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| Death row inmate makes appeal |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 08/17/2006 |
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RALEIGH, NC - A death-row inmate wants the US Supreme Court to delay his execution until a lawsuit can be heard that challenges lethal injection. Samuel Flippen's lawyers also filed an affidavit in Forsyth County, claiming there's evidence that could prove Flippen is innocent. Samuel Flippen is scheduled to die at 2 a-m tomorrow for the 1994 beating death of his 2-year-old stepdaughter. Flippen's attorneys asked the court to stay the execution until a lawsuit could be heard that challenges lethal injection. They say injection poses a risk of excessive pain in violation of constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment...Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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