Dawud M. Mu'Min

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Dawud Majid Mu'Min
Born	David Michael Allen (1953-05-19)May 19, 1953 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	November 13, 1997(1997-11-13) (aged 44) Greensville Correctional Center, Jarratt, Virginia, U.S.
Cause of death	Execution by lethal injection
Criminal status	Executed
Conviction(s)	First degree murder (1973) Capital murder (1989)
Criminal penalty	48 years imprisonment (1973 murder) Death sentence (1988 murder)
Details
Victims	Charles Shupe, 43 Gladys Nopwasky, 42
Date	February 27, 1973 September 22, 1988

Dawud Majid Mu'Min (born as David Michael Allen) (May 19, 1953 – November 13, 1997) was a convicted murderer executed by the State of Virginia for the September 22, 1988, killing of a retailer. He was serving a 48-year prison sentence for the February 27, 1973, murder of 43-year-old Charles Shupe, a taxi driver, in Grayson County.^[1] While in prison, he converted to Islam.

Early life[]

Mu'Min was born in New York City. As a teenage, he played basketball at Oak Hill Academy.^[2]

Murder, trial, and execution[]

Mu'Min was assigned to a daily work crew detail with the Virginia Department of Transportation in Dale City. During his lunch break, he left his group, which was supervised only by an unarmed transportation crew worker, and made his way to a nearby business, Dale City Floors, in the Ashdale Shopping Center, and found 42-year-old Gladys Nopwasky, the proprietor. He raped her and then stabbed her 16 times in the neck and chest with a screwdriver. He took $4.00 and returned to the road detail, leaving Nopwasky's half-naked body lying in a pool of her blood.

Mu'Min was arrested and convicted of capital murder. The Corrections Department, meanwhile, responded to public outcry over the killing by revamping its 80-year-old practice of using inmate labor outside the prison fences. Virginia now allows only inmates convicted of nonviolent crimes and considered to be low security risks to take part in work details, which are supervised by armed corrections officers.

Mu'Min was put to death by lethal injection at Greensville Correctional Center. He declined a last meal and had no last words.^[3]

See also[]

• Capital punishment in Virginia
• Capital punishment in the United States
• List of people executed in Virginia

References[]

General references[]

• US Executions since 1976