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Salvador Agron

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Murderer

The Resume

    (April 24, 1943-April 22, 1986)
    Born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
    Member of the Brooklyn street gangs the Mau Maus and the Vampires
    Stabbed two teenagers to death (August 29, 1959)
    Nicknamed 'the Capeman' for wearing a black cape with red lining
    Sentenced to death
    Sentence commuted to life in prison by Governor Nelson Rockefeller (1962)
    Released from prison (November 1, 1979)

Why he might be annoying:

    He had mistaken his victims for members of a rival gang, the Norsemen.
    Upon capture, he said, 'I don't care if I burn. My mother could watch me.'
    He broke out of prison months before he was eligible for release (1977).
    At his trial for the escape, he was found not guilty on grounds of 'mental defect.'
    He inspired the Paul Simon musical 'The Capeman,' which lost millions of dollars and closed after three months on Broadway (1998).

Why he might not be annoying:

    At 16, he became the youngest person on death row in America.
    Among the people who campaigned to have his sentence reduced was Robert Young, Sr., the father of one of his victims.
    While in prison, he became a born again Christian, learned to read and write, earned a high school equivalency diploma and then a bachelor's degree in sociology.
    After his release, he worked as a youth counselor and spoke out against gang violence.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 18 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 29 Votes: 48.28% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 51 Votes: 68.63% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 20 Votes: 75.00% Annoying