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Ga. execution uncertain
By 13WMAZ
Published: 10/16/2007

GEORGIA - Convicted killer Jack Alderman has less than one week to go before his scheduled execution. But his fate is all but certain. Georgia's top court is weighing whether he ought to be executed by lethal injection even as the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether the method violates the Constitution. And, in an unusual move, Alderman's lawyers are declining to seek clemency before the state Board of Pardons and Paroles.

They're arguing instead for a 90-day stay that the board claims it doesn't have the authority to grant. Read more.

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