UPDATE: Christopher Emmett Executed Jul 25, 2008
"On June 13, 2007, the United States Supreme Court denied a stay of execution, but four justices voted in support of a stay. At that time, I granted a temporary reprieve so that the Supreme Court would have an opportunity to determine whether or not it would grant certiorari in Emmett's case. On October 1, 2007, the Supreme Court decided not to grant certiorari. "On October 17, 2007, the Supreme Court granted a stay of Emmett's execution pending the Court's review of the constitutionality of... (WTVR.com, VA)
Bishop timeline Jul 24, 2008
The state Supreme Court denies Bishop a stay of execution based on claims of ineffectual counsel, mental problems and the method of lethal injection ... The U.S. Supreme Court denies without comment Bishop's bid for a stay of execution. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Nevada high court lifts stay of execution by lethal injection Jul 24, 2008
Nevada high court lifts stay of execution by lethal in. Comments. (KRNV.com, NV)
Stay of Execution Jul 22, 2008
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Stay of execution denied in split decision Jul 22, 2008
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Phoenix Gathering Barratt's Shares Shows U.K. Homebuilding Isn't Dead Yet Jul 21, 2008
The fact that it's had a stay of execution, it's in a position to wind down debt and it's pulling out all the stops gives reason to be positive,'' said , an analyst at Numis Securities Ltd. in London, who rates the shares ``buy'' along with three other analysts in a. Five say to hold and four recommend selling. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Sunday Business Jul 20, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008 Last Update: 09:35 AM EDT. Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld may have earned himself a temporary reprieve from the onslaught of bad news buffeting his firm and it just. (New York Post -- Business)
Even All-Stars floored by Yankee Stadium Jul 15, 2008
Maybe the home team will rally and reach the postseason again, giving the ballpark a stay of execution. Even then, it might last only a game or two, ending abruptly in the division series, and fans around the country will be more focused on crowning a champion. (NJ.com -- Sports)
Got your goat? Owner of stray animals sought Jul 13, 2008
"We'll give her a stay of execution for awhile," Blakely said. Blakely wouldn't make any promises that the goat won't wind up in someone's soup bowl. (AL.com)
Merry menagerie: Abandoned animals, whether exotic or domestic, have a home (28) Jul 6, 2008
The cows include Molly B., whose famed flight from sure death at a meatpacking plant won the heifer a permanent stay of execution (see related story). This all started in 1991, when Brian and Kathryn Warrington who were living in the Yaak Valley at the time went to purchase two donkeys. (Missoulian, MT)
Fla. carries out first execution since 2006 Jul 2, 2008
Schwab was given a stay of execution by the U.S. Supreme Court in November as it considered the constitutionality of Kentucky's lethal injection procedure. When it ruled Kentucky's protocol was acceptable, it opened the door for Florida and other states with similar laws to resume executions. (USA Today)
Florida Prepares To Execute Child Killer Jul 1, 2008
The appeal seeks a stay of execution and asks the high court to consider the case. The high court gave Schwab a stay in November as it considered the constitutionality of Kentucky's lethal injection procedure. (News4Jax.com, FL)
Snoop the Labrador retriever wins another day in court Jun 28, 2008
A black Lab named Snoop was given a stay of execution yesterday by the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador. Madam Justice Kendra Goulding agreed to hear new arguments in the fall before resentencing Gander resident Gord Blundon, giving the dog's master a chance to explain that Snoop may have been provoked before he bit two people. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Foreclosure Compromise Passes Jun 27, 2008
Friday June 27, 2008. Gov. David Paterson, center, stands with legislators who helped craft the foreclosure relief legislation. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Two Nigerians executed in Indonesia for drugs Jun 27, 2008
Nigeria's government, which asked Indonesia last month for a stay of execution, expressed its regret over the deaths. "This was despite the passionate plea for a stay of execution and commutation of their death sentences," Nigeria's Foreign Ministry said in a statement. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Microsoft Won't Budge On Windows XP Dirt Nap Jun 25, 2008
24, 2008 If you were hoping Microsoft would issue a dramatic last minute, Hollywood-style stay of execution for Windows XP, then you've been watching too many movies. In a thank you letter sent to customers Monday, Bill Veghte, senior vice president of Microsoft's Online Services and Windows Business Group, reiterated Microsoft's June 30 end-of-life date for XP and said Microsoft plans to continue supporting XP with security updates and other critical updates until April 2014. (CRN)
Olmert gambles with the 'devil' Jun 21, 2008
It would be a very brave Barak or Netanyahu then to dare topple the wartime leader of a country that would be riding the wave of nationalist fervor, and would at the very least grant Olmert something of a stay of execution; at best, with public support now behind him, the whole corruption investigation would fade quietly into the background. However, should the ceasefire be broken in a minor fashion that would not provide legitimate cause for a full-scale offensive, Olmert would find himself... (Asia Times Online)
Bardo’s attorneys petition court to overturn client’s death sentence Jun 19, 2008
Senior Judge Patrick J. Toole Jr. issued a stay of execution on Jan. 25. In their petition, Moreno, Abreu and Osborne claimed Bardo s previous attorneys did not develop an adequate defense by failing to investigate and present evidence of his post-traumatic stress disorder developed as a child, his alcohol dependency, personality disorder and history of sexual abuse, poverty and family dysfunction. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Texas halts inmate's execution Jun 18, 2008
APCharles Dean Hood,who was set to die by lethal injection on Tuesday, had a stay of execution. . (MSNBC -- Crime)
Texas Man Condemned to Die Tuesday Claims Trial Judge, DA Had Intimate Relationship Jun 14, 2008
Charles Dean Hood, who faces death by lethal injection June 17, alleges in his "Original Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus or in the Alternative Original Petition for Writ of Prohibition and Motion for Stay of Execution" that Verla Sue Holland, who was presiding judge of the 296th District Court in 1990, was involved in a long-term intimate relationship with then- Tom O'Connell, who actively participated in Hood's capital murder trial. As alleged in Hood's writ petition, neither Holland nor... (Law.com)
EU props up ENISA Jun 14, 2008
It has been decided to give the body a three-year stay of execution until 2012 to give the EU to decide how to take ENISA forward. The European Parliament is set to formally endorse the move next week. (Inquirer)
Board allows landscaping business despite opposition Jun 14, 2008
Braceras, who told Barnstead last month to consider the time a stay of execution, reopened the hearing Thursday by explaining it was not to rehash everything discussed at the last meeting, but to ask the applicant what he has accomplished in terms of improving the premises and providing clarification about the type of commercial use he sought. Barnstead told the board he focused on areas of clutter shown in images presented by neighbors at the last meeting. (Concord Journal, MA)
Judge, DA relationship cast doubt on trial Jun 14, 2008
Attorneys for Charles Dean Hood filed a stay of execution to the Court of Criminal Appeals for convicted murder Charles Dean Hood Thursday ... By receiving the affidavit when they did Hood s defense could finally move forward on the application for the stay of execution. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Ardor in the court, Part 2 Jun 14, 2008
Hood's lawyers are seeking a stay of execution and the reversal of his conviction and death sentence. Allegations that Judge Holland and District Attorney O'Connell were romantically involved when Holland presided over the murder case prosecuted by O'Connell were in June 2005. (Salon)
Donadoni cool after Italy's loss Jun 13, 2008
Either way, you know the headlines are already written, for a stay of execution or for an obituary. Italy's coaches come and go, but that forever remains the same. (Globe and Mail -- Sports)
Stay of execution lifted for man who killed Humble woman, toddler Jun 11, 2008
03:52 PM CDT on Tuesday, June 10, 2008. KHOU.com staff report. (KHOU.com, TX)
Governor Commutes Killer's Sentence Jun 10, 2008
"In this regard, a few days before Walton's initial scheduled execution date of May 28, 2003, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia granted Walton a stay of execution in order to determine Walton's mental competence. In July 2003, following extensive submission of evidence about Walton's mental state from 1997 through 2003, the court ruled that he was competent to be executed. A three-judge panel of appellate judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth... (WTVR.com, VA)
Vodafone's smooth operator never allowed his call to be diverted Jun 2, 2008
"I did but none returned the call.Many saw the 2006 annual meeting as a mere stay of execution, coming, as it did, after a damaging boardroom rumpus. Sarin's predecessor, Sir Christopher Gent, quit as life president, and chairman Lord MacLaurin was among the other old guard to leave amid rows over Sarin's decisions to sell Vodafone Japan and take a 28bn impairment charge, largely against the Mannesmann takeover - the pinnacle of Gent and MacLaurin's expansionist reign."The in-fighting of the... (Telegraph.co.uk)
Earl Berry executed; returned for burial May 30, 2008
Last Oct. 30, he received a stay of execution from the U.S. Supreme Court 19 minutes before he was to be executed then. Berry requested that his body be released to Eupora's Wise Funeral Home, according to an MDOC news release. (Webster Progress-Times, MS)
Drill the Wasteland, Not the Consumers May 29, 2008
But this isnt a pardon; its a brief stay of execution. Obama opposes the holiday because it conflicts with his position to increase energy taxes. (Townhall.com)
U.S. District Court Judge Rules Panetti Competent May 29, 2008
Panetti had been scheduled to die by lethal injection on Feb. 5, 2004, but a stay of execution was issued the day before by U.S. District Judge Sparks for the Western District of Texas, pending an examination to determine if he was competent to be executed. Subsequently, Judge Sparks ruled in October of 2004 in Austin that Panetti was sane enough to be executed but that he could not be put to death until the next tier of federal courts -- the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals -- addressed the former... (Fredericksburg Standard Radio Post, TX)
Another Historic Greenwich House To Be Demolished May 25, 2008
Across town, a 121-year-old house in the exclusive Belle Haven enclave passed its final stay of execution and could fall to the wrecking ball any day now. The demolition will obliterate what is thought to be the state's last remaining house built all of stone in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, same as the landmark Brown Thomson uilding in downtown Hartford. (FOX61, CT)
Mississippi executes convicted murderer May 22, 2008
"Inmate Berry is observed to be in a talkative mood in the sense that he is reflecting on what has transpired since his stay of execution in October," said prison officials a few hours before his death. Share. (Reuters)
She's in it to spin it May 22, 2008
But even a total victory for Clinton at the DNC meeting (which could be appealed to the Denver convention by the Obama forces) would amount to little more than a stay of execution. You can virtually mark it on your calendars: Sometime in the week after the June 3 primaries Obama is going to go over the top by legitimately claiming a majority of convention delegates. (Salon)
Special report: Earl Wesley Berry on death row May 21, 2008
Attorneys for convicted killer Earl Wesley Berry continued seeking a stay of execution Tuesday by arguing that he is mentally retarded and needs more time to ask for clemency and a review of Mississippi's lethal injection procedures. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is asking the state Supreme Court to set Earl Wesley Berry's execution no later than May 5. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Execution in Virginia Can Continue May 20, 2008
(AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has lifted a stay of execution for Virginia inmate Christopher Scott Emmett. Emmett was sentenced to death for murdering a co-worker in Danville in 2001. (WTVR.com, VA)
Crist Sets Date For Child-Killer's Execution May 20, 2008
-- Within hours of the U.S. Supreme Court lifting a stay of execution of a man convicted of killing an 11-year-old boy, Gov. Charlie Crist ordered that the sentence be carried out at 6 p.m. on July 1. Mark Dean Schwab was given a reprieve while the justices considered the constitutionality of lethal injection procedures in several states. (News4Jax.com, FL)
* Judiciary disagrees on death penalty May 17, 2008
In addition, the ministry proposed that a defendant on death row be granted a stay of execution should he or she file a petition for retrial, extraordinary appeal or request an interpretation by the grand justices. The Judicial Yuan said it would not support either of the three amendments. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Hood: Miss. Supreme Court 'has done its job' May 16, 2008
(AP) - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says the state Supreme Court has done its job in refusing to grant a stay of execution for death row inmate Earl Wesley Berry. Hood today (Thursday) says in a statement that now Mr. Berry will answer for the terrible crime he has committed. (WREG.com, TN)
Miss. Supreme Court refuses stay of execution May 16, 2008
Supreme Court refuses stay of execution ... Supreme Court refuses stay of execution ... (AP) - The Mississippi Supreme Court has refused to grant a stay of execution for death row inmate Earl Wesley Berry. (WREG.com, TN)
Berry appeals execution sentence May 16, 2008
Thursday, the Mississippi Supreme Court refused to grant a stay of execution for him or hear his attorneys' arguments that the state's lethal injection method is unconstitutional. In the U.S. District Court case, Berry challenged the state's lethal injection process, but U.S. District Judge Allen Pepper dismissed him as a plaintiff for his execution to proceed. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Convicted killer files for stay of execution May 14, 2008
(AP) A lawyer for a man scheduled to die by lethal injection in two weeks has filed a motion for a stay of execution, saying she needs more time to file an appeal. Marie F. Donnelly, attorney for Michael Dean Overstreet, says in a motion filed Friday in U.S. District Court that her client has several issues to argue in his appeal. (Rensselaer Republican, IN)
Attorneys for Earl Wesley Berry seek stay of execution May 13, 2008
Attorneys for convicted killer Earl Wesley Berry continued seeking a stay of execution today, little more than a week before he is scheduled to die for murdering a north Mississippi woman. Berry's lawyers are asking the state Supreme Court for a rehearing, again citing his mental status and Mississippi's lethal injection procedures. (The Clarion-Ledger)
South Africa: Trial 'Will Not Halt Zuma's Ascent' May 12, 2008
However, Zuma is likely to file for a permanent stay of execution, arguing his right to a fair trial has been compromised. This move could see a drawn out legal battle beyond the election. (allAfrica.com)
Gates: Vista is doing just fine May 9, 2008
While Microsoft ponders yet another stay of execution for Windows XP, it's readying a new version of Windows, being developed under the code name "Windows 7.". Gates, speaking in Miami last month, seemed to indicate that Windows 7 could , perhaps within the next year, putting far ahead of the anticipated development schedule. (CNET News.com)
Protesters save seven post offices from axe May 8, 2008
Six more have won at least a temporary stay of execution as the decision to close them is under review. They are Bollo Bridge Road, Acton; Chingford Road, Waltham Forest; Forest Road, Waltham Forest; Gipsy Road, West Norwood; Masterman Road, East Ham and Orford Road, Walthamstow. (This is London)
Georgia Executes First Inmate In 7 Months May 7, 2008
The Supreme Court rejected a request for a stay of execution for Lynd, Tuesday, clearing the way for the landmark execution. Lynd became the first death row inmate executed since the Supreme Court upheld the current lethal injection method last month, ending a de facto moratorium on capital punishment in the United States. (CBS News)
Aide told to testify in torture inquiry May 7, 2008
In the hours before he died, the Supreme Court rejected a final request for a stay of execution. On April 16, the high court rejected a challenge to the cocktail of three drugs used in most US executions, which opponents argue inflicts unnecessary pain. (Boston Globe)
Georgia death row inmate executed May 7, 2008
Both the Georgia Supreme Court, and the US Supreme Court, rejected his appeal for a stay of execution. Doubts raised. (BBC News -- Americas)
Georgia executes killer May 7, 2008
The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday had denied Lynd's request for a stay of execution, paving the way for him to become the first inmate in the nation to face execution since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that lethal injection is constitutional. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Race)
Georgia killer is first man executed since 2007 May 7, 2008
"The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice [Clarence] Thomas and by him referred to the court is denied," the court said. Georgia became the first state to resume executions since the court validated the lethal injection process last month with a ruling in a Kentucky case. (CNN)
Execution To Be First Since Penalty Upheld May 6, 2008
His lawyer asked both the Georgia Supreme Court and the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles for a 90-day stay of execution, and a commutation of his sentence. Attorney Tom Dunn has argued that medical testimony presented at Lynd's 1990 trial was unreliable and the jury that sentenced him to death never learned of a possible mitigating factor: He had been sexually molested by neighbors at age 8. (CBS News)
US set for first execution since end of moratorium May 6, 2008
Lynd's lawyers have appealed to the state's Supreme Court for a stay of execution, arguing that experts who described the murder scene in court exaggerated what they saw. The court was not expected to rule on the stay before Tuesday afternoon, according to court spokeswoman Jane Hansen. (Reuters)
Clemency denied, execution set for killer May 6, 2008
Lynd's lawyers are now asking the Georgia Supreme Court to issue a stay of execution. On Friday, the state Supreme Court asked lawyers to address questions about evidence presented during Lynd's trial in February 1990. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Plot Problems Stall '88 Minutes' Apr 22, 2008
Trouble arises when a copycat murderer kills one of Gramm's students, resulting in what could be a stay of execution for Forster. For the entirety of the film, Gramm is trying to figure out who around him is connected with Forster because he believes they are involved in the copycat killings as well as the threatening phone calls he receives. (The Daily Campus, CT)
Eso Asks Yar'Adua To Strengthen Anti-Graft Laws Apr 19, 2008
He berated the regime of former President Olusegun Obasanjo for flagrant human rights violations and disobedience of court orders, saying the regime's Attorney General constituted himself into a stay of execution tribunal. "Court orders, which the regime regarded as unpalatable were indiscriminately stayed. Human rights were thrown into disarray. Worse still, one of the anti-corruption bodies was incessantly used by the Presidency in terrorising perceived political opponents. The gains secured... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
'88 Minutes' Apr 18, 2008
whom Al sent to death row and who is scheduled to be killed, legally, this very day unless a stay of execution comes through based on new evidence. Everybody's got a deadline in director Jon Avnet's dark thriller, starring Pacino as Dr. Jack Gramm, a celebrated forensic psychiatrist who profiles serial murderers for the FBI and Seattle police. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
High Court Upholds Lethal Injections Apr 17, 2008
For the last several months, while it reviews this lethal injection challenge, the justices have been issuing stay after stay of execution in states around America, in effect putting in a moratorium on capital punishment itself. Andrews notes that by saying that lethal injection is not cruel and unusual punishment, it does two things. (CBS News)
Court upholds lethal injection Apr 17, 2008
"A stay of execution may not be granted on grounds such as those asserted here unless the condemned prisoner establishes that the state's lethal injection protocol creates a demonstrated risk of severe pain," Chief Justice Roberts writes. "He must show that the risk is substantial when compared to the known and available alternatives.". (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Kentucky ruling might speed Berry execution Apr 17, 2008
"We believe the U.S. Supreme Court should continue to consider Berry's petition for certiorari because of these different facts.Bounds' widower, Charlie, and his daughter, Jena Watson, were on hand in October to witness Berry's schedule execution. Despite the disappointment of Berry's stay of execution, Bounds said Wednesday he will be there to witness the execution whenever the new date is set."It's been 20 years since he killed my wife and no human ought to have to be left like he left her,"... (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
State pursues lethal injections Apr 17, 2008
But Roberts responded, saying that a stay of execution may be granted only when a condemned prisoner establishes a demonstrated risk of severe pain. "A state with a lethal injection protocol substantially similar to the [Kentucky] protocol we uphold today would not create a risk that meets this standard," Roberts said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Convicted killer could be executed Apr 17, 2008
Berry's attorney, Jim Craig, said his client will continue to seek a stay of execution. "The Chief Justice's opinion said that Kentucky uses safeguards which reduce the risk that a prisoner will be consciously suffocated or internally burned by the chemicals used in lethal injection," Craig said in a statement. (The Clarion-Ledger)
States plan to resume executions Apr 17, 2008
Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to lethal injection in a Kentucky case, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum filed papers asking the high court to lift a stay of execution that spared the life of convicted child killer Mark Dean Schwab. MORE: MORE. (USA Today -- News)
BONSALL: District moves to end bus transportation Apr 16, 2008
"Could we get a year ---- a stay of execution, if you will? What will we have to cut next year if another shortfall comes?". Ending school bus transportation is the largest of several cuts Bonsall officials are considering to cover the projected 900,000 deficit. (North County Times)
Killing XP: Microsoft's Fatal Error Apr 11, 2008
Reports -- rumors, really -- have surfaced this week that Microsoft plans a stay of execution for Windows XP if it's installed on a tiny computer, such as an Asus Eee PC or an Intel Atom-based device. Microsoft had previously announced that it will sell XP in "emerging markets," such as China, India or Russia. (Datamation)
