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An Update From Washington State

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This morning's scheduled execution in Washington state was stayed by the state Supreme Court, as noted in this Seattle Times report.The state Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of Cal Coburn Brown less than eight hours before he was scheduled to be executed for the 1991 slaying of a Burien woman. The high court, which has twice before denied Brown's requests for clemency, based the 5-4 decision on an upcoming review of lethal injection before the Thurston County Superior Court. Judge Chris Wickham will hear arguments over whether lethal injection constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in two other death-penalty cases. The Supreme Court's decision adds Brown's case to those to be reviewed by Wickham in May.The rare scheduled execution had caused public debate over capital punishment; earlier coverage, here.continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 13, 2009 (boomark / email).