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| Texas halts execution |
| By The Associated Press |
| Published: 06/18/2008 |
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TEXAS - Prison officials halted Tuesday night's scheduled execution of a former topless-club bouncer condemned for a double slaying almost 20 years ago as the clock ticked down on their deadline. After winning a reprieve earlier in the day, Charles Dean Hood spent much of the evening in a cell not far from the death chamber as a flurry of appeals played out in the courts. Shortly after 11 p.m., the U.S. Supreme Court rejected three appeals and Hood appeared headed to the death chamber. But prison officials faced with a midnight deadline to administer lethal drugs feared they could not follow the proper procedures before the execution warrant expired. Gov. Rick Perry then issued a 30-day reprieve. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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