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A stay in Texas

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

from local media: The execution of Lester Bower has been stayed. Judge Jim Fallon has withdrawn the death warrant, while lawyers argue whether DNA testing of the evidence is just. District Attorney Joe Brown says this does not mean Bower will not be executed. If the judge denies the DNA request, or if DNA testing is done and nothing new is found, then the execution will most likely be re-scheduled. On October 8, 1983, four men were shot to death at an ultra light airplane hangar East of Sherman. Lester Bower, who was living in Arlington, was convicted on four counts of capital murder. Reports show authorities said bower killed the men after they showed up at the hangar, while Bower was attempting to steal an ultra light. Now 60 years-old, Bower has been on death row since 1984...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on July 05, 2008 (boomark / email).