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Phillip Halford’s execution in Alabama was stayed

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Just a brief note to note that Phillip Halford’s execution in Alabama was stayed & the SCOTUS has refused to lift that stay, although that story appeared not to circulate. Wires note: An Alabama death row inmate who had been scheduled for lethal injection next week at Holman Prison won a U.S. Supreme ruling Friday that leaves in place a stay of execution.The high court, in a brief order, turned back a request by Alabama’s attorney general to lift the stay that had been granted for 61-year-old Phillip Hallford. Hallford, on death row at Holman near Atmore for about 22 years, was convicted in Dale County for the 1986 shooting death of his daughter’s boyfriend, 16-year-old Charles Eddie Shannon. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last month granted a stay of execution, without explanation, and Attorney General Troy King turned to the Supreme Court to lift it after the 11th Circuit declined to reconsider...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on March 20, 2009 (boomark / email).