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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts) Fri Jan 26, 2018, 03:29 PM Jan 2018

AG: State will continue to pursue death sentence

Source: Associated Press

Updated 12:54 pm, Friday, January 26, 2018

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the stayed execution of Vernon Madison (all times local):

12:30 p.m.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says the state will continue to pursue a death sentence for an inmate convicted of killing a police officer in 1985.

Marshall said Friday that he was disappointed in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to stay the execution of Vernon Madison since he had previously been ruled competent to face execution.

The court delayed the Thursday execution that had been scheduled as it decides whether to review claims that strokes have left Madison incompetent and that his sentence was unconstitutional.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/AG-State-will-continue-to-pursue-death-sentence-12528366.php

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AG: State will continue to pursue death sentence (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jan 2018 OP

He's 67 and the crime happened 32 years ago... TreasonousBastard Jan 2018 #1

TreasonousBastard

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1. He's 67 and the crime happened 32 years ago...

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Fri Jan 26, 2018, 03:55 PM

Jan 2018

I don't know when he was first imprisoned, but it's a good guess it's been 30 or so years ago.

Why is it so necessary that they kill him? He's already serving what looks like a life sentence-- another 5-10 years in prison won't change anything.

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