Philly Rapper Cool C Granted 2nd Stay of Execution as Judge L. Felipe Restrepo has allowed the now 45 year old ‘Golden Age’ Hip Hop artist to avoid lethal injection and live another day. He now has 2 execution warrants under his belt for the murder of a police officer.
Philly Rapper Cool C Granted 2nd Stay of Execution after being granted an emergency stay to deny his second scheduled execution warrant signed for lethal injection on Thursday, January 8th 2015. It’s been almost 20 years since the local rapper was convicted of shooting and killing female police officer Lauretha Vaird. Though he maintains his innocence up to today, despite video and a multitude of other evidence connecting him to the crime, he was sentenced to death two days after his murder conviction on October 30, 1996.
Christopher Douglas Roney, the Philly Rapper Cool C Granted 2nd Stay of Execution was attempting to rob a PNC Bank with fellow rappers Ernest Canty and Warren McGlone when arrived the 43 year old Officer Vaird, single mother of two.
“As she entered the bank, Roney opened fire, striking her in the abdomen. All three men ran from the scene, according to officials. Roney continued shooting as he ran to a getaway car, police said.”
Philly Rapper Cool C Granted 2nd Stay of Execution after the initial eyewitness accounts, Ernest and Warren eventually confessed to the crime and identified Roney as the shooter. Roney’s first stay of execution was in 2006.
While he may be known now as the Philly Rapper Cool C Granted 2nd Stay of Execution, the MC’s highlights include the 90’s hits “I Gotta Habit” and “Glamorous.” Officer Vaird was the first female officer to be killed in the line of duty in Philadelphia.
RIP
