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1963 - 1996 (32 years)| Name | Charlie KUBALA [4, 5, 6, 7] | |
| Prefix | Sgt | |
| Birth | 5 Oct 1963 | |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | SGT Charles Benedikt “Opie” Kubala BIRTH 5 Oct 1963 DEATH 26 Feb 1996 (aged 32) BURIAL Saint Lawrence Cemetery Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina, USA MEMORIAL ID 101986849 · View Source MEMORIAL PHOTOS 5 FLOWERS 8 Family Members Spouse Teresa Lynn Barrett Kubala 1962 – unknown Execution set for convicted slayer of Sumter sheriff's Sgt. Kubala Dec. 1 execution to be South Carolina's first in 6 years Bobby Wayne Stone, left, and Charlie Kubala, right. Stone has been scheduled for execution for slaying Kubala in 1996. Posted Friday, November 17, 2017 6:25 pm BY JIM HILLEY JIM@THEITEM.COM A Sumter man convicted of murder for the 1996 slaying of Sumter County Sheriff's Sgt. Charlie Kubala will be executed after more than 20 years on death row, marking what will be the first execution in South Carolina in more than six years. The State Department of Corrections announced Friday it had received an order from the state Supreme Court setting a Dec. 1 execution date for 52-year-old Bobby Wayne Stone, who was convicted in 1997 of the Feb. 26, 1996, murder of Kubala. The order was issued after the court denied Stone’s most recent appeal. Third Judicial Circuit Ernest A. “Chip” Finney III said he was notified by the state attorney general’s office of the scheduled execution. “It is my understanding they expect them to file a federal appeal,” he said. If Stone is executed on Dec. 1, it will be the state’s first execution since 2011. South Carolina uses lethal injection as its execution method, though inmates have the choice to opt for electrocution. The state's protocol requires three drugs. Other states have gone to using a single drug after controversy over effectiveness and morality. According to previous reports and documents, Stone admitted he shot Kubala as the officer responded to a call about an attempted burglary but said the shooting was accidental. Kubala, 32, had been with sheriff's office for nine years and left behind a wife and two children. Stone was originally convicted of murder, first-degree burglary and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime in January 1997. He received a death sentence for the murder conviction and other sentences for the burglary and weapons convictions. Stone's appeals were based on the effectiveness of his lawyer and other issues and have been heard in both state and federal courts, according to reports. In 2002, in a direct appeal, Stone's death sentence was reversed by the state Supreme Court, even though the issue of guilt was never overturned. After a resentencing trial, Stone was again sentenced to death in February 2005 and placed back on death row. That death sentence was later affirmed on appeal. In a July 2016 interview with The Sumter Item, Kubala’s mother, Peggy Kubala, said she and her family have been able to press forward since her son was murdered. "It's a long road afterward," she said. Kubala commended local efforts to help support her son's family and other local families of fallen officers with the Charlie Kubala Memorial Trust and the annual Charlie Kubala Memorial Golf Tournament. South Carolina doesn't have drugs to execute Stone Bobby Wayne Stone. Posted Tuesday, November 21, 2017 6:00 am FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBIA (AP) — Officials said Monday that they can't carry out South Carolina's first death penalty in more than six years because the state can't get the drugs needed for lethal injection, but remaining appeals make it unlikely the execution could have moved forward as scheduled anyway. The Department of Corrections last week received its first execution order in more than six years. State Supreme Court justices set a Dec. 1 execution date for Bobby Wayne Stone, a 52-year-old man on death row for killing a Sumter County sheriff's deputy. Sgt. Charlie Kubala was killed when he was shot twice while checking on a suspicious person at a Sumter home in February 1996. Stone didn't deny shooting the officer but said his gun went off accidentally when both were in the same area. The state's current injection protocol requires three drugs: pentobarbital, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride. The state's supply of pentobarbital expired in 2013, and Corrections Director Bryan Stirling said Monday that four years of trying to find an additional supply has failed because drug companies won't sell if it is publicly known they are providing drugs for executions. Stirling has asked lawmakers for years to pass a bill allowing the state to keep the providers of execution drugs a secret. Failure to pass that law means the family of the slain deputy won't see justice next month, the governor said. "Here we are at a dead stop and we can't do anything about it unless our Legislature passes the shield law," Gov. Henry McMaster said during a news conference with Stirling outside the prison that houses the state's death row. Other states have struggled with finding companies willing to sell the drugs, fearing harassment and other negative repercussions for being involved in the execution process. South Carolina currently has 39 inmates on death row. Inmates can choose electrocution, although few do, and Stirling said Monday that Stone had opted for lethal injection. Even if the state had drugs to carry out Stone's execution, it's unlikely it would happen on Dec 1. Stone still has the opportunity to pursue federal habeas corpus, the final stage of the appeals process, which can take time to wind through the court system. "There was no chance of an execution next month," Diana Holt, a Columbia attorney who has represented numerous death row clients, said Monday, citing Stone's remaining federal appeals. Some prosecutors have been willing to accept life sentences in recent cases because of the state's inability to carry out executions by lethal injection. Prosecutor Barry Barnette said in May he told the families of the seven people murdered by serial killer Todd Kohlhepp that he couldn't guarantee Kohlhepp could be executed if he were convicted because South Carolina "doesn't have a functioning death penalty." Kohlhepp instead received seven life sentences without parole. In April, Charleston-area solicitor Scarlett Wilson said she worked out a plea agreement for Dylann Roof resulting in a life sentence because, even if he'd been sentenced to death for killing nine African-Americans at a church, the state couldn't have executed him. At that point, Roof had already been sentenced to death in the federal system, and he's on federal death row in Terre Haute, Indiana. Related Execution set for convicted slayer of Sumter sheriff's Sgt. Kubala 'Our hearts were in disbelief' - Federal judge's stay of execution not only obstacle in Stone's case Obtaining drugs needed for lethal injection an ‘unscalable wall’ Bobby Wayne Stone listens as Third Circuit Judge Howard P. King talks with prospective jurors during his resentencing trial in 2005 at Sumter County Courthouse. Stone was convicted of the murder of Sgt. Charles Kubala. SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO Posted Friday, November 24, 2017 2:00 am BY ADRIENNE SARVIS ADRIENNE@THEITEM.COM The Dec. 1 execution of Bobby Wayne Stone, 52, who was sentenced to death for killing a Sumter County sergeant in 1996, has been delayed in response to a court order from his attorneys, but the order was not the only thing keeping what would be the first execution in South Carolina in six years from going through. The fate of the execution was already uncertain because the state does not possess one of the three drugs needed for the lethal injection. U.S. District Court Judge Mary Geiger Lewis granted the stay of execution after noting Stone's attorneys filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus - a court order requiring an imprisoning agency to prove that a person's detainment is justified. Stone was convicted in 1997 of killing Sgt. Charlie Kubala, 32, of Sumter County Sheriff's Office on Feb. 26, 1996, when Kubala responded to a call about a suspicious person at a residence on Taylor Street off Boulevard Road. "The shooting was unprovoked," Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis said. "That's why I think the penalty is justified." Dennis said multiple officers called him after the state Department of Corrections announced the execution date, saying that justice would finally be served. However, many of those officers were upset to learn that the execution may have been delayed for another reason, had the federal judge not granted the stay of execution. South Carolina does not have all three drugs needed to administer an execution by lethal injection: pentobarbital, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride. The state's supply of pentobarbital expired in 2013, and attempts to obtain the drug have failed because drug companies do not want the public to know the drugs are being provided for executions, according to The Associated Press. This problem is made even more frustrating for some because states such as Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas have "shield laws" that protect the identities of such drug companies. Dennis said he understands the position of the those companies and their priority to protect themselves. The sheriff's issue instead lies with the fact that justice meets a seemingly unscalable wall when it comes to the death penalty in this state. Why was a shield law not passed prior to scheduling the execution, Dennis asked. The jury and judge have spoken, but Kubala's family continues to go on with the injustice, he said. Dennis said he will advocate for a law to protect the identity of the businesses to ensure that other families do not face the same injustice. "If the state has the death penalty, we should have looked into this years ago," he said. "The law should have already been passed." Despite the standstill, Dennis said he does not blame America's justice system, which he said is the greatest in the world. Kubala was married with two children - who were 6 and 11 at the time - when he was killed. His mother, Peggy Kubala, could not be reached for comment before press time. If the shooting had not happened, Dennis said he is certain the sergeant would have gone farther in the agency. Stone took that away from him, and he took Kubala away from his family, he said. Dennis said he was one of the deputies who helped search for Stone after the shooting. "Our hearts were in disbelief because one of our own was gunned down," he said. Kubala - who was wearing a bulletproof vest - was shot in the ear and collarbone, and was later pronounced dead at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Stone was sentenced to 30 years for first-degree burglary and five years for possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime in 1996. Stone - who was 31 at the time - testified in court that his .22-caliber semi-automatic pistol accidentally went off when he turned around after hearing a man yelling at him from the yard of the Taylor Street residence. Kubala was shot twice. [1, 3, 6, 7] | |
| HIST | SGT Charles Benedikt “Opie” Kubala BIRTH 5 Oct 1963 DEATH 26 Feb 1996 (aged 32) BURIAL Saint Lawrence Cemetery Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina, USA MEMORIAL ID 101986849 · View Source MEMORIAL PHOTOS 5 FLOWERS 8 Family Members Spouse Teresa Lynn Barrett Kubala 1962 – unknown Execution set for convicted slayer of Sumter sheriff's Sgt. Kubala Dec. 1 execution to be South Carolina's first in 6 years Bobby Wayne Stone, left, and Charlie Kubala, right. Stone has been scheduled for execution for slaying Kubala in 1996. Posted Friday, November 17, 2017 6:25 pm BY JIM HILLEY JIM@THEITEM.COM A Sumter man convicted of murder for the 1996 slaying of Sumter County Sheriff's Sgt. Charlie Kubala will be executed after more than 20 years on death row, marking what will be the first execution in South Carolina in more than six years. The State Department of Corrections announced Friday it had received an order from the state Supreme Court setting a Dec. 1 execution date for 52-year-old Bobby Wayne Stone, who was convicted in 1997 of the Feb. 26, 1996, murder of Kubala. The order was issued after the court denied Stone’s most recent appeal. Third Judicial Circuit Ernest A. “Chip” Finney III said he was notified by the state attorney general’s office of the scheduled execution. “It is my understanding they expect them to file a federal appeal,” he said. If Stone is executed on Dec. 1, it will be the state’s first execution since 2011. South Carolina uses lethal injection as its execution method, though inmates have the choice to opt for electrocution. The state's protocol requires three drugs. Other states have gone to using a single drug after controversy over effectiveness and morality. According to previous reports and documents, Stone admitted he shot Kubala as the officer responded to a call about an attempted burglary but said the shooting was accidental. Kubala, 32, had been with sheriff's office for nine years and left behind a wife and two children. Stone was originally convicted of murder, first-degree burglary and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime in January 1997. He received a death sentence for the murder conviction and other sentences for the burglary and weapons convictions. Stone's appeals were based on the effectiveness of his lawyer and other issues and have been heard in both state and federal courts, according to reports. In 2002, in a direct appeal, Stone's death sentence was reversed by the state Supreme Court, even though the issue of guilt was never overturned. After a resentencing trial, Stone was again sentenced to death in February 2005 and placed back on death row. That death sentence was later affirmed on appeal. In a July 2016 interview with The Sumter Item, Kubala’s mother, Peggy Kubala, said she and her family have been able to press forward since her son was murdered. "It's a long road afterward," she said. Kubala commended local efforts to help support her son's family and other local families of fallen officers with the Charlie Kubala Memorial Trust and the annual Charlie Kubala Memorial Golf Tournament. South Carolina doesn't have drugs to execute Stone Bobby Wayne Stone. Posted Tuesday, November 21, 2017 6:00 am FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBIA (AP) — Officials said Monday that they can't carry out South Carolina's first death penalty in more than six years because the state can't get the drugs needed for lethal injection, but remaining appeals make it unlikely the execution could have moved forward as scheduled anyway. The Department of Corrections last week received its first execution order in more than six years. State Supreme Court justices set a Dec. 1 execution date for Bobby Wayne Stone, a 52-year-old man on death row for killing a Sumter County sheriff's deputy. Sgt. Charlie Kubala was killed when he was shot twice while checking on a suspicious person at a Sumter home in February 1996. Stone didn't deny shooting the officer but said his gun went off accidentally when both were in the same area. The state's current injection protocol requires three drugs: pentobarbital, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride. The state's supply of pentobarbital expired in 2013, and Corrections Director Bryan Stirling said Monday that four years of trying to find an additional supply has failed because drug companies won't sell if it is publicly known they are providing drugs for executions. Stirling has asked lawmakers for years to pass a bill allowing the state to keep the providers of execution drugs a secret. Failure to pass that law means the family of the slain deputy won't see justice next month, the governor said. "Here we are at a dead stop and we can't do anything about it unless our Legislature passes the shield law," Gov. Henry McMaster said during a news conference with Stirling outside the prison that houses the state's death row. Other states have struggled with finding companies willing to sell the drugs, fearing harassment and other negative repercussions for being involved in the execution process. South Carolina currently has 39 inmates on death row. Inmates can choose electrocution, although few do, and Stirling said Monday that Stone had opted for lethal injection. Even if the state had drugs to carry out Stone's execution, it's unlikely it would happen on Dec 1. Stone still has the opportunity to pursue federal habeas corpus, the final stage of the appeals process, which can take time to wind through the court system. "There was no chance of an execution next month," Diana Holt, a Columbia attorney who has represented numerous death row clients, said Monday, citing Stone's remaining federal appeals. Some prosecutors have been willing to accept life sentences in recent cases because of the state's inability to carry out executions by lethal injection. Prosecutor Barry Barnette said in May he told the families of the seven people murdered by serial killer Todd Kohlhepp that he couldn't guarantee Kohlhepp could be executed if he were convicted because South Carolina "doesn't have a functioning death penalty." Kohlhepp instead received seven life sentences without parole. In April, Charleston-area solicitor Scarlett Wilson said she worked out a plea agreement for Dylann Roof resulting in a life sentence because, even if he'd been sentenced to death for killing nine African-Americans at a church, the state couldn't have executed him. At that point, Roof had already been sentenced to death in the federal system, and he's on federal death row in Terre Haute, Indiana. Related Execution set for convicted slayer of Sumter sheriff's Sgt. Kubala 'Our hearts were in disbelief' - Federal judge's stay of execution not only obstacle in Stone's case Obtaining drugs needed for lethal injection an ‘unscalable wall’ Bobby Wayne Stone listens as Third Circuit Judge Howard P. King talks with prospective jurors during his resentencing trial in 2005 at Sumter County Courthouse. Stone was convicted of the murder of Sgt. Charles Kubala. SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO Posted Friday, November 24, 2017 2:00 am BY ADRIENNE SARVIS ADRIENNE@THEITEM.COM The Dec. 1 execution of Bobby Wayne Stone, 52, who was sentenced to death for killing a Sumter County sergeant in 1996, has been delayed in response to a court order from his attorneys, but the order was not the only thing keeping what would be the first execution in South Carolina in six years from going through. The fate of the execution was already uncertain because the state does not possess one of the three drugs needed for the lethal injection. U.S. District Court Judge Mary Geiger Lewis granted the stay of execution after noting Stone's attorneys filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus - a court order requiring an imprisoning agency to prove that a person's detainment is justified. Stone was convicted in 1997 of killing Sgt. Charlie Kubala, 32, of Sumter County Sheriff's Office on Feb. 26, 1996, when Kubala responded to a call about a suspicious person at a residence on Taylor Street off Boulevard Road. "The shooting was unprovoked," Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis said. "That's why I think the penalty is justified." Dennis said multiple officers called him after the state Department of Corrections announced the execution date, saying that justice would finally be served. However, many of those officers were upset to learn that the execution may have been delayed for another reason, had the federal judge not granted the stay of execution. South Carolina does not have all three drugs needed to administer an execution by lethal injection: pentobarbital, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride. The state's supply of pentobarbital expired in 2013, and attempts to obtain the drug have failed because drug companies do not want the public to know the drugs are being provided for executions, according to The Associated Press. This problem is made even more frustrating for some because states such as Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas have "shield laws" that protect the identities of such drug companies. Dennis said he understands the position of the those companies and their priority to protect themselves. The sheriff's issue instead lies with the fact that justice meets a seemingly unscalable wall when it comes to the death penalty in this state. Why was a shield law not passed prior to scheduling the execution, Dennis asked. The jury and judge have spoken, but Kubala's family continues to go on with the injustice, he said. Dennis said he will advocate for a law to protect the identity of the businesses to ensure that other families do not face the same injustice. "If the state has the death penalty, we should have looked into this years ago," he said. "The law should have already been passed." Despite the standstill, Dennis said he does not blame America's justice system, which he said is the greatest in the world. Kubala was married with two children - who were 6 and 11 at the time - when he was killed. His mother, Peggy Kubala, could not be reached for comment before press time. If the shooting had not happened, Dennis said he is certain the sergeant would have gone farther in the agency. Stone took that away from him, and he took Kubala away from his family, he said. Dennis said he was one of the deputies who helped search for Stone after the shooting. "Our hearts were in disbelief because one of our own was gunned down," he said. Kubala - who was wearing a bulletproof vest - was shot in the ear and collarbone, and was later pronounced dead at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Stone was sentenced to 30 years for first-degree burglary and five years for possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime in 1996. Stone - who was 31 at the time - testified in court that his .22-caliber semi-automatic pistol accidentally went off when he turned around after hearing a man yelling at him from the yard of the Taylor Street residence. Kubala was shot twice. | |
| Occupation | he was a sheriff’s deputy who was killed 16 years ago [4] | |
| Occupation | he was a sheriff’s deputy who was killed 16 years ago [4] | |
| _UID | 33668590687148969995C56A12406D038401 | |
| _UID | 33668590687148969995C56A12406D038401 | |
| Death | 26 Feb 1996 | killed in Sumter County, South Carolina  [1] |
| Burial | Saint Lawrence Catholic Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina |
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| Person ID | I277132 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 18 Nov 2023 | |
| Father | Lt. Colonel -Retired Fred KUBALA | |
| Mother | Peggy | |
| _UID | 0E3CF62144D34F438A7ABCE311E1D30E804F | |
| _UID | 0E3CF62144D34F438A7ABCE311E1D30E804F | |
| Family ID | F177152 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Living | |
| Family ID | F186389 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified | 18 Nov 2023 | |
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