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Jester Leroy's execution stayed

By "Persian Cowboy"

Fort Worth Star-Telegram has the earliest update on the case.BY TIM MADIGANA state judge in Sherman has postponed the July 22 execution date of Lester Leroy Bower Jr. and plans to hold hearings that could involve the Arlington man?s claims of innocence.Bower?s stay of execution, signed late Monday by Judge Jim Fallon, was the latest twist in a case that began nearly a quarter-century ago when four men were found shot to death inside an airplane hangar near Sherman. In 1984, Bower was convicted and sent to Texas? Death Row, where he has survived five execution dates during a lengthy appellate process.Prosecutors contended at his trial that Bower, now 60, killed Bob Tate, Ronald Mayes, Jerry Mack Brown and Philip Good during the theft of an ultralight aircraft...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on July 03, 2008 (boomark / email).