Wednesday, September 01, 2010

 

Kentucky Judge Denies Stay Of Execution

KENTUCKY....
Wednesday, Kenton Circuit Judge Gregory Bartlett denied two requests to halt the scheduled September 16th execution of 53 year old Gregory L. Wilson. Bartlett ruled that there's overwhelming evidence of Wilson's guilt, making any DNA test of two-decade-old evidence useless to prove his innocence. Bartlett also found too little evidence to support a claim that Wilson is mentally retarded and ineligible for execution. Bartlett said Wilson's claims were too flimsy to support a stay. Wilson is scheduled to die by lethal injection after he was convicted in 1988 of raping and murdering Deborah Pooley.






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