U.S. Court stops execution that Texas courts wouldn't

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U.S. Court stops execution that Texas courts wouldn't
(Austin American-Statesman © 01/27/2009)
Once again, a federal court has had to intervene to prevent Texas from executing a death row inmate whose conviction is in doubt. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday issued a reprieve to Larry Swearingen, whose execution by lethal injection was scheduled for today. And once again, Texas courts and officials did nothing to prevent a possible miscarriage of ultimate justice.

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Court halts Swearingen execution
(Austin American-Statesman © 01/27/2009)
A federal appeals court Monday halted tonight's planned execution of Larry Swearingen, giving his lawyers time to present claims that he did not commit the 1998 murder that sent him to death row. Four forensic pathologists, including the medical examiner who testified against Swearingen at his capital murder trial, now say that Swearingen was in jail when Melissa Trotter, 19, was stran

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Commentary: Innocent plea needs court hearing
(Houston Chronicle © 01/27/2009)If evidence shows Larry Ray Swearingen is innocent, but there’s no court that will hear it, does actual innocence even matter? That seems to be the question posed Monday by one lone judge, Jacques L. Wiener Jr., on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. A three-judge panel granted Swearingen a stay of execution one day before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection for the 1998

[JJS811]

My own PP in Texas said "they are more interested in executing than justice" seems he may not have been too far off the mark!

[SouthernGyrl]

It is good someone had the mind to do something.