Q: In the late 1980s, a federal judge in Alabama and an attorney for the NAACP were bombed. Judge Robert Vance was killed and his wife was wounded. Walter Leroy Moody, the bomber, was sentenced to death. Was he executed? If so, when? Are there any other facts about the murders?
—Jack McKinley, Atlanta
A: Moody remains on Alabama's death row at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala.
He was convicted of killing Vance, a federal appeals court judge, with a pipe bomb sent to his home in Mountain Brook, Ala., on Dec. 16, 1989.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review Moody’s petition in November 2014.
Authorities also alleged that Moody, who was living in Rex at the time, killed Savannah attorney Robert Robinson with a bomb mailed to his office, the AJC reported.
Moody also was suspected to have sent bombs to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta and to the NAACP office in Jacksonville, Fla., in December 1989.
Those bombs were detected.
Q: I read a recent Q&A on the News about a “Jeopardy!” winner finishing with just $1. On a recent show, all three contestants ended up with no money, so they all had to leave. How often does that happen?
—Donald Varn, Conyers
A: The three contestants missed Final Jeopardy and finished with no money on Jan. 18, just the fourth time that's happened in the regular season since the current version of "Jeopardy!" first aired in 1984.
The previous time was June 12, 1998, according to J! Archive (j-archive.com), a website that archives “Jeopardy!” shows and questions.
Andy Johnston with Fast Copy News Service wrote this column. Do you have a question? We’ll try to get the answer. Call 404-222-2002 or email q&a@ajc.com (include name, phone and city).
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