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In Mississippi

By Steve Hall

The Jackson Clarion-Ledger reports, "16 death row inmates sue Miss.," written by Jerry Mitchell.Sixteen death row inmates in Mississippi filed suit Thursday, saying their executions should be halted because their state-appointed attorneys were untrained, inexperienced and overwhelmed.One of those inmates, Gerald James Holland, is scheduled to be executed May 20. At 72, he is the oldest inmate on death row. He was sentenced to death for raping, beating, stabbing and suffocating 15-year-old Krystal King in 1987 in Adams County.Holland's execution is set to follow the May 19 execution of Paul Everette Woodward, 62. He had been sentenced to death for the 1986 rape and shooting death of 24-year-old Rhonda Crane of Escatawpa...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 07, 2010 (boomark / email).