Racist Killer BENJAMIN BLACK Kills Afro-American MARK ANTHONY SMITH in the deep South of Columbus, Georgia on August 24th, 1997

BENJAMIN BLACK
GEORGIA OFFENDER INFORMATION:
www.dcor.state.ga.us

KEVIN LAMB

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Black v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia, Criminal Case (10/5/2001, 10/19/2001) S01A1184

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On August 24th, 1997, Benjamin Black was out drinking with three friends, Lamb, Leslie and Hand, when Mark Anthony Smith passed their car. Leslie yelled a racially inflammatory statement and Smith allegedly answered back.

Leslie then jumped from the car and started chasing Smith while the others followed, first in the car and then Black and Lamb on foot. When the three men caught Smith, Leslie started beating him while Lamb struck him in the face with a beer can and Black stabbed him multiple times in the abdomen.

At trial, Hand testified that when Black returned to the car, he had a bloody knife and blood on his shorts. Later, when all four were at Hand's house, Black told witnesses that he had "poked a man."

Smith's body was found the following day.

It was stipulated at trial that he died as the result of two stab wounds to the abdomen that caused massive bleeding. Based on information from a confidential informant, police questioned the four men. Black, after being advised of his Miranda rights, gave a statement in which he initially blamed the stabbing on his co-indictees. In a later statement Black admitted that he only meant to "stick" the victim but he pushed too hard and stabbed him instead.

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Lamb v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia, Criminal Case (4/30/2001, 5/11/2001) S01A0006

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On August 25th, 1997, the body of Mark Anthony Smith was found under a walkway at an elementary school in Columbus. Smith had been stabbed and had abrasions on his knees and legs and defensive wounds on his hands and fingers.

He died as the result of two stab wounds to the abdomen that caused massive intra-abdominal and external hemorrhaging. A confidential source informed police that Kevin Lamb, John Lesley, Benjamin Black, and Timmy Hand might have been involved.

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Benjamin Black is currently held at the Burrus Correctional Training Center.
Kevin Lamb is currently held at the Dooly State Prison.