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Death row inmate Mark Dean Schwab denied hearing

The Florida Supreme Court this morning ruled in favor of a lower court's decision.Sarah LundySentinel Staff Writer1:59 PM EST, January 24, 2008The Florida Supreme Court this morning ruled in favor of a lower court's decision to deny death row inmate Mark Dean Schwab an evidentiary hearing to present what his attorneys called new evidence.Schwab - who has been on death row since 1992 - was convicted of raping and killing 11-year-old Junny Rios-Martinez of Cocoa. He was set to be executed by lethal injection on Nov. 15 at Florida State Prison in Starke. Hours before the execution, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay.The country's top court has delayed several executions across the country since late September after agreeing to review a Kentucky case...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on January 24, 2008 (boomark / email).