Paul Jennings Hill

Paul Jennings Hill
Mug shot of Hill
Born	Paul Jennings Hill (1954-02-06)February 6, 1954 Miami, Florida, U.S.
Died	September 3, 2003(2003-09-03) (aged 49) Starke, Florida, U.S.
Cause of death	Execution by lethal injection
Occupation	Minister (defrocked)
Criminal charge	Murder
Criminal penalty	Death sentence
Criminal status	Executed
Spouse(s)	Karen Demuth Hill
Children	3
Motive	Anti-abortion extremism
Killings
Date	July 29, 1994
Location(s)	Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
Target(s)	John Britton
Killed	2
Injured	1
Weapons	Mossberg Model 500A 12-gauge pump-action shotgun

Paul Jennings Hill (February 6, 1954 – September 3, 2003) was a convicted American murderer. Hill murdered physician, Dr. John Britton, and Britton's bodyguard James Barrett in 1994. Hill was sentenced to death by lethal injection and was executed on September 3, 2003.

Paul Hill was born in Miami, Florida on February 6, 1954, to Oscar Jennings Hill, an airline pilot, and his wife Louise. He was raised in Coral Gables. He was charged with assault at the age of 17, by his father, when his father attempted to get treatment for Hill's drug problem. Hill said he experienced a religious conversion two years later in 1973, after being sent to a military school. Hill later enrolled in Belhaven University where he met his future wife, Karen Demuth, with whom he would have three children.

Hill graduated from Reformed Theological Seminary, where he studied under Greg Bahnsen, a founder of the right-wing Christian Reconstructionist movement. He attended St. Paul Presbyterian Church, which espoused theonomy, a movement related to Reconstructionism. Following his ordination in 1984, Hill became a minister affiliated with both the Presbyterian Church in America and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. He was excommunicated in 1993 following a number of nationally televised appearances in which he claimed to be the new national spokesperson for "defensive action" against abortion providers and claimed a connection to the Army of God.