Post by Anja on Jun 7, 2006 21:41:52 GMT -5
Judge Grants Stay To Va. Death Row Inmate
A federal judge in Norfolk has granted a temporary stay of execution for a
man who killed three people in Danville and is scheduled for execution
Thursday night despite claims that he's insane and mentally retarded.
U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith granted the stay based on Walton's
challenge that Virginia's lethal injection practices are unconstitutional.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in April in another case that
challenges the way states execute killers. Smith ruled Wednesday that
Walton's execution should be stayed until the high court rules in that
case, Hill versus McDonough.
Walton pleaded guilty in 1997 to the murders of Jessie and Elizabeth
Kendrick, a couple in their 80s, and 33-year-old Archie Moore. The victims
were robbed and shot in the head; Moore's body was found stuffed in a
closet, his corpse doused in cologne.
(source: ABC news)
A federal judge in Norfolk has granted a temporary stay of execution for a
man who killed three people in Danville and is scheduled for execution
Thursday night despite claims that he's insane and mentally retarded.
U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith granted the stay based on Walton's
challenge that Virginia's lethal injection practices are unconstitutional.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in April in another case that
challenges the way states execute killers. Smith ruled Wednesday that
Walton's execution should be stayed until the high court rules in that
case, Hill versus McDonough.
Walton pleaded guilty in 1997 to the murders of Jessie and Elizabeth
Kendrick, a couple in their 80s, and 33-year-old Archie Moore. The victims
were robbed and shot in the head; Moore's body was found stuffed in a
closet, his corpse doused in cologne.
(source: ABC news)