Lemuel Smith
American serial killer (born 1941) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other people named Lemuel Smith, see Lemuel Smith (disambiguation).
Lemuel Warren Smith (born July 23, 1941) is an American convicted serial killer who was the first convict to kill an on-duty female corrections officer. Smith was already in prison for the murders of at least five people when he murdered prison guard Donna Payant at Green Haven Correctional Facility in 1981.
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Born | Lemuel Warren Smith (1941-07-23) July 23, 1941 (age 82) Amsterdam, New York, U.S. |
Criminal penalty | Death, commuted to Life |
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Victims | 6 |
Span of crimes | January 21, 1958 ā May 15, 1981 |
Country | United States |
State(s) | New York |
Date apprehended | August 19, 1977 |
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The murder of a guard in a maximum security prison was considered shocking at the time and brought scrutiny upon the New York prison systems. Smith is considered one of the most dangerous living inmates in the New York prison system and is housed in 23-hour-a-day isolation from other people.