Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Dennis Daniels
First,  does not apply to dead people, only to living ones. Second, Wikipedia:Notability (criminal acts)|our policy on criminal acts cited by the nom, is Wikipedia:Notability (criminal acts), which is not a policy, not even a proposed policy but a proposed guideline. I think there is a weak passable notability case here. There was significant media coveragehttp://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22John+Dennis+Daniels%22&btnG=Search&hl=en&um=1 around the time of trial (1990) and execution (2003). The case attracted extra attention because of supposed mental illness of the death row inmate. There was some international coverage of the execution, apparently because of thishttp://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2003/11/05/982864.htmhttp://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-24904920_ITM, in addition to national coveragehttp://www.mywire.com/a/AFP//359871?extID=10051http://www.commondreams.org/news2003/1031-03.htm (and also local coverage in NC newspapers). The case was subsequently cited in several newsstories about efforts to abolish the death penalty in North Carolina based in part on what happened in this executionhttp://www.newsobserver.com/710/v-print/story/427543.htmlhttp://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-14841813_ITM. The case was covered in detail in the book "Death Penalty USA: 2003-2004"http://books.google.com/books?id=r9P6LYczrJoC&pg=PA180&dq=%22John+Dennis+Daniels%22&ei=5kHgSMbVBoPoigHejfTnDg&sig=ACfU3U3HvsYBqWMx2MqgDy3xsgVSkn-QEw#PPA180,M1. I think there is a passable notability case here under both  and 
— User:Nsk92, 02:52, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BLP||WP:N||WP:BIO (Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons)