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| Death penalty delay to be argued Tuesday for four-time killer |
| By lehighvalleylive.com- Rudy Miller |
| Published: 07/21/2015 |
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A Northampton County judge is due to hear arguments Tuesday morning on whether to continue to postpone the execution of quadruple murderer Michael Ballard. Ballard is part of a class-action lawsuit seeking to throw out the death penalty against 184 Pennsylvania death row inmates. Philadelphia attorney David Rudovsky argues in the suit that the death penalty can't be carried out in Pennsylvania because the drugs to be administered under state Department of Corrections policy fail to meet specifications outlined in the state's death penalty law. Read More. |
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