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Death row inmate sets up dating profile after being sentenced to die for horrific crime

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Published 19:27 15 Jul 2024 GMT+1

Death row inmate sets up dating profile after being sentenced to die for horrific crime

Robert Allen Satterfield wouldn't be the first death row inmate to start a relationship from behind bars

Joe Harker

Joe Harker

Normally the things people want to know about death row inmates centre on what crimes they committed to be sentenced to such a punishment and what they chose as their last meal.

Indeed, there's an apparently enduring fascination with the dishes those condemned to die choose to eat before exiting this world.

Some of them decide they would like a lavish feast before they go, while others have to make do with what they can be given if they make a request so outlandish that it cannot be satisfied.

Different US states have different rules on that front, and they can change from time to time if inmates decide to waste what they ask for.

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However, that's all to do with the day before the scheduled execution and according to the Death Penalty Information Center most people on death row will be imprisoned there for over a decade before they are executed or exonerated.

There's a site where you can become penpals with prisoners, including death row inmates. (Getty Stock Photo)
There's a site where you can become penpals with prisoners, including death row inmates. (Getty Stock Photo)

Others will spend even longer there, and during that time some of them end up starting new relationships.

You might think it would be difficult to meet someone when you're behind bars, but there are ways the public can get in touch with prisoners.

One of them is a website called 'Wire of Hope' which seeks to provide a connection between prisoners and people looking for penpals.

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This site is certainly not exclusively for death row inmates by a long shot, it was set up by two women who wrote to prisoners, but on their search function there is a way to look exclusively for those sentenced to death if such a thing is your desire.

According to Wire of Hope, becoming penpals with someone in prison can help alleviate the loneliness and despair that comes with incarceration and the idea is that it could help prisoners with their rehabilitation.

A handful of those on the site are death row inmates like Robert Allen Satterfield, who was convicted of murdering a family of three. (Wharton County Courthouse)
A handful of those on the site are death row inmates like Robert Allen Satterfield, who was convicted of murdering a family of three. (Wharton County Courthouse)

The death row inmates on the site represent a tiny minority of the prisoners you can form a correspondence with, and there is information about their convictions on their profiles so you can be fully aware of what they've done.

Among the profiles is one Robert Allen Satterfield, who was sentenced to death after being found guilty of murdering a 28-year-old man, 24-year-old woman and their four-year-old son.

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In his profile he says he's appealing his death sentence and 'looking to interact with a grown woman', and isn't that fussed about where she might come from.

While the site supports setting up a correspondence between prisoners and the public it's not for under 18s and they proofread all the profiles to try and avoid any cases of fraud.

They also recommend that anyone writing in shouldn't send gifts or money early on in their messaging.

Featured Image Credit: Texas Department of Criminal Justice/Wharton County Courthouse

Topics: Crime, Death Row

Joe Harker
Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

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