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Stay Denied in Berry Case

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

Update: Berry was executed at 6:15 p.m. CDT, AP reports. That is 20 years and 6 months after he kidnapped Mary Bounds and beat her to death, far too long. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Supreme Court has denied stays in the two petitions filed by Mississippi murderer Earl Wesley Berry. No dissents are indicated. As noted in yesterday's blog scan, Lyle Denniston has this post at SCOTUSblog on the filings in the case. The original post merely summarized the allegations of Berry's lawyers. If one knew neither the facts nor the law, one would think after reading the post that this case involves the state proceeding with the execution of a person who is clearly retarded and doing so via a procedure that is arbitrary...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on May 21, 2008 (boomark / email).