Judge postpones serial killer's execution (attorney reprimanded)

[truthpusher]

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1107010818579_4?hub=World

Judge postpones U.S. serial killer's execution
Associated Press

SOMERS, Conn. — New England's first execution in 45 years was abruptly put on hold early Saturday after a federal judge reprimanded the serial killer's attorney, saying he was "terribly, terribly wrong" for trying to help end his client's life.

Michael Ross — who has asked to die and has dropped all appeals — was to be put to death by injection early Saturday. But with an hour to spare, state officials rescheduled the execution for Monday at the request of Ross' lawyer, T.R. Paulding.

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Chatigny, who had tried to delay the execution to hold a competency hearing but was overruled, accused Paulding of ignoring new information from another inmate, Ramon Lopez, and a prison guard who say Ross only wanted to die because of deplorable death row conditions.

"You better be prepared to live with yourself for the rest of your life," Chatigny said. "And you better be prepared to deal with me if in the wake of this an investigation is conducted and it turns out that what Lopez says and what this former program director says is true, because I'll have your law license."

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http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1107010818579_4?hub=World

[teryang]

1. Arrogant judges threatening attorneys

...make me sick.

[Dogmudgeon]

2. Looks like Capital Punishment is gaining "Joementum"

--p!

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[mitchum]

4. Well, I certainly don't want Mr Ross to suffer "deplorable death row...

conditions"
THAT would be cruel