NY Group Trying To Stop Tommy Arthur Execution
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Associated Press
Published: Fri, October 05, 2007 - 11:48 am
Last Updated: Fri, October 05, 2007 - 11:56 am
Last Updated: Fri, October 05, 2007 - 11:56 am
say the state of Mississippi shouldn't be setting execution dates
for condemned inmates until a decision is reached on whether death
by lethal injection is cruel punishment.
Assistant Attorney General Marvin White Junior asked the
Mississippi Supreme Court on Monday to set an execution date for
Earl Wesley Berry.
The Mississippi court has not ruled on the request.
In a response filed yesterday (Thursday) with the court,
attorneys with the Mississippi Office of Capital Post-Conviction
Counsel said other states have delayed executions until the lethal
injection issue is settled.
Berry's attorney, Robert Ryan, said the U.S. Supreme Court's
decision to consider the constitutionality of a lethal injection
procedure similar to that used in Mississippi is sufficient for a
stay of execution.
He said without a final decision the setting of an execution
date for Berry was premature.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Lethal injection is to good for most of these type’s of animals. Not to mention too costly, a bullet to the head would be a better way to spend my tax dollars.