Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 14, 2006 11:41:15 GMT -5
Holton's lawyers ask to stay execution set for next week
In Nashville, lawyers for Tennessee death-row inmate Daryl Keith Holton
have filed a motion with the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to stay his
execution scheduled for Tuesday.
Stephen Ferrell, a federal public defender for Holton, said on Wednesday
that he also appealed a ruling last week from U.S. District Judge Thomas
Phillips that Holton's case didn't merit a full evidentiary hearing on his
competency.
Ferrell said the Tennessee attorney general's office has until this
morning to respond to the appeal.
Holton could become the 1st prisoner to die in Tennessee's electric chair
in 46 years.
The Shelbyville man, who is scheduled to be executed at 1 a.m. CST
Tuesday, has asked to be executed by electric chair instead of lethal
injection.
Holton shot and killed his three young sons and his ex-wife's daughter in
1997. The Gulf War veteran said he was suffering from severe depression
when he killed the children.
Under Tennessee law, death-row inmates can choose between the electric
chair and lethal injection if their crimes were committed before 1999.
(source: Associated Press)
In Nashville, lawyers for Tennessee death-row inmate Daryl Keith Holton
have filed a motion with the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to stay his
execution scheduled for Tuesday.
Stephen Ferrell, a federal public defender for Holton, said on Wednesday
that he also appealed a ruling last week from U.S. District Judge Thomas
Phillips that Holton's case didn't merit a full evidentiary hearing on his
competency.
Ferrell said the Tennessee attorney general's office has until this
morning to respond to the appeal.
Holton could become the 1st prisoner to die in Tennessee's electric chair
in 46 years.
The Shelbyville man, who is scheduled to be executed at 1 a.m. CST
Tuesday, has asked to be executed by electric chair instead of lethal
injection.
Holton shot and killed his three young sons and his ex-wife's daughter in
1997. The Gulf War veteran said he was suffering from severe depression
when he killed the children.
Under Tennessee law, death-row inmates can choose between the electric
chair and lethal injection if their crimes were committed before 1999.
(source: Associated Press)