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Re: Federal Appeals Court Grants Stay of Execution for Texas Inmate

By: ribit in FFFT | Recommend this post (0)
Wed, 14 May 14 6:57 AM | 39 view(s)
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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted the request from Mr. Campbell’s lawyers that his execution be stopped because of intellectual disability.

...he was smart enough to commit rape and murder. How bout we set him up with a home in your neighborhood and turn him loose.




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Liberals are like a "Slinky". Totally useless, but somehow ya can't help but smile when you see one tumble down a flight of stairs!

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Federal Appeals Court Grants Stay of Execution for Texas Inmate
By: clo in FFFT
Wed, 14 May 14 2:40 AM 		Msg. 63690 of 65535

Federal Appeals Court Grants Stay of Execution for Texas Inmate

A federal appeals court on Tuesday granted a request for a stay of execution for Robert James Campbell hours before he was scheduled to die.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted the request from Mr. Campbell’s lawyers that his execution be stopped because of intellectual disability. The stay came just hours after the court had refused to stop the execution based on a different line of reasoning.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/14/us/stay-of-execution-texas-inmate.html?emc=edit_na_20140513

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