On this day: February 6

1. 1980
   Court / trial Cook County Criminal Court Building · John Wayne Gacy

   Gacy was tried here on 33 counts of murder. The jury found him guilty on March 12, 1980, and he was sentenced to death the next day.

2. 1981
   Victim Patrick Baltazar · Atlanta child murders

   Atlanta police attributed his death to Wayne Williams and closed the case; Williams was never charged or tried in it.

3. 1984
   Victim Mary Exzetta West · Gary Ridgway
4. 1989
   Court / trial Johnson County Courthouse, Clarksville · Ronald Gene Simmons

   On a second change of venue, Simmons was convicted on February 10, 1989, of capital murder for the 14 family deaths and later sentenced to death.