Dawud M. Mu'Min

Dawud Majid Mu'Min (born as David Michael Allen) (May 19, 1953 – November 13, 1997) was an American convicted murderer executed by the State of Virginia for the September 22, 1988, killing of a retailer. In 1988, while serving a 48-year sentence for a previous murder, Mu'Min raped, robbed, and murdered a woman while in a prison work crew. He was sentenced to death for this murder and executed in 1997.

Early life Allen was born in New York City. As a teenager, he played basketball at Oak Hill Academy in Virginia.

1973 murder On February 27, 1973, Allen, then 19, fatally shot 43-year-old Charles Shupe, a taxi driver, in Grayson County, Virginia. He was convicted of first degree murder and grand larceny and sentenced to 48 years in prison. While in prison, Allen converted to Islam and changed his name to Dawud Majid Mu'Min. He was also cited for 23 violations and denied parole six times.

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 executed by lethal injection at Greensville Correctional Center. He declined a last meal and had no last words.