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By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

The most recent email edition is now available. From that edition: A mysterious order from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals leads off the edition. Texas planned to execute Derrick Sonnier on June 3, 2008. Shortly before the execution hour the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ordered a stay. Sonnier?s motion for a stay and petition suggest the issue on which the stay was granted is a challenge to recent changes in the Texas Depart of Correction’s lethal injection protocol. The broader applicability of the challenge to other pending execution dates remains to be seen. The Arkansas Supreme Court in Michael B. Daniels v. State grants penalty phase relief. The “circuit court erred in denying the motion for directed verdict on aggravated robbery and the fact that the jury was not instructed on Arkansas law as set out in Davidson regarding the absence of theft when gambling losses are recouped...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on June 09, 2008 (boomark / email).