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Injection Developments

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

The Eleventh Circuit vacated a stay of execution granted on an injection claim in McNair v. Allen. The court found that the § 1983 claim was barred by the statute of limitations. There are two plaintiffs in the case. The one with an imminent execution date (tomorrow) is James Callahan. The full details of Callahan?s crime are set forth in Callahan v. Campbell, 427 F.3d 897, 903-10 (11th Cir. 2005). In short, on February 3, 1982, Callahan abducted 26-year-old Rebecca Suzanne Howell from a laundromat in Jacksonville, Alabama. He murdered her, then dumped her body in a creek, where it was discovered two weeks later. Footnote 1: Although Callahan was not charged with rape, forensic evidence suggested Howell was sexually assaulted prior to her death...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on January 30, 2008 (boomark / email).