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Georgia Execution Reset for Tonight

By Steve Hall

"Suicidal death row inmate denied stay of execution; appeals continue," by Rhonda Cook and Bill Rankin appears in this morning's Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Brandon Rhode was brought from ?the brink of death? only so the state could execute him a few days later and that violates the constitutional protection from cruel punishment, his attorney argued in court papers filed in an attempt to stop the lethal injection set for Friday evening.Attorney Brian Kammer wrote in a filing in the court in Butts County, where death row is located, that there were ?ironic circumstances? around the days leading up to Rhode?s execution for a 1998 triple murder in Jones County.Also Thursday, a federal judge denied a request for a stay of execution so an investigation can be carried out to find out how Rhode got razor blades and used them to try to commit suicide hours before his scheduled execution on Tuesday...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 24, 2010 (boomark / email).