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| Wash. inmate gets execution stay |
| By The Seattle Times |
| Published: 02/13/2009 |
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WASHINGTON - A federal court in Eastern Washington issued a stay of execution Friday for one of two Washington inmates scheduled to be executed next month. Dwayne Woods had been scheduled to die March 20 at the Washington state Penitentiary in Walla Walla. Woods appealed last week, and U.S. District Judge Lonny Suko in Eastern Washington issued a stay while the appeal works its way through the courts. Woods, 39, was convicted of two counts of aggravated first-degree murder for the April 1996 slayings of Telisha Shaver and Jade Moore in Spokane County. During his trial, Woods did not admit to the killings, but asked jurors to sentence him to death. Suzanne Elliott, his attorney, said the state was premature in announcing the execution date. "It was pretty clear that Mr. Woods has innumerable remedies left in the federal courts," she said. Asked about her client's reaction, she said, "As you can imagine, it's very stressful to be on death row." Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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