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| Lawyers try to spare inmate's life as execution nears |
| By heraldcourier.com- Tammy Childress |
| Published: 10/01/2015 |
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Attorneys for a convicted serial killer in Virginia are pushing to spare his life as the 49-year-old's scheduled execution draws near. The state had been planning to execute Alfredo Prieto at 9 p.m. Thursday at the Greensville Correctional Center, but it was unclear whether that will take place. The El Salvador native was on death row in California for raping and murdering a 15-year-old girl when DNA evidence linked him to the rape and murder of Rachael Raver and the slaying of her boyfriend, Warren Fulton III. Authorities have linked Prieto to several other killings in California and Virginia but he was never prosecuted because he had already been sentenced to death. A federal judge in Alexandria approved an order Wednesday temporarily blocking Prieto's execution, and called for a hearing after his attorneys raised concerns about one of the lethal injection drugs that the state intends to use. Read More. |
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