‘Satan Worshipper’ Who Killed Grandma To ‘Get in Good Graces’ With the ‘Lord of Darkness’ Gets Death Sentence Commuted by North Carolina Governor  

North Carolina’s outgoing governor, Roy Cooper — considered a potential presidential contender in 2028 — controversially commuted this and 14 other death sentences on his last day in office.

Forsyth County Sherif's office.
Timothy Lionell White in younger years. Forsyth County Sherif's office.

A North Carolina inmate whose “Satanic beliefs,”  prosecutors say,  drove him to kill his great aunt in order to “get in good graces” with the “Lord of Darkness” has had his death sentence commuted as part of a raft of controversial commutations by the Tar Heel State’s governor. 

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