Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 19, 2006 17:31:03 GMT -5
Death Row Inmate Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Stay His Execution Again
A condemned Florida death row inmate has asked the US Supreme Court to
stop his execution. An appeals court had turned down Clarence Hill's
appeal Friday night, leaving him with only limited court options to escape
his scheduled execution for the 1982 murder of a Pensacola police officer
in a savings and loan robbery.
The defense lawyer says he has filed a petition and an application for a
stay with the Supreme Court, which in January stopped his execution
minutes before he was to die. Hill claims the chemicals used in lethal
injections are too painful and constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
The lawyer contends the state, by setting an execution date, is
"manipulating the process" and denying Hill the right to challenge the
chemicals used.
The state Attorney General's Office said it would file court papers
attempting to block Hill's appeals.
(source: Associated Press)
A condemned Florida death row inmate has asked the US Supreme Court to
stop his execution. An appeals court had turned down Clarence Hill's
appeal Friday night, leaving him with only limited court options to escape
his scheduled execution for the 1982 murder of a Pensacola police officer
in a savings and loan robbery.
The defense lawyer says he has filed a petition and an application for a
stay with the Supreme Court, which in January stopped his execution
minutes before he was to die. Hill claims the chemicals used in lethal
injections are too painful and constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
The lawyer contends the state, by setting an execution date, is
"manipulating the process" and denying Hill the right to challenge the
chemicals used.
The state Attorney General's Office said it would file court papers
attempting to block Hill's appeals.
(source: Associated Press)