Post by SoulTrainOz on Jul 8, 2006 0:28:04 GMT -5
In Harrisburg, a judge has stayed the execution scheduled for next month of a Philadelphia man convicted of killing 2 men in a dispute over drugs and money.
Lester Fletcher, 38, was convicted in the February 2001 shooting deaths of David Otto and Kenneth Schofield at the victims' home in Philadelphia. Fletcher also wounded a 3rd man in the attack.
A Philadelphia judge on June 29 issued the order stopping Fletcher's execution as he pursues further appeals.
The Department of Corrections said there were 223 people on the state's death row as of July 1.
(source: Associated Press)
Lester Fletcher, 38, was convicted in the February 2001 shooting deaths of David Otto and Kenneth Schofield at the victims' home in Philadelphia. Fletcher also wounded a 3rd man in the attack.
A Philadelphia judge on June 29 issued the order stopping Fletcher's execution as he pursues further appeals.
The Department of Corrections said there were 223 people on the state's death row as of July 1.
(source: Associated Press)