Friday, October 15, 2010
Judge Questions Kentucky Execution Method
KENTUCKY....
Federal Appeals Judge Boyce F. Martin Jr. has denied a request to reconsider the case of death row inmate Gregory L. Wilson who had been scheduled for execution on September 16th for the 1987 kidnapping, rape and murder of 36 year old Debbie Pooley in northern Kentucky. The execution was halted by a state judge who expressed concerns about how Kentucky carries out executions. Martin says misdeeds and mistakes in the case show the legal system is unreliable. Martin said multiple problems in the case led to a defense that was a "charade," a "kangaroo court" and created "a risk of bias" against Wilson, and until we reform this broken system, we cannot rely on it to determine life and death. The denial could send the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:27 AM 
