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Two Georgia cases are in the news.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, "Jack Alderman gets stay of execution."A Fulton County judge on Monday morning granted a stay of execution to condemned killer Jack Alderman, saying his death sentence is not to be carried out until he has a ?meaningful? appointment with the state Board of Pardons and Paroles. ?If the state?s going to impose the extreme penalty of death ? due process of the law is never more important,? Superior Court Judge Melvin Westmoreland said at the close of a 30-minute hearing. Alderman was scheduled to be executed Tuesday at 7 p.m. for choking and bludgeoning his wife to death in Chatham County in 1974. He had sought an appointment to present his case before the parole board...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 15, 2008 (boomark / email).