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midweek update & errata

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Midweek wrap: Teresa Lewis has lost before the United States Supreme Court in her attempts to stop her scheduled killing by the Commonwealth of Virginia on Thursday.  Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell previously denied clemency. “A hearing is underway to determine if  a condemned triple murderer is competent to be executed Friday in light of an attempt he made to kill himself  Tuesday by slashing both arms and his neck. Brandon Rhode was to have been executed Tuesday evening for murdering a Jones County father and his two children in 1998. But earlier in the day Tuesday the 31-year-old attempted suicide. The Georgia Supreme Court delayed Rhode?s lethal injection until 9 a.m. Friday to give his attorney time to pursue a mental competency claim...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on September 22, 2010 (boomark / email).