Post by sclcookie on Jun 3, 2006 2:40:29 GMT -5
Sedley Alley execution set for June 28
The Tennessee Supreme Court has set a June 28 execution date for death row
inmate Sedley Alley.
Alley was convicted and sentenced to death for abducting and brutally
raping and murdering 19-year-old Marine Lance Cpl. Suzanne Collins on July
11, 1985.
Hours before Alleys scheduled May 16 execution, Gov. Phil Bredesen granted
a 15-day reprieve for the express purpose of allowing time for Alleys
lawyers to return to the Shelby County trial court to request DNA testing
under the Tennessee Post Conviction DNA Analysis Act.
On May 31, the Shelby County Criminal Court entered a written order
denying Alleys last petition to prevent the execution.
Justice Adolpho A. Birch dissented from todays Supreme Court order setting
the June 28 execution.
(source: Nashville City Paper)
The Tennessee Supreme Court has set a June 28 execution date for death row
inmate Sedley Alley.
Alley was convicted and sentenced to death for abducting and brutally
raping and murdering 19-year-old Marine Lance Cpl. Suzanne Collins on July
11, 1985.
Hours before Alleys scheduled May 16 execution, Gov. Phil Bredesen granted
a 15-day reprieve for the express purpose of allowing time for Alleys
lawyers to return to the Shelby County trial court to request DNA testing
under the Tennessee Post Conviction DNA Analysis Act.
On May 31, the Shelby County Criminal Court entered a written order
denying Alleys last petition to prevent the execution.
Justice Adolpho A. Birch dissented from todays Supreme Court order setting
the June 28 execution.
(source: Nashville City Paper)