BOYDTON, Va. -- The six prisoners who escaped Thursday from Virginia's death row at the Mecklenburg Correctional Center:
-Linwood Briley, 30, of Richmond. Death for capital murder; life and 50 years for first-degree murder; life for three counts of first-degree murder, robbery and rape; 20 years for robbery. Entered state prison system in January 1980.
He received his death sentence for the robbery and murder of Richmond disc jockey Johnny 'Johnny G' Gallaher in September 1979. He is scheduled to be executed in August.
-James Briley, 28, of Richmond. Death for capital murder during robbery and capital murder during rape; life for first degree murder; 40 years for robbery; 20 years for rape. Entered state prison system March 1980.
He received his death sentences for the robbery and murders of Judy Barton, 23, and her 5-year-old son, Harvey. Ms. Barton was pregnant at the time of her death.
James, Linwood and another brother, Anthony, were convicted of carrying out a rampage of 11 murders in the Richmond area. Anthony Briley was sentenced to several life terms for his participation.
An accomplice, Duncan Meekins, became a witness for the prosecution. He also was sentenced to a life term.
-Earl Clanton, 30, of Petersburg. Today is his birthday. He was convicted of the November 1980 murder of Petersburg librarian Wilhelmina Smith, 38. He entered the state prison system in March 1981.
-Willie Jones, 34, of York County. He was convicted of the May 1983 robberies and murders of Graham and Myra Adkins, retired Charles City County storekeepers. Graham Adkins, 77, and Mrs. Adkins, 79, were shot andset on fire. He entered the state prison system in March 1984.
-Derick Peterson, 32, of Hampton. He was convicted of the February 1982 robbery and murder of Howard Kauffman, a Pantry Pride supermarket manager in Hampton. He entered the state prison system in November 1982.
-Lem Tuggle, 32, of Smyth County. He was convicted of the June 1983 murder of Jessie Geneva Havens of Smyth County -- 11 months after he was released on parole on a second-degree murder conviction. He entered the state prison system in March 1984.
