Supreme Court delays Texas man's execution (2nd in 2 weeks)

[RhodaA]

Source: CNN - This Just In

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a stay of execution for Cleve Foster, who was set to die in Texas later in the evening for a 2002 murder. It is the third time this year that Foster received a last-minute stay. The Supreme Court's decision gives Foster's lawyers more time to file further appeals. Foster is a Gulf War veteran convicted along with another man of the 2002 murder of Nyanuer "Mary" Pal, a Sudanese immigrant he met at a Fort Worth bar.

My note: This is the second S.C. stay for Texas executions in 2 weeks. Here's the other one:
http://www.thenation.com/blog/163438/us-supreme-court-blocks-rick-perry-executing-man-based-color-his-skin

Read more: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/20/supreme-court-halts-texas-mans-execution/

[Avalux]

1. Good news. Thanks for posting. n/t

[patrice]

2. If more people knew what a CYA these things can be. Not about the person's case at all.

[NightWatcher]

3. Isn't it time to stop this? At least put a ten year federal moratorium on state murder

[NYC Liberal]

4. That would stop federal executions but not state ones.

But yes, the death penalty should be ended.