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Appeals Court Denies Dale Bishop Again

By The Associated Press

A Mississippi death row inmate who claims lethal injection is unconstitutional because its too painful will be executed Wednesday evening, barring a reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court. Appeals Court Denies Dale Bishop Again

Published: Tue, July 22, 2008 - 5:35 pm

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Barring a reprieve from the U.S. Supreme
Court, Dale Leo Bishop will be executed tomorrow (Wednesday) for
participating in the claw hammer beating death of one of his
friends.
The execution is scheduled for 6 p.m. tomorrow at the
Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today (Tuesday) turned
down the second of two requests from Bishop to stop the execution.
The first petition was dismissed Monday.
The 5th Circuit says today that Bishop was trying to argue the
same thing twice -- that his attorney should have done a better
job.
The appeals court says that issue was dismissed once and Bishop
couldn't argue it twice.
Bishop has asked Governor Haley Barbour for clemency. Barbour
isn't likely to do that.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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sweetnsour Says:

Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 11:16 pm

Well asking Haley Barbour for clemency was a smooth move. Barbour obviously likes to grant killers a pardon. He would have had a better chance though had he been a trustee at the Governors mansion.

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SumOneILove Says:

Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 8:04 pm

must suck to know the exact moment you will die. Wonder what he is going to eat for his last meal.

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SumOneILove Says:

Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 6:45 pm

I agree 1000000000% Dew . Great comment.

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DEW26M Says:

Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 6:30 pm

A Mississippi death row inmate who claims lethal injection is unconstitutional because its too painful !!!! HAHAHHAHA did I read that right???
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I wonder how painful it is to be beaten to death with a claw hammer? I’ve hit myself once or twice while working, and I could not imagine being struck multiple times! He should ask the judge to let him be killed by hammer! Him and his buddies did NOT give their victim a choice, and he doesn’t deserve one either!

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