Post by sclcookie on May 31, 2006 1:58:49 GMT -5
Sister, attorneys ask for stay of execution
The sister of Paul Dennis Reid, who is set to be executed next month, has asked a judge to stay his execution after Reid refused to sign legal papers that would continue his appeals. Reid's sister, Linda Martiniano, and a state defense attorney and an investigator filed the petition in Montgomery County Circuit Court last week.
The sister and the other petitioners want the court to designate them as people who know him and are acting in his best interest because they say he is mentally incompetent.
Earlier this month the state Supreme Court denied an appeal by Reid, who's set to be executed June 28 for the 1997 slayings of seven people in Nashville and Clarksville.
Reid, 48, has been convicted of 3 incidents of multiple murder during a 3-month period in 1997. He received 7 death sentences for the string of murders at fast-food restaurants in Nashville and Clarksville.
Legal documents say Reid is mentally ill, brain damaged and believes that he is being monitored and tormented by a military government.
"Actually, Paul Reid is at the point where he's deteriorated so badly, there is no decision he can make free from his illness," said Kelly Gleason, one of his attorneys.
Reid had been set to be executed by lethal injection Oct. 5, 2005. But the state Supreme Court granted his request for a stay of execution and reset the date for June 28.
(source: Associated Press)
The sister of Paul Dennis Reid, who is set to be executed next month, has asked a judge to stay his execution after Reid refused to sign legal papers that would continue his appeals. Reid's sister, Linda Martiniano, and a state defense attorney and an investigator filed the petition in Montgomery County Circuit Court last week.
The sister and the other petitioners want the court to designate them as people who know him and are acting in his best interest because they say he is mentally incompetent.
Earlier this month the state Supreme Court denied an appeal by Reid, who's set to be executed June 28 for the 1997 slayings of seven people in Nashville and Clarksville.
Reid, 48, has been convicted of 3 incidents of multiple murder during a 3-month period in 1997. He received 7 death sentences for the string of murders at fast-food restaurants in Nashville and Clarksville.
Legal documents say Reid is mentally ill, brain damaged and believes that he is being monitored and tormented by a military government.
"Actually, Paul Reid is at the point where he's deteriorated so badly, there is no decision he can make free from his illness," said Kelly Gleason, one of his attorneys.
Reid had been set to be executed by lethal injection Oct. 5, 2005. But the state Supreme Court granted his request for a stay of execution and reset the date for June 28.
(source: Associated Press)