aubrey Stoddard.
    He also admitted to pointing his gun at Oliver.
    An appeals court ruled that new evidence discovered by the defense was insufficient to grant a new trial.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Harold Davis, the only witness to testify he saw Workman shoot Oliver, retracted his testimony, claiming he had made up the story to collect a reward.
    Other witnesses to the shooting have said they never saw Davis at the scene.
    Two ballistics experts concluded that the bullets in Workman's gun could not have caused Oliver's wounds.
    Five of the jurors from his trial signed affidavits saying they would have decided the case differently if they had seen the evidence presented during the appeals.
    Oliver's daughter and the former District Attorney who prosecuted Workman asked the governor of Tennessee to grant clemency.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 11 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 24 Votes: 91.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 22 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 72 Votes: 69.44% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 71.88% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 63 Votes: 73.02% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 163 Votes: 72.39% Annoying