Rowland Barnes was murdered by a man on trial for what crime?
Rowland Barnes Rowland W. Barnes (April 25, 1940 – March 11, 2005) was a Fulton County, Georgia, United States, Superior Court Judge. He oversaw the 2003 trial of hockey star Dany Heatley, who was charged with vehicular homicide after the death of teammate Dan Snyder in a car accident. Judge Barnes was shot to death in his courtroom by Brian Nichols in 2005.
Karl Heinrich Meier Karl Heinrich Meier was a Dutchman of German origin (then aged 24), who, with his accomplice Jose Waldberg, a German national (then aged 25), was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London on 10 December 1940, following their conviction at the Old Bailey the previous month. These were the first executions under the Treachery Act 1940.