Arrest and Trial
Longworth and Rocheville were arrested the next day, after Rocheville led law enforcement officers to Greene’s body. After Longworth was arrested, he provided officers with a detailed statement of the crimes that he and Rocheville had committed. Each was indicted on two counts of murder, one count of kidnapping, and one count of armed robbery. Separate juries convicted them and sentenced them to death.
Rocheville admitted that he killed Greene but said that he was coerced into it and claimed that he was afraid that Longworth would kill him. "Basically, my crime was I was no hero that night", Rocheville said.
Rocheville was executed on December 3, 1999, while his accomplice, Richard Longworth, was executed more than 5 years later, on April 15, 2005.
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