He Confessed. He Apologized. Then He Said One Name Was Innocent.
In 1984, a small Oklahoma bank became the scene of a horrifying massacre. Jay Wesley Neill was convicted of murdering four people, including three bank employees—one of them six months pregnant—and shooting several customers.
But decades later, his case became controversial for another reason. Prosecutors highlighted Neill’s homosexuality during sentencing, while his co-defendant, Robert Grady Johnson, received life without parole.
Before his execution in 2002, Neill apologized to the victims’ families—but made one shocking final claim: Johnson was never inside the bank.
Was justice served, or did prejudice influence a death sentence?
