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Dallas County DA Moves to Withdraw Execution Date

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The Dallas Morning News reports, "Dallas district attorney's office seeks to withdraw death row inmate's execution date." The Dallas County district attorney's office requested Thursday to withdraw the upcoming execution date for a Texas death row inmate while it awaits a U.S. Supreme Court decision about the death penalty. The Supreme Court is reviewing a Kentucky case to determine whether the three-drug cocktail used by many states for executions violates the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. Karl Chamberlain's execution date was set for Feb. 21. "As we have maintained since the U.S. Supreme Court launched its review of the lethal injection issue, we believe withdrawing Karl Chamberlain's current execution date is the smart thing to do until the Supreme Court renders its ruling," Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins said in a written statement...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 01, 2008 (boomark / email).