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In Missouri Accomplice Case, Stay for Clemency Petition

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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch carries the AP report, "Missouri court delays scheduled execution."The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday postponed the state's first scheduled execution in three years after attorneys for the condemned man claimed prison officials obstructed their efforts to prepare a clemency petition. The state's highest court delayed Dennis Skillicorn's scheduled Aug. 27 execution by at least 30 days. The court said his attorneys were entitled to interview inmates and prison staff, on a voluntary basis, so long as that was consistent with prison security needs. And:The state Supreme Court said July 25 that it would set Skillicorn's execution date for Aug. 27. On July 28, attorney Jennifer Merrigan sent a letter to the Corrections Department's legal counsel seeking permission to interview seven inmates in preparation for a clemency petition to Gov...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 21, 2008 (boomark / email).