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South Carolina kills

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

The Fourth Circuit lifted a stay that had earlier Friday night blocked the execution of James Earl Reed.  South  Carolina killed Reed shortly before the expiration of the execution warrant. Reed was convicted of murdering Joseph and Barbara Ann Lafayette in their Adams Run, South Carolina home in 1994. [Note that press accounts are the only source for the execution storyline.  In the coming days more will be known as at least one account suggests the Supreme Court lifting the stay, but most accounts list the Fourth Circuit as having lifted the stay.  SCOTUS order here. ]

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on June 21, 2008 (boomark / email).