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Another Texas stay

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Dominating the news of the last few weeks has been a number of stays.   Roderick Newton’s scheduled execution for Thursday has now also been stayed. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted a stay of execution to Roderick Newton.The stay is based on the withheld evidence and the possibility Newton could be mentally retarded, said David Finn, one of Newton’s lawyers. A copy of the stay order is here. Apparently at trial many years ago  both the prosecutors and defense attorneys, for one reason or another, didn’t have all the prior statements of the State’s star witness & Mr. Newton’s co-defendant.   The co-defendant received just 10 years for the murder Mr. Newton received death.

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on July 22, 2009 (boomark / email).